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.

  • 2025 Award Winners

    For 2025, 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.

    Baljit Singh, MD, FCAP

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

    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.

    Mokhtar Abdelhammed, MD

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX

    Brooj Abro, MD, FCAP

    Emory University School of Medicine

    Atlanta, GA

    Yousif Barzani, MD, MA Ed, MLS (ASCP)cm

    Louisiana State University Health - Shreveport

    Shreveport, LA

    Rebecca Crowther, MD, PhD

    Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine

    St Louis, MO

    Dilshad Dhaliwal, MD

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX

    Erik Herslebs, MD

    Emory University School of Medicine

    Atlanta, GA

    Sonalben Italiya, MD

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX

    Carlos A Lopez, MD

    Tulane Pathology Residency Program

    New Orleans, LA

    Lily Mahapatra, MD PhD, FCAP

    Illinois Dermatology Institute

    Park Ridge, IL

    Aranza Pinedo Pichilingue, MD, M.Ed

    University of Iowa Hospital

    Iowa City, IA

    Chiamaka Umah, MBBS, MPH

    University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

    Birmingham, Alabama

    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.

    Fang Bian, MD, PhD

    Pennsylvania Hospital of the Univ of Pennsylvania Health System

    Philadelphia, PA

    Eleanor Dyer, MD

    Emory University School of Medicine

    Atlanta, GA

    Lauren Miller, MD, MJ

    Michigan Medicine

    Canton, MI

    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.

    Madison Brooks

    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

    Scranton, PA

    Katy Flannery

    Midwestern University

    Downers Grove, IL

    Eric Johnson

    Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

    East Lansing, MI

    Siddharth Venkatesh

    Baylor College of Medicine

    Houston, TX

    Amanda Zwick

    Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

    Boca Raton, FL

    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).

    Paula Danika Binsol, MD

    Baylor Scott and White - Temple

    Temple, TX

    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.

    Emily Storm, MD, PhD, MS

    University of South Dakota Sanford

    Sioux Falls, SD

    Juan Luis Gomez Marti, MD

    Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Lenox Hill

    New York City, NY

    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.

    Hareem Alam, MBBS

    Aga Khan University Hospital

    Pakistan

    Assumpta Wanjiru Chege, MD

    Avenue Hospital Parklands

    Kenya

    Enyi Amos Chikodinaka, MBBS

    David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences

    Nigeria

    Alba Betzabé Có Chón, MBBS

    Hospital Regional de Cobán

    Guatemala

    Demelash Darota, MD

    Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital

    Ethiopia

    Laila Magid Salah Eldin Farid, MD,MBChB,PhD

    Ain Shams University

    Egypt

    Izza Hussain, MBBS

    The Kidney Centre, Post Graduate Training Institute

    Pakistan

    Hazem Abdelazim Sobhy Abo Imsael, MD, MBChB

    Baheya Foundation for Early Detection and Treatment of Breast Cancer

    Egypt

    Raudatul Janah, MD

    Cicendo Eye Hospital

    Indonesia

    Sherjan Kalim, MD

    Cotabato Regional and Medical Center

    Philippines

    Samriddhi Karki, MD

    Nepal Police Hospital

    Nepal

    Ogunkunle Abdulfatai Kayode, MBBS

    Ahmadu Bello University

    Nigeria

    Nguyen Thi Khuyen, MD

    Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital

    Vietnam

    Neelum Mansoor, MBBS

    Indus Hospital and Health Network

    Pakistan

    Abay Mekuria, MD

    International Clinical Laboratories

    Ethiopia

    Hector Daniel Robledo Mendez, MD, MSc

    Hospital Nacional de Especialidades Quirúrgicas Villa Nueva

    Guatemala

    Bekalu Molla Minale, MD

    Debre Markos university

    Ethiopia

    Voskehat Mkrtumyan, MD

    Histogen Pathology Center

    Armenia

    Daniel Kassie Molla, MD

    Jigjiga University Sheik Hassen Yabare Referral Hospital

    Ethiopia

    Michael Etta Owan, MBChB

    Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital

    Nigeria

    Greta Pandey, MD

    B.P Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital

    Nepal

    Shaimaa Abdelmalik Pessar, MD

    Ain Shams University

    Egypt

    Ankita Simkhada, MD

    Province Public Health Laboratory (Bagmati Province)

    Nepal

    G Smeeta, MD, MBBS

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    India

    Abraham Kassahun Tadele, MD

    Hawassa University

    Ethiopia

    Birhanu Hailu Tirkaso, MD

    Mizan-Tepi University

    Ethiopia

    Tran Trung Toan, MD

    Viet Nam National Cancer Hospital

    Vietnam

    Woldie Jember Zewdie, MD

    Worabe Comprehensive Specialized Hospital(WCSH)

    Ethiopia

    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.

    Neelum Mansoor, MBBS

    Indus Hospital and Health Network

    Pakistan

    Mesfin Asefa Tola, MD

    St. Paul's Hospital Millenium Medical College

    Ethiopia

    Advera Ngaiza, MD

    Muhimbili National Hospital

    Tanzania

    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.

    Allison Lindsey, MD

    University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, NC

    Thomas Auen, DO

    University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, NE

    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.

    Casey Vieni, MD, PhD

    Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, MN

    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.

    Nicholas Barron, MLS (ASCP)

    Michigan Sate University College of Osteopathic Medicine

    East Lansing, MI

    Christina Quynh Vu

    ATSU Kirksville College of Medicine

    Kirksville, MO

    Alex Chen

    Touro University Nevada COM and Perelman SOM at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Charles Herndon

    Touro University Nevada COM and Perelman SOM at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Jenna Aungst

    Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Knoxville, TN

    Lauren Belanger

    University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, MN

    John H. Rippey, MD, Grant for Laboratory Quality Assurance

    This grant honors the memory of John H. Rippey, MD, FCAP, an advocate of the CAP who was devoted to improving laboratory quality assurance.

    Samuel Emerson Harvey, MD, PhD

    John Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Baltimore, MA

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