Peter Furness

{{Short description|British pathologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Peter Norman Furness''' (born 2 Sept 1955) is a British pathologist,<ref>‘FURNESS, Prof. Peter Norman’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U250018 accessed 29 Sept 2013]</ref> professor of pathology at the University of Leicester,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.le.ac.uk/ua/pr/press/professorpeterfurness.html|title = News | University of Leicester}}</ref> and president of the Royal College of Pathologists 2008–2011.

Professor Furness was elected for a second term of office as President of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2020 but was debarred from office after allegations of misconduct were upheld following an independent investigation and disciplinary hearing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=News from the College. The Royal College of Pathologists. 13 Feb 2020 |title=News from the College |url=https://www.rcpath.org/discover-pathology/news/news-from-the-college.html |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.rcpath.org}}</ref>

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