Michael Wells (pathologist)

Michael Wells
Born (1952-08-07) 7 August 1952
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
Known forGynecologic pathology
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, Pathologist
WorkplacesUniversity of Sheffield School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Michael Wells is a British pathologist who was the president of the European Society of Pathology from 2009 to 2011.

Early life and education

Michael Wells graduated in 1976 from the University of Manchester with a BSc and MB, ChB in medicine and surgery.[1]

Career

After graduation, Wells moved to Bristol and then to the University of Leeds where he was a Lecturer in the then Department of Pathology. In 1997, he was appointed Professor of Gynaecological Pathology at the University of Sheffield.[2] During his career, he served as the president of the International Society of Gynaecological Pathologists and as the president of British Gynaecological Cancer Society.[3] He was the president of the European Society of Pathology from 2009 to 2011.[4][5]

Editorships

  • Editor of Haines and Taylor Obstetrical & Gynaecological Pathology[6]
  • Editor of the journal Histopathology

Personal

Wells is married to Lynne, a nurse specialist in palliative care and has a son, a daughter and two stepsons.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "General Medical Council register". Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "From you new President – European Society of Pathology" (PDF). Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Staff contacts – The University of Sheffield". Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "ESP Past Presidents". European Society of Pathology. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sheffield professor elected to prestigious post". Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  6. ↑ H.Fox, M.Wells (2002). Haines and Taylor Obstetrical & Gynaecological Pathology (5 ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. p. 1774. ISBN 978-0-443-06385-5.
  7. ↑ "From your new President – European Society of Pathology" (PDF). Retrieved 28 November 2009.