The CAP Foundation supports Engaged Leaders Network members in a wide variety of activities. Members like Eva M. Wojcik, MD, FCAP, and Michael B. Prystowsky, MD, PhD, FCAP, lead See, Test & Treat events to bring life-saving cancer screenings and health education to women in need. Beyond See, Test & Treat, the foundation offers pathologists opportunities to advance the practice of pathology through funding and awards.

MISSISSIPPI: Tomeka Harps met with dozens of women at the University of Mississippi Medical Center at Jackson, Mississippi, on a Saturday morning in January. Harps was diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer at UMMC See, Test & Treat program a year earlier. Successfully treated, she has been sharing her story, and transforming the patients from tense…

Every See, Test & Treat program has its champions. Nearly all of the women who receive free cancer screening at See, Test & Treat programs have limited access to health care. Thanks to the champions who volunteer their time and expertise, See, Test & Treat patients get that access. For example, at a December See,…

Long-time CAP Foundation supporter V.O. Speights, MD, FCAP, passed away on May 23, 2018, at the age of 64. Dr. Speights received his Doctor of Osteopath from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1980. After completing his residency, he spent two years as chief of clinical pathology at the VA in Temple, Texas. In…

Mark J. Suhrland, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx (New York), saw a need and a solution. Exemplifying the leadership role pathologists can play, Dr. Suhrland took it upon himself to focus on the crucial connection between viruses and preventable cancers. He could help by educating patients and the community…

Denise Mack (pictured above, with her family) and Greg Gleason know how to meet a challenge. As CAP employees, they responded to a challenge from Nick Serafy, a long-time, dedicated member of the CAP Foundation Board of Directors. Serafy is a businessman from Brownsville, Texas. A husband, father, and grandfather, Serafy offered to match donations…

By Karim E. Sirgi, MD, MBA, FCAP I became a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists in 1997. At that early stage of my career, I didn’t realize all the member benefits and opportunities the CAP had to offer. Over the years, as I became more deeply connected to the CAP, my connections to…

In 2017, as many as 1,000 women received free cancer screening at See, Test & Treat programs. To make our programs happen, many elements must come together. One of the most important elements is the CAP Foundation’s donor base—and among the most philanthropic among our corporate donors is Hologic, Inc.

CAP Foundation President Dr. Karim Sirgi captures the journey of the 2017 See, Test & Treat programs—a combination of logistics and leadership that show pathologists are practically redefining what “coordinated care” means.

A hard-working self-employed realtor, Hillary is there for her clients whenever and wherever they need her. But there was one need for herself that she had never addressed. With her 50th birthday just weeks away, Hillary had never had a mammogram.