Professor Adrian Bateman has been an NHS consultant histopathologist in Southampton since 1997 and has subspeciality interests mainly in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic pathology. He is Editor-in-Chief of Diagnostic Histopathology, the National Pathology Advisor to the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) and the Professional Clinical Advisor in Pathology for the BCSP in the south of England. He is also the Chair of the Royal College of Pathologists Specialty Advisory Committee in Cellular Pathology. He has published quite widely within his subspeciality areas and is the Lead Editor for the upcoming sixth edition of Morson and Dawson’s Gastrointestinal Pathology.

Dr Preethi Gopinath is a Consultant in Cellular/Autopsy Pathology and Director of Medical Education at Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow, Essex U.K.

Preethi has a strong interest in medical education and blended/technology enhanced learning, motivated to improve global access to pathology education and pathways to address differential attainment.  She has been part of the organising team for several international hybrid and virtual pathology education courses, including the British Association of Urological Pathologists webinar series and is a member of the National Coordinating Committee for Breast Pathology Education sub-committee, RCPath Death Investigation Committee and Editorial Board member for the Pathology Portal.  Preethi is also involved in improving standards of Autopsy pathology as an author for the RCPath Autopsy guideline series team.