Christopher D. M. Fletcher (born March 13, 1958) is a British

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in t ...

who has written more than 500

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ed articles and was a chairman of the

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's Working Group on the Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone. He graduated from

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's St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School and got his M.D. degree from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...

in 1991. Later on, he became a postdoc at 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 pr ...

, from which he also graduated in 1988. He was trained at

St Thomas' Hospital St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. It is one of the institutions that compose the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS ...

and was president of the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology from 2003 to 2006. Currently he is a Professor of Pathology at

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the graduate medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is one of the oldest medical schools ...

, president of both the Arthur Purdy Stout Society and the International Society of Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology and is also a surgical pathologist at the

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two fo ...

. He also works for the

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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

as chief of onco-pathology. Professor Fletcher is the recipient of a number of awards: *Oswald Van Der Veken Prize (European Community prize for research into musculoskeletal tumors - 1990) *Young Investigator Award, United States-Canadian Academy of Pathology (1997) *Henry L. Jaffe Award,

Hospital for Joint Diseases NYU Langone Health is an academic medical center located in New York City, New York, United States. The health system consists of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and NYU Long Island School of Medicine, both part of New York University (NYU), and ...

, New York (1998) *Honorary Fellow,

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(2003) *Fred W. Stewart Medal,

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK or MSKCC) is a cancer treatment and research institution in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. MSKCC is one of 52 National Cancer Institute� ...

(2005) *Maude Abbott Lecturer, United States-Canadian Academy of Pathology (2008) *Distinguished Pathologist Award, United States-Canadian Academy of Pathology (2017) *The F.K. Mostofi Distinguished Service Award (2020)

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Living people 20th-century births British pathologists Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of London {{UK-med-bio-stub