In part one, Natasha finds out about Sarah’s childhood in Australia, what inspired Sarah to pursue medicine, and the challenges and successes throughout her training and career.

Pilot Episode (Part One): Prof. Sarah Coupland's Life and Career

In part two, Sarah discusses two patients who presented with vitreous floaters (specks or dots in a one’s vision that seem to float away when looked at directly) but received different diagnoses.

Pilot Episode (Part Two): Prof. Sarah Coupland's Case Studies

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the Royal College of Pathologists. In this first Diamond Jubilee episode, host Natasha Cutmore speaks with toxicologist Nigel Brown about his life and career path.

January 2022 (Part One): Nigel Brown's Life and Career

In part two of our January 2022 episode, toxicologist Nigel Brown guides us through a post-mortem case study and discusses some of the challenges toxicology teams face when interpreting results.

January 2022 (Part Two): Nigel Brown's Case Study

In part one of our February episode, we explore Miren's career in virology, which has taken her from San Sebastian, Spain, to Belgium, the UK and most recently to Switzerland.

February 2022 (Part One): Miren Iturriza-Gómara's Life and Career

In keeping with the College's 60th anniversary theme, pathology: past, present and future, Miren chats to Natasha about the past, present and future of rotaviruses and vaccines. Find out what rotaviruses are, how scientists create new vaccines, and the hurdles that need to be overcome when creating vaccines for developing countries.

February 2022 (Part Two): The Past, Present and Future of Rotaviruses and Vaccines

In part one, host Natasha Cutmore speaks with Bernie Croal, about his humble beginnings and his journey to becoming a Consultant Chemical Pathologist.

March 2022 (Part One): Bernie Croal's Life and Career

In part two, Bernie guides us through the past, present and future of a specific clinical aspect of his job: intravenous nutritional support.

March 2022 (Part Two): The Past, Present and Future of Intravenous Nutritional Support

April 2022 (Part Two): Reverend Dr Jenny McKay's Case Study

In part one, we follow Marta's incredible career path from Argentina to South Africa and then to the UK. Find out how a ten-dollar dinner changed her life, about her work in sudden infant death syndrome and how she came to acquire over 131K followers on Instagram.

May 2022 (Part One): Professor Marta Cohen's Life and Career

In this episode, Marta discusses a case of sudden death in childhood and Jarvell and Lange-Nielsen Syndrome.

May 2022 (Part Two): Professor Marta Cohen's Case Study

Brendan started out wanting to be a big game vet. In this episode, find out what made Brendan change his mind and inspire him to pursue a career in medicine, specialise in microbiology and infectious diseases and go on to work in Africa as well as in the UK.

June 2022 (Part One): Dr Brendan Healy's Life and Career

In part two, Brendan talks us through a case of a patient with hepatitis C and speaks about developments in testing and screening, and how his team are using mobile phones to help improve compliance in hepatitis C patients.

June 2022 (Part Two): Dr Brendan Healy's Case Study

Ben didn’t particularly enjoy pathology at university. In this episode, we find out what changed his mind, how he became a consultant haematologist and about his work on cellular immunotherapy for cancer.

July 2022 (Part One): Dr Ben Uttenthal's Life and Career

In this episode, Ben guides us through two cases studies of patients who underwent cellular immunotherapy for lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.

July 2022 (Part Two): Dr Ben Uttenthal's Case Study

In part two, Arthi guides us through a case study of a 5-year-old patient from Afghanistan who required a transplant, highlighting how histocompatibility and immunogenetics teams work together with other healthcare teams.

August 2022 (Part Two): Dr Arthi Anand's Case Study

This month, as part of World Alzheimer’s Month, we spoke with Honorary Consultant Neuropathologist Dr Zane Jaunmuktane. In this episode, find out why Zane is so passionate about neuropathology, what brought her to the UK from Latvia and about her research on neurodegenerative diseases.

September 2022 (Part One): Dr Zane Jaunmuktane's Life and Career

In episode two, we explore the past, present and future of neurodegenerative diseases linked to misfolded proteins, namely, Alzheimer’s disease and prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

September 2022 (Part Two): The past, present and future of misfolded proteins and neurodegeneration

In this episode, we chat with Dr Shuayb Elkhalifa, a Consultant in Immunology and Allergy. Find out what and who motivated him, the importance of mentors and how he recently made the transition to a consultant role.

November 2022 (Part One): Dr Shuayb Elkhalifa's Life and Career

In Shuayb’s second episode, we explore the case of a 70-year-old woman with a rare genetic condition, Hereditary Angioedema, that is potentially life threatening.

November 2022 (Part Two): Dr Shuayb Elkhalifa's Case Study

Our first podcast guest of 2023 is Consultant in Transfusion Medicine, Dr Heidi Doughty, OBE. Find out about Heidi’s diverse career within transfusion medicine, working in hospitals, blood services and as an army reservist. Heidi’s career has focussed on the appropriate use of blood, transfusion for trauma and emergency preparedness and has enabled her to study and work on a wide variety of projects at home and abroad.

February 2023 (Part One): Dr Heidi Doughty’s Life and Career

Our June podcast episode is Consultant Forensic Pathologist Dr Matt Cieka. Matt works for police forces across the South East of England. He also performs coroner’s post mortem examinations to assist in the investigation of non-suspicious deaths. Matt trained at Keele University in Staffordshire before working as a junior doctor in Scotland. His initial pathology training was undertaken in the South West of England before he moved to Liverpool to undergo specialist training in forensic pathology. 

Matt is keen to dispel the myths surrounding forensic pathology that are often portrayed in the media - he has never (yet) had to wrestle with a suspect at a crime scene! Away from work Matt enjoys keeping fit and cooking.

In part one, Dr Matt Cieka tells us about his career as a Consultant Forensic Pathologist, shedding light on the differences between his role and the portrayal of forensic pathologists in popular television shows.

June 2023 (Part One): Dr Matt Cieka’s Life and Career

Our September podcast guest is Meena Upadhyaya OBE PhD FRCPath FLSW. Meena is an Emerita Professor of Medical Genetics at Cardiff University, an honorary Professor of Practice at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, a visiting Professor at Ganga Ram Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research in Delhi and an international advisor for the organisation of rare diseases, India.

She has made substantial contributions to the molecular understanding of genetic conditions, including Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.

When Meena was growing up in India, she didn’t have an interest in genetics or pathology, or even a plan to pursue an academic career. In this episode, find out what changed and how she came to have such a successful and fulfilling career in the UK, all while navigating the challenges of life in a new country and juggling the responsibilities of parenthood.

September 2023 (Part One): Professor Meena Upadhyaya’s Life and Career

In part two, Meena talks us through the case of a 25-year-old patient with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). NF1 is one of the most common inherited genetic conditions. It is characterised by the growth of tumours along nerves and changes in skin coloring (pigmentation).

September 2023 (Part Two): Professor Meena Upadhyaya's Case Study

Dr Bipin Mathew studied medicine at University in India, before undertaking his pathology training.  He moved to the UK in 2004 and completed his histopathology specialty training in Yorkshire.  During his first consultant post in Hull, he helped develop local training of extended practitioners, at a time when this was a very new role.  His passion for education continued as he became a Training Programme Director in the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery.  More recently, his leadership and management roles have extended into molecular pathology and he is Core Lead for the Genomics Laboratory Hub for the North East and Yorkshire. Find out about his journey into dermatopathology and his future plans working in molecular pathology.

April 2024 (Part One): Dr Bipin Mathew's Life and Career

In part two of our interview with Consultant Dermatopathologist, Dr Bipin Mathew, Bipin talks about BAP1-inactivated melanocytomas (BIMs). His interest in these entities stem from the increased understanding that molecular pathology has given pathologists in diagnosing these melanocytomatic tumours. Bipin talks about some of the fascinating cases of BIMs he has seen in his work, and the team who he works with on diagnosing them and recommending treatment.

April 2024 (Part Two): Dr Bipin Mathew's Case Study

Pathologist and patient; sharing the journey

Originally released on 4 March 2020

Pathologist and patient; sharing the journey

Interview with Dr Jacqueline McDermott, winner of the Furness Prize for Science Communication 2014.

Originally released in 2014


Interview with Dr Jacqueline McDermott

Making Sense of Screening

Originally released 20 June 2016

Making Sense of Screening

Mothers and Babies Pathology a science beyond test tubes

Originally uploaded 27 July 2015

Mothers and Babies: Pathology

Dr Jacqueline McDermott Furness Prize for Science Communication 2014 winner

Originally released in 2014

How to do a Heart Transplant

Originally released on 24 July 2015

How to do a Heart Transplant

Heart Attack - behind the Scenes

Originally released on 24 July 2015

Heart Attack - behind the Scenes

What happens during a post-mortem? Dr Suzy Lishman, Consultant Histopathologist at Peterborough City Hospital, explains how histopathologists work through the different sections and organs of the body to determine the cause of death.
Watch the lecture on YouTube at: youtu.be/kSDZZ0czZ3U

Find out about a career in histopathology: www.rcpath.org/discover-patholog…opathologist.html

Originally released on 25 February 2019

'Living Autopsy': lecture by Suzy Lishman

Disease Outbreak

Originally released on 2 January 2008

Disease Outbreak

Self testing, what's in it for you?

Originally released 3 January 2008

Self-testing - What s in it for you?

Autopsy the ultimate surgical operation

Originally released on 4 January 2008

Autopsy the ultimate surgical operation

The Royal College of Pathologists promotes excellence in the practice of pathology. Members work across 17 specialties in healthcare, universities & industry. Find out more at www.rcpath.org

The Royal College of Pathologists

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