Our Stories

Medical school functions like a high-speed, 4-year commuter train with rigid, mandatory stops (exams/rotations) and little room for unscheduled delays. One stop that is lacking is the pathology station. Long-time CAP Member, Dr. Ronald Spark, recognized this gap and shared his interest with the CAP Foundation in getting more medical students involved in pathology. While...

Last year, we celebrated how your support links us together. Like a friendship bracelet, each gift forming a chain of impact. This year, we’re going a step deeper: highlighting the people, the threads, who make those connections possible. Meet Julia, Senior Manager, Program and Fund Administration. Through her work, she helps bring clarity, structure, and...

There is a moment in every patient's story that no one talks about. It happens before the treatment plan. Before the surgery. Before the conversation in the doctor's office where everything changes. It happens in a laboratory, under a microscope, in the hands of a pathologist or laboratory professional whose name the patient will never...

Last year, we celebrated how your support links us together. Like a friendship bracelet, each gift forming a chain of impact. This year, we’re going a step deeper: highlighting the people, the threads, who make those connections possible. Meet Konnie, Manager of Grant Development. Through her work, she helps turn ideas into action bringing energy,...

Last year, we celebrated how your support links us together. Like a friendship bracelet, each gift forming a chain of impact. This year, we’re going deeper by highlighting the people, the threads, who make it all possible. Meet Ranya Gabb, our Operations Manager. She’s the one who keeps the day-to-day moving smoothly, connecting people, ideas,...

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...