Associate Professor Svetlana Cherepanoff
MBBS PhD FRCPA
A/Prof Svetlana Cherepanoff is staff specialist Anatomical Pathologist at St Vincent's Hospital and Ophthalmic Pathology Research Group Lead at St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW.
Education
MBBS University of Sydney (1998)
PhD University of Sydney (2008)
Anatomical pathology training
Westmead Hospital
Prince of Wales Hospital
Fellowship
Royal College of Pathologists, Australasia (2013)
Observerships (Ophthalmic Pathology)
2013: Professor Ralph Eagle Jnr. Wills Eye Hospital
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
2014: Professor Sarah Coupland. Liverpool Ocular Oncology Centre
(Liverpool, UK).
2015: Professor Hans Grossniklaus. Emory University
(Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
2016: Professor Steffen Heegaard. University of Copenhagen
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Memberships
International Academy of Pathology
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
International Society of Ocular Oncology
Public Impact
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, board of examiners (pathology)
Chapter author, WHO Classification of Tumours of the Eye (4th Edition). International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Established RCPA Roger Crouch Prize in Ophthalmic Pathology
Convenor, Eye Companion Meeting, (IAP 2016, 2017)
Convenor, Ocular Oncology Symposia Series (2015, 2016)
Co-author, Ocular Melanoma Clinical Guidelines 2018, Cancer Council Australia
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
The Ophthalmic Pathology Research Group has two main research themes:
- Health, ageing and disease in the human retina.
- Ocular Oncology.
Research opportunities are available for the following student groups:
Independent Learning Project, UNSW Medicine
Honours Year - UNSW Biomedical Science
Research Project - UNSW MOptom
Masters by Research
PhD