The CAP Foundation is proud to acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding group of award recipients for their work in advancing pathology and promoting our shared values.

  • 2024 Award Winners

    For 2024, the Foundation is proud to acknowledge the contributions of an outstanding group of award recipients for their work in advancing pathology and promoting our shared values.

    Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award

    Established in honor of Gene N. Herbek, MD, FCAP

    The Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian Award, introduced in 2011, is named in honor of Gene N. Herbek, MD, FCAP, a past president of the CAP who brought the first See, Test & Treat program to Native American women in South Dakota, as well as for his wife, Jean, who continues his commitment. The award honors a pathologist leader who has made innovative and unique contributions to advance the See, Test & Treat program.

    Ana Yuil-Valdes, MD, FCAP

    University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, NE

    Leadership Development Award

    Among the CAP Foundation’s most enduring programs, the Leadership Development Award introduces young pathologists to the specialty’s issues and leadership opportunities. The award enhances each recipient’s education and experience as they become immersed in the issues that confront the specialty. This immersion illustrates the necessity of maintaining a patient-centered practice.

    Asma Arshia, MD, MBBS

    University of Kentucky

    Lexington, KY

    Bruno Basil, MBBS, IFCAP

    David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences

    Nigeria

    Jing Di, MD

    University of Kentucky Healthcare

    Lexington, KY

    Mostafa Elhodaky, MD, PhD

    Northwestern University

    Chicago, IL

    Lucy Jager, MD, FCAP

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    Chicago, IL

    Alyssa Lee, MD, MS

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    Emily Hatheway Marshall, MD

    Mass General Brigham

    Boston, MA

    Fitra Rianto, MD

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center

    Bronx, NY

    Divya Salibindla, MBBS

    University of Cincinnati Medical Center

    Cincinnati, OH

    Homayemem Weli, MD, MSc, PhD

    Washington University in St. Louis

    St. Louis, MO

    Alexandria Wellman, MD

    University of California Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA

    Su Yeon Yeon, MD

    University of Illinois at Chicago

    Chicago, IL

    Jenny Zhang, MD

    Banner University Medical Center Tucson / University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson

    Tuscon, AZ

    Informatics Award

    The field of pathology has experienced dramatic growth in the areas of informatics, clinical applications, standardized reporting and laboratory test utilization, electronic health records, workflow, and patient safety. Experts attribute the growth to external financial and health care pressures.

    Award recipients will receive exposure to real-world practical applications in the ever-evolving field of informatics via the annual meeting. They will have direct access to industry leaders and a choice of several courses presented by experts in the informatics field.

    Katherine H. D. Crawford, MD, PhD

    University of Washington

    Seattle, WA

    Adam Krouse, MD

    Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood, IL

    Yuqing “Mike” Xiong, MD

    Mass General Brigham

    Somerville, MA

    Medical Student Travel Award

    The Medical Student Travel Award is intended to encourage and support medical students showing a strong interest in the specialty of pathology as a career choice. This award provides a stipend toward travel expenses to attend the CAP Annual Meeting, where awardees will gain valuable insight and critical knowledge from experts regarding the field of pathology and career pathways.

    Emily Hartsell

    The University of South Alabama Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine

    Mobile, AL

    Vicki Mercado

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX

    Raquel Perry

    Duke University School of Medicine

    Durham, NC

    Anaisa Quintanilla-Arteaga

    Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

    Maywood, IL

    Rebecca Reese

    Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine

    Fairborn, OH

    Keitges Grant for Medical Ethics

    This grant provides funding to support programs addressing medical ethics and/or health disparity issues as it relates to the practice of pathology and pathologists (eg, the leadership role of pathologists in medical ethics, patient care, and patient advocacy).

    Alex Tannenbaum, MD

    University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

    Madison, WI

    Kamran Mirza, MD, FCAP

    Michigan Medicine/University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, MI

    Translational Diagnostics Advanced Training Grant

    Sponsored by Roche/Ventana

    This grant offers CAP Junior Members hands-on exposure to ways in which novel histopathology-based diagnostic assays are developed. Under the direction of Ventana’s chief medical officer, Shalini Singh, MD, FCAP, recipients tailor their experience to explore R&D innovation, scientific and clinical affairs, digital pathology and whole slide imaging, platform and instrumentation development, and/or tissue sample management.

    Douglas Preston, MD, PhD

    Oregon Health & Science University

    Portland, OR

    Tengfei Wang, MD

    Baylor Scott and White Health

    Temple, TX

    Global Pathology Education Award

    This award was created to improve global health by increasing the exchange of information on the science of pathology. It provides international pathologists practicing in medically under-resourced areas with complimentary registration to attend the CAP24 annual meeting. Awardees gain access to outstanding continuing education in all pathology specialties taught by world-class experts.

    Kirubel Girma Abrham, MD

    St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College

    Ethiopia

    Naseem Ahmed, MBBS, MPhil

    Dow Medical College

    Pakistan

    Adugnaw Atalay, MD

    Woldia University

    Ethiopia

    Hay Wonn Aye, MBBS, MMedSc

    Mandalay General Hospital

    Myanmar

    Zin Mon Aye, MBBS, MMedSc

    University of Medicine, Mandalay

    Myanmar

    Hijab Batool, MBBS

    Chughtai Lab Lahore

    Pakistan

    Habib Sadat Chaudhury, MD, MBBS

    Thyrocare Bangladesh Ltd & International Medical College

    Bangladesh

    Babatunde Duduyemi, MBChB

    University of Sierra Leone Teaching Hospitals Complex

    Sierra Leone

    Tanima Dwivedi, MD

    National Cancer Institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    India

    Onyinye Eze, MBBS

    Enugu State University of Science and Technology Teaching Hospital

    Nigeria

    Laila Magid Salah Eldin Farid , MD, MBBS, PhD

    Faculty of Medicine Ain Shams University

    Egypt

    Samuel Gakinya, MD

    Aga Khan University

    Kenya

    Fekadu Wudie Gelaw, MD

    Bahir Dar University

    Ethiopia

    Ahmed Maseh Haidary, MBBS & Dr.Patho (Haemato)

    French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children

    Afghanistan

    Sadaf Haiyat, MD

    Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital

    India

    Diksha Karki, MD

    Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital

    Nepal

    Doan Minh Khuy, MD

    Bach Mai Hospital

    Vietnam

    Tho Ngoc-Quynh Le, MD

    University Medical Center

    Vietnam

    Huynh Thi Lien, MD

    Danang Hospital

    Vietnam

    Leah Furahini Mnango, MD

    Muhimbili National Hospital

    Tanzania

    Alphonsine Mukandekezi, MBBS

    Rwanda Military Hospital

    Rwanda

    Sumayya Najam, MBBS

    Test Zone Diagnostic Centre

    Pakistan

    Mirza Paola Ramirez Reyes, MD

    Hospital Roosevelt

    Guatemala

    Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, MBBS

    Aga Khan University Hospital

    Pakistan

    Wubshet Assefa Tesema, MD

    Bahir Dar University

    Ethiopia

    Alemayehu Tessega, MD

    Bahir Dar University

    Ethiopia

    Tran Trung Toan, MD

    K National Cancer Hospital

    Vietnam

    Kasiemobi Eberechukwu Uchime, MD, MBBS

    Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti Multisystem Hospital

    Nigeria

    Hsu Myat Wai, MBBS, MMedSc

    N Health Myanmar

    Myanmar

    Garba Dahiru Waziri, MBBS

    Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital

    Nigeria

    Phyu Cin Win, MBBS, MMedSc

    University of Medicine, Mandalay

    Myanmar

    Nooshin Zaresharifi, MD

    Poursina Hospital

    Iran

    Global Pathology Development Grant

    The Foundation’s Global Pathology Development Grant was created to improve global health and the science and expansion of pathology and pathology services. It offers funding to support impactful, sustainable, and accretive global (international) projects that develop, expand, and sustain the delivery of pathology services through education/training, patient care, laboratory quality, or enhanced technology and laboratory diagnostics.

    Bruno Basil, MBBS, FMCPath, IFCAP

    David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences/International Institute for Pathology and Forensic Science Research, Uburu

    Nigeria

    Tazeen Fatima, MBBS, FCPS

    National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease Karachi

    Pakistan

    Rondi Kauffmann, MD, MPH

    AIC Kijabe Hospital

    Kenya

    Nixon Niyonzima, MBChB, MSc., PhD, MBA

    Uganda Cancer Institute

    Uganda

    Forensic Pathology Advanced Training Grant

    With support from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the NAME Foundation, this grant offers CAP Junior Members an introduction to forensic pathology via a four-week away rotation at a medical examiner (ME)/coroner office.

    Omid Golestanian, MD

    West Virginia University Morgantown, West

    Virginia

    Adrienne Workman, MD

    Dartmouth Health

    Lebanon, NH

    Clinical Laboratory Science Investigator Award

    The Clinical Laboratory Science Investigator Award—sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company—seeks to provide a four-week onsite training opportunity at Lilly’s Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory in Indianapolis for pathology residents to participate in research projects focused on improving the discovery, quality, and delivery of novel biomarker assays for use in clinical studies.

    Genevieve Parecki, MD

    Oregon Health and Science University

    Portland, OR

    Sparking Interest in Pathology Award

    With support from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the NAME Foundation, this grant offers CAP Junior Members an introduction to forensic pathology via a four-week away rotation at a medical examiner (ME)/coroner office.

    Sarah Galloway

    California University of Science and Medicine – SOM

    Colton, CA

    Emily Hartsell

    The University of South Alabama College of Medicine

    Mobile, AL

    Justin Liu

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Chicago, IL

    Darby Naheedy

    Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Downers Grove, IL

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