Dr Preston read Medicine at the University of Southampton School of Medicine, including an intercalated BSc in biomedical sciences.  Following house jobs, he trained in surgery for four years, followed by a year in medical education, working as a clinical skills tutor.

He then took up a specialty registrar position on the Wessex histopathology training scheme. Dr Preston’s cardiothoracic pathology experience was gained in Southampton and at the Royal Brompton Hospital. 

He was appointed to Papworth Hospital in 2012.

Specialist Clinical Interests

Cardiothoracic pathology, autopsy pathology

Education and Training

2000: Bachelor of Science Degree in Biomedical sciences (First Class Honours), University of Southampton
2001: Bachelor of Medicine (Honours), University of Southampton School of Medicine
2005: Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
2011: Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists
2013: Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education, University of Dundee

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies and university posts

Registered Medical Practitioner (General Medical Council registration number 6027154)
Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists
Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England
Member, Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Member, British Division of the International Academy of Pathology
Member, European Society of Pathology
Council member, Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology
Member, Association of Pulmonary Pathologists
Member, UK Cardiac Pathology Network

Recent and Important Publications

Michaud, K., Basso, C., d’Amati, G. et al. Diagnosis of myocardial infarction at autopsy: AECVP reappraisal in the light of the current clinical classification. Virchows Arch 476, 179–194 (2020)

Noorani, A., Li, X., Goddard, M. et al. Genomic evidence supports a clonal diaspora model for metastases of esophageal adenocarcinoma. Nat Genet 52, 74–83 (2020)

Preston S.D. (2019) Valvular Heart Disease. In: Suvarna S. (eds) Cardiac Pathology. Springer, Cham

Waite MMA, Martinelli AW, Preston SD, Gudgin E, Symington E, Rintoul RC, Peryt A, Coughlin P, Hayes P, Gilligan D, Besser M. A hypercoagulable state leading to venous limb gangrene associated with occult lung adenocarcinoma. Clinical Case Reports 2019;7:888-892.

Masding, A., Preston, S. D., Toshner, M., Barnett, J., Harries, C., Dimopoulos, K., … Price, L. C. (2019). Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following long-term peripherally inserted central venous catheter use. Pulmonary Circulation. https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894019859474

Hadinnapola C, Bleda M, Haimel M, Screaton N, Swift A, Dorfmuller P, Preston SD et al, Phenotypic characterisation of EIF2AK4 mutation carriers in a large cohort of patients diagnosed clinically with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circulation 2017;136(21):2022-2033.

Stone JR, Bruneval P, Angelini A, Bartoloni G, Basso C, Batoroeva L, Buja LM, Butany J, d'Amati G, Fallon JT, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Gouveia RH, Halushka MK, Kelly KL, Kholova I, Leone O, Litovsky SH, Maleszewski JJ,Miller DV, Mitchell RN, Preston SD, et al. Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association for European Cardiovascular Pathology: I. Inflammatory diseases. Cardiovascular Pathology 2015;24(5):267-78.

Halushka MK, Angelini A, Bartoloni G, Basso C, Batoroeva L, Bruneval P, Buja LM, Butany J, d'Amati G, Fallon JT, Gallagher PJ, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Gouveia RH, Kholova I, Kelly KL, Leone O, Litovsky SH, Maleszewski JJ, Miller DV, Mitchell RN, Preston SD, et al. Consensus statement on surgical pathology of the aorta from the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology and the Association For European Cardiovascular Pathology: II. Noninflammatory degenerative diseases - nomenclature and diagnostic criteria. Cardiovascular Pathology 2016;25:247-57