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