Dr Fiona Roberts is a consultant pathologist with a special interest in Ophthalmic Pathology. During her training in pathology she undertook a period of research in ophthalmic pathology in Chicago following which she further trained in ophthalmic pathology in Glasgow with Professor Willliam Lee (the original author of the book). She has previous research interests in uveal and conjunctival melanoma and still undertakes research in toxoplasmosis (the subject of her research in Chicago). Her daily work involves reporting eye pathology specimens for the West of Scotland with a wider referral practice. She is also involved in teaching in the undergraduate medical and nursing curriculum and with trainee ophthalmologists and pathologists. She examines in pathology for the Royal College of Ophthalmologist.

She is an active member of the ophthalmic pathology community. She is a longstanding member of the British association of Ophthalmic Pathology and has completed terms as secretary and president (2013-2016) of the society. She is also an elected member of the European Ophthalmic Pathology Society since 2002 and is currently secretary and treasurer of this society.

She has been involved in publishing undergraduate medical text books including Pathology Illustrated (Editor) and Muir’s textbook of pathology (Chapter Author). She has also contributed to several ophthalmic pathology texts (in addition to Lee’s Ophthalmic Histopathology) including Eye Pathology, An illustrated guide (Chapter Author) and The Eye, Basic science in practice (Chapter Author). Other texts to which she has contributed include Adams and Graham’s Introduction to Neuropathology (Chapter Author) and Krugman’s Infectious Disease of Children (Chapter Author). She has also published over 80 original publications in journals.