Our Stories

Long-time CAP Foundation supporter V.O. Speights, MD, FCAP, passed away on May 23, 2018, at the age of 64. Dr. Speights received his Doctor of Osteopath from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1980. After completing his residency, he spent two years as chief of clinical pathology at the VA in Temple, Texas. In…

Mark J. Suhrland, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx (New York), saw a need and a solution. Exemplifying the leadership role pathologists can play, Dr. Suhrland took it upon himself to focus on the crucial connection between viruses and preventable cancers. He could help by educating patients and the community…

Denise Mack (pictured above, with her family) and Greg Gleason know how to meet a challenge. As CAP employees, they responded to a challenge from Nick Serafy, a long-time, dedicated member of the CAP Foundation Board of Directors. Serafy is a businessman from Brownsville, Texas. A husband, father, and grandfather, Serafy offered to match donations…

By Karim E. Sirgi, MD, MBA, FCAP I became a Fellow of the College of American Pathologists in 1997. At that early stage of my career, I didn’t realize all the member benefits and opportunities the CAP had to offer. Over the years, as I became more deeply connected to the CAP, my connections to…

In 2017, as many as 1,000 women received free cancer screening at See, Test & Treat programs. To make our programs happen, many elements must come together. One of the most important elements is the CAP Foundation’s donor base—and among the most philanthropic among our corporate donors is Hologic, Inc.

CAP Foundation President Dr. Karim Sirgi captures the journey of the 2017 See, Test & Treat programs—a combination of logistics and leadership that show pathologists are practically redefining what “coordinated care” means.

A hard-working self-employed realtor, Hillary is there for her clients whenever and wherever they need her. But there was one need for herself that she had never addressed. With her 50th birthday just weeks away, Hillary had never had a mammogram.

Norton is a small town in southwest Virginia, with a “one way in, one way out” feel of remote communities. Living far from a big city, access to health care is a challenge, exacerbated by the same inability to pay for insurance and medical care as nearly all women who attend See, Test & Treat programs. And in this community, like many others, the mother takes responsibility for the family’s welfare.

Of all the barriers between women across the country and life-saving cervical and breast cancer screenings, the language barrier can be one of the most difficult to overcome. At Charles Drew Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Anthony Montegut, MD, says that many women in the community speak a primary language other than English and that puts them at a high risk of these cancers going untreated.

CAP Emeritus member Alvin M. Ring, MD, FCAP, knows the markers of leadership: commitment, pragmatism, generosity, energy. Read how his generosity benefited David A. Cohen, MD, a leadership development award recipient and See, Test & Treat pathologist volunteer.