Amanda Herbert (born 1943) is a British cytopathologist and

histopathologist Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: 'tissue', 'suffering', and ''-logia'' 'study of') is the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease. Specifically, in clinical medicine, histopathology r ...

Career

Herbert studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital, graduating in 1968. In 1982, she became a consultant cytopathologist and histopathologist at Southampton University Hospitals Trust, moving in 1998 to

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is an NHS foundation trust of the English National Health Service, one of the prestigious Shelford Group. It runs Guy's Hospital in London Bridge, St Thomas' Hospital in Waterloo, Evelina London Child ...

, where she became part-time in 2008. She is also an honorary senior lecturer at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine. She served as chair of the cytopathology subcommittee and examination panel of the

Royal College of Pathologists The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) is a professional membership organisation. Its main function is the overseeing of postgraduate training, and its Fellowship Examination (FRCPath) is recognised as the standard assessment of fitness to p ...

from 1993 to 1997; and in various roles at the British Society for Clinical Cytology from 1984. She is co-editor of the journal '' Eurocytology'' and was editor of ''

Cytopathology Cytopathology (from Greek , ''kytos'', "a hollow"; , ''pathos'', "fate, harm"; and , ''-logia'') is a branch of pathology that studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular level. The discipline was founded by George Nicolas Papanicolaou in ...

'' from 2008 to 2014. Herbert has been published in '' Acta Oncologica'', the ''

British Medical Journal ''The BMJ'' is a fortnightly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA). ''The BMJ'' has editorial freedom from the BMA. It is one of the world ...

'', ''Cytopathology'', ''

Human Pathology ''Human Pathology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering pathology in humans. It was established in 1970 and is published by Saunders. The editor-in-chief is Dr. Lori Erickson. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the jour ...

'', the ''

Journal of Clinical Microbiology The ''Journal of Clinical Microbiology'' is a monthly medical journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The journal was established in 1975. The editor-in-chief is Alexander J. McAdam (Boston Children's Hospital). It is a delayed ...

'', the ''

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of personal secretive thoughts and as open book to personal therapy or used to feel connected to onesel ...

'', the ''

Journal of General Virology ''Journal of General Virology'' is a not-for-profit peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Microbiology Society. The journal was established in 1967 and covers research into animal, insect and plants viruses, also fungal viruses, prokary ...

'', the '' Journal of Medical Screening'', ''

The Journal of Pathology ''The Journal of Pathology'' is a Peer review, peer-reviewed medical journal that was established in 1892 as ''The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology'' by German Sims Woodhead. It has been the official journal of the Pathological Society of Grea ...

'', and ''

Thorax The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main di ...

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* 1943 births Place of birth missing (living people) Living people British pathologists Histopathologists British academic journal editors Fellows of the Royal College of Pathologists Physicians of St Mary's Hospital, London {{UK-med-bio-stub