Prof Mohamed Sami Shousha, 79, a father-of-two, died on April 2 in London after contracting the virus around two weeks earlier.
“He was very keen on going to work on his final days despite the health hazards,” his nephew Abdelrahman Shousha told Middle Eastern Eye.
“However, most likely, his work did not involve direct contact with Covid-19 patients.”
Prof Shousha had been working at Charing Cross Hospital since 1978, where he managed the breast histopathology service, which concerns changes in tissues caused by disease.
He was also an honorary professor of histopathology at Imperial College and worked at UK cancer research laboratories at London’s Hammersmith and Charing Cross hospitals.