Our Stories

There is a woman in nearly every story we tell. She is the physician leaning over a microscope long after her shift has ended. She is the medical student studying late into the night. She is the mother who has postponed her own checkup one too many times. She is the grandmother holding together three...

By Dr. Hafsa Nebbache Junior Member Director, CAP Foundation Board As a pathologist, I have always believed that our specialty is far more than what happens at the microscope. Yet during training, when the days are long and the learning curve is steep, it can be difficult to see the full scope of our impact....

Connection is at the heart of the CAP Foundation’s work and nowhere is that more evident than in Sandra Haddad, MD's story. Shared in partnership with Ace My Path, her story is a powerful, deeply human account of resilience shaped by war, illness, mentorship, and the courage to begin again. More than a professional path...

As we close out 2025, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to every donor, volunteer, and partner who has supported the CAP Foundation this year. Your generosity fuels our mission and keeps our Legacy in Motion; not just through the programs we deliver, but through the stories we have the privilege to share. This...

As the season of giving begins, the CAP Foundation is proud to celebrate the individuals whose legacy gifts have shaped our mission, strengthened our programs, and expanded our impact around the world. Legacy givers are more than donors, they are visionaries who plant seeds that continue to grow long after their gift is made. Their...

For thirty years, Diane Duggan lived without health insurance. If she got sick, she went to a Minute Clinic. If she got really sick, she went to the emergency room. Preventive care simply wasn’t part of her world. It was too expensive and out of reach. “I didn’t think about mammograms or Pap tests,” she...

At White Plains Hospital, women who once faced barriers to lifesaving screenings now step into the Family Health Center with confidence, greeted by volunteers who speak their language, offer reassurance, and deliver results the very same day. At the center is Dr. Baljit Singh, Chief of Pathology, whose fearless vision for community care has earned...

Here I was—happily married, starting my first job at a community hospital north of Boston after a Harvard residency and a breast cancer fellowship. At 34, I was finally ready to start a family. But after years of failed IUIs and IVFs, we faced the painful reality: it was not to be. Refusing to give...

It’s really easy to access online food delivery wherever you are so why not medical ethics? Dr. Kamran Mirza (University of Michigan) and Dr. Alex Tannenbaum (University of Wisconsin) have just the app for you...PathologyEthics.com. Starting with a word-of-mouth launch in 2023, the site offers a freely accessible, high-quality, centralized educational resource for ethics topics...

My name is Joanna Conant, I am an Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, covering hematopathology and genomic medicine services. The trajectory of my career - where I lead, how I lead, and why I lead - was forever changed because the CAP Foundation believed in...