Last year we asked our readers who they believed were the most influential figures in pathology and laboratory medicine, and in November, after open nominations and judging by an independent, multidisciplinary panel, we celebrated the top 100 (1). And the number 1 spot? It was awarded to Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, founder and director of globally-renowned IPATIMUP (the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto), a man who was described by nominators as someone who “represents the perfect combination of scientific intelligence and nobility,” is “an educator par excellence,” and whose “contributions to the clinical diagnosis of thyroid cancer have been outstanding.” Here we speak with the pathologist who has taught and inspired thousands of students and made ground breaking contributions to the field of thyroid oncology. Manuel Sobrinho-Simões speaks with The Pathologist about his diverse and interesting career, his focus on education, his fears surrounding overuse of molecular and digital pathology. And he tells us what he still has to do… Let’s start at the beginning… Why pathology? My great-grandfathers, grandfathers, father and uncle were all medical doctors, so I never considered doing anything else. When I began studying medicine, I found myself drawn to pathology because I realized quite quickly that I didn’t want to be a clinician – I wasn’t interested in interacting directly with patients; I wanted to diagnose disease on an objective basis. Pathology was the best possible solution. I was very impressed by my Professor of Pathology (Daniel Serrão) and my interest lay quite firmly in human pathology.

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Fedra Pavlou

After graduating with a pharmacology degree, I began my career in scientific publishing and communications. Now with more than 16 years of experience in this field, my career has seen me heading up editorial and writing teams at Datamonitor, Advanstar and KnowledgePoint360 group. My past experiences have taught me something very important – that you have to enjoy working with, and have respect for your colleagues. It’s this that drew me to Texere where I now work with old colleagues and new. Though we are a hugely diverse team, we share several things in common – a real desire to work hard to succeed, to be the best at what we do, never to settle for second best, and to have fun while we do it. I am now honored to serve as Editor of The Pathologist and Editorial Director of Texere Publishing.