Professor Emma Crosbie
Professor of Gynaecological OncologyQualifications
BSc MBChB (Hons) PhD MRCOG
Special interests
Professor Crosbie specialises in the screening, prevention and early diagnosis of gynaecological cancers. The focus of her clinical work is the fertility sparing management of womb cancer and pre-cancer. She also manages womb cancer in women who cannot undergo hysterectomy for medical reasons.
Biography
Professor Crosbie graduated as the top performing woman student at the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1997. Following her pre-registration house jobs, Professor Crosbie began her career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology as a Senior House Officer at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1999, she moved to Manchester to work at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research and Saint Mary’s Hospital as the Joseph Starkey Clinical Research Fellow under the supervision of Professors Peter Stern and Henry Kitchener. In 2002, she was awarded a PhD in Gynaecological Oncology by the University of Manchester. Professor Crosbie returned to full time clinical training as a Senior House Officer and then Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the North West in 2002. In 2006, she successfully gained Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 2008, she became a Walport Clinical Lecturer in Gynaecological Oncology, combining subspecialty training in Gynaecological Oncology with research. In 2013, Professor Crosbie was awarded an NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellowship and became a Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Gynaecological Oncology at the University of Manchester.
Professor Crosbie specialises in the screening, prevention and early diagnosis of gynaecological cancers. The focus of her clinical work is the fertility sparing management of womb cancer and pre-cancer. She also manages womb cancer in women who cannot undergo hysterectomy for medical reasons.