Jorge S. Reis-filho MD, PhD, FRCPath

Dr. Jorge S. Reis-Filho, holds a joint medical degree from University of Porto, Portugal and Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil. After finishing his histopathology training at the Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto, Portugal, he did his PhD on breast cancer molecular pathology at the Breakthrough Research Centre where he was appointed Team Leader of the Molecular Pathology Laboratory in 2006. In 2007, Dr Reis-Filho was awarded the CL Oakley Lectureship by the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the BACR Translational Research Award.

Dr Reis-Filho was awarded the 2010 Ramzi Cotran Young Investigator Award by the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology and the Future Leaders Prize by Cancer Research UK. Dr Reis-Filho is the youngest ever Fellow of The Royal College of Pathologists to have become a member by published works. In 2012, Professor Reis-Filho took the position of Member at the Department of Pathology and Affiliate Member of the Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, USA, and in 2016, he was appointed Director of Experimental Pathology.