Anthony Busuttil

Born in Malta in 1945, Anthony Busuttil migrated to Scotland to study pathology. Joining The University of Glasgow Pathology Department in the late 1960s, Busuttil served as a registrar and pathology examiner at the Western Infirmary. He moved to Edinburgh in 1976 and worked for the Royal College of Surgeons.

 

Within his role as a forensic pathologist, Anthony Busuttil has examined many high-profile crime scenes and autopsies. In 1988, Busuttil and his team led the investigations for the Lockerbie Disaster, where a Pan Am airplane exploded over the Scottish village of Lockerbie, leading to 270 fatalities. In 1996 he worked as a forensic medical examiner on the Dunblane Massacre.

 

Anthony was appointed Regius Chair of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1988. 

 

He served in the Forensic Medicine Unit at the Department of Pathology, retiring in 2006. After 25 years contributing to pathology at the University, Anthony is remembered fondly by past students as an inspirational and empathetic medical professional and humanitarian in his roles as professor and pathologist.