Dr. Megha Joshi has been a practicing community hospital pathologist in Massachusetts for the past 25 years. She currently serves as senior staff pathologist at Beth Israel Lahey Health in Winchester and also as a medical director at one of the hospital’s outreach laboratories.

Impressed by the cutting-edge medicine practiced in the US and knowing the situation in India first-hand, Dr. Joshi wished to bridge the gap. In 1995, a year out of residency and in her first job, she founded the Association of Indian Pathologists in North America (AIPNA), a non-profit pathology organization, to interact with pathology services outside the US. For her dedication to this organization, she was awarded the Lorraine Duggan Genzyme Award and the AIPNA silver medal. Dr. Joshi continues to serve as an executive vice president of AIPNA, an organization that supports pathology education around the world.

Beyond AIPNA, Dr. Joshi is involved in several other global pathology initiatives. As founder and executive committee member of the Molecular Pathology Association of India, she suggests speakers, attends meetings, and actively participates in and promotes molecular pathology in India. A visiting professor to Rural Medical School, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences in Karad, India, she has taught residents in a case-based, hands-on format via annual teaching assignments since 2004.

Dr. Joshi is an active member of the College of American Pathologists and has served on several CAP committees, including the Member Engagement Committee, HOD Steering Committee, and the Quality and Clinical Data Affairs Registry.