Leadership is at the center of the Foundation’s mission. We award scholarships for scientific training and leadership development to help prepare the pathologist leaders of tomorrow. We also mobilize pathologists to lead cancer screening, diagnosis, and access to care to underserved patients in their communities. Our flagship program, See, Test & Treat, is an outstanding…

Honolulu, Hawaii, June 29 See, Test & Treat’s first program outside of the continental United States took place at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Hawai’i. The event was led by Jeffrey L. Killeen, MD, FCAP, a pathologist at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children and medical director of oncology services for…

In 2011, Dina R. Mody, MD, FCAP, the medical director of cytopathology at Houston Methodist Hospital, and other faculty members were approached to host a See, Test & Treat® program. The CAP Foundation initiative provides free cervical and breast cancer screenings to underserved women across the United States with prompt results, follow-up care, and education….

When Roberta Graham, a now retired nurse from White Plains, New York, was diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age, she adopted a fighter’s stance from the start. “I was always going to stay one step ahead of it,” Roberta said. “I was not going to let it beat me; I was going to…

By Guillermo G. Martinez-Torres, MD, FCAP It all started in a coroner’s office. Early in my development I was exposed to autopsies, and I was fascinated. My curiosity and my penchant for problem solving lured me to the House of Medicine. I am often asked why I chose pathology. It is a seemingly simple question,…

When asked for his reaction after visiting the 2018 See, Test & Treat® program at IVFMD in Irving, Texas, Merck representative Barry McLaughlin summed it up in one word: priceless. An oncology diagnostics specialist consultant, McLaughlin is one of several Merck representatives who received behind-the-scenes tours at various See, Test & Treat events. Merck is…

The journey to pathology often leads to leadership. That’s particularly true for Jasmine Saleh, MD, MPH, and Ashley Volaric, MD. Dr. Saleh is one of this year’s Leadership Development Awards honorees. Dr. Volaric was a recipient in 2018. Born bilaterally deaf into a world of silence, Dr. Saleh was 5 years old when she received…

When a CAP member applies for a CAP Foundation grant to hold a See, Test & Treat program, he or she is signing up to manage a public health event. “The lead pathologist is central to the role of coordinating the support of all key stakeholders at Cambridge Health Alliance,” said Rebecca A. Osgood, MD,…

By Guillermo G. Martinez-Torres, MD, FCAP At a CAP meeting a few years ago, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Karim E. Sirgi, MD, MBA, FCAP, my predecessor as president of the CAP Foundation. He said he was looking for good people to become involved in the foundation . . . and …

A three-hour one-way trip is a long journey only for a mammogram. But that’s the way it is for women in some rural communities in Mississippi. “In our time, despite the medical advances to prevent and cure cancer, many women still are unable to access cancer screening, the most important step in reducing the cancer…