Professor Gelareh Farshid is an international expert in breast pathology and soft tissue pathology with substantial experience in population-based screening for breast cancer.

She is a Senior Consultant Pathologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and a Clinical Professor at the Schools of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide.

She represents Australia on the Board of the International Academy of Pathology and works closely with the United States Canadian Academy of Pathology as the lead reviewer for the abstract review committee for Breast and as the Moderator for the USCAP Breast Evening Specialty Conference for 2024-2027. In 2020 Gelareh was honored by admission into the International Skeletal Society.

Among other roles, Gelareh is a member of the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting for resected lymph nodes in breast cancer and series chair for the RCPA’s multidisciplinary expert group working on the Structured Reporting of Breast Cancer. She is a member of the RCPA Advisory Committee for Anatomical Pathology and a member of the RCPA Digital Pathology Expert group. Gelareh is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ANZ BCT and of the ANZ Sarcoma Association. She serves on the Board of Directors of PathWest.

Gelareh combines full-time clinical responsibilities with applied clinical research