# Fred Bosman

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{{Short description|Dutch pathologist}}
'''Frederik Theodoor "Fred" Bosman''' (born 1944) is a Dutch pathologist. He served as director of the Institute of Pathology at the [Lausanne University Hospital](/source/Lausanne_University_Hospital) between 1995 and 2009. He previously was professor and chair of the pathology departments of [Maastricht University](/source/Maastricht_University) and the [Erasmus University Rotterdam](/source/Erasmus_University_Rotterdam).

==Career==
Bosman was born in 1944.<ref name=i3s>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.i3s.up.pt/external-advisory-board |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117062614/http://www.i3s.up.pt/external-advisory-board |title=External Advisory Board |publisher=I3S Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde |date= |archive-date=17 January 2017}}</ref> He studied medicine at [Leiden University](/source/Leiden_University) and obtained his degree in 1971. He subsequently obtained his PhD in 1976 there as well, studying [cytogenetics](/source/cytogenetics).<ref name=i3s/>

From 1974 to 1975 Bosman was a lecturer at the [Anton de Kom University of Suriname](/source/Anton_de_Kom_University_of_Suriname). He then returned to the Netherlands to become staff pathologist at Leiden University. He kept this position until 1981. Bosman subsequently became professor and chair of the pathology department of [Maastricht University](/source/Maastricht_University). In 1990 he moved to [Erasmus University Rotterdam](/source/Erasmus_University_Rotterdam) where he held similar positions until 1995. Bosman once more went abroad, this time to become Director of the University Institute of Pathology and Professor of Pathology at [Lausanne University Hospital](/source/Lausanne_University_Hospital). He retired in 2009.<ref name=i3s/>

After a long time as a generalist, Bosman's research has later focused on gastroestinental pathology, with his most recent research being in the field of colorectal cancer.<ref name=pathxl>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.pathxl.com/blog/prof-fred-bosman-talks-about-his-6-ranking-in-the-power-list-and-his-passion-for-pathology |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528181050/http://www.pathxl.com/blog/prof-fred-bosman-talks-about-his-6-ranking-in-the-power-list-and-his-passion-for-pathology |title=Prof. Fred Bosman Talks about his #6 ranking in The Power List and His Passion for Pathology |publisher=Pathxl |date=26 February 2016 |archive-date=28 May 2016}}</ref> In his research Bosman also tried to combine experimental and diagnostic pathology.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.fondation-medic.ch/page.php?id=fr22 |title=Biosketch Prof. Fred Bosman |publisher=Fondation Medic |date= |accessdate=6 February 2017}}</ref> Bosman was ranked number 6 by ''The Pathologist'' in their ''2015 Power List''.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://thepathologist.com/power-list/the-power-list-2015/6-fred-bosman/ |title=#6 Fred Bosman |publisher=The Pathologist |date= |accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>

Bosman was elected a corresponding member of the [Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences) in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/6085 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206215256/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/correspondents/6085 |title=Fré Bosman |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |date= |archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref> He is an honorary fellow of the [Royal College of Pathologists](/source/Royal_College_of_Pathologists).<ref name=i3s/>

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