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CAP16: All-star team presented with CAP and Foundation awards

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October 2016—Gene N. Herbek, MD, was presented Sept. 25 with the Pathologist of the Year award during the spotlight event at the CAP16 annual meeting in Las Vegas.

At the same event, Cordelia E. Sever, MD, was given the Pathology Advancement award, Sang Wu, MD, the CAP Foundation Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian award, Carey Zimmerman August, MD, the Outstanding Communicator award, and Denise K. Driscoll, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, the CAP Staff Outstanding Achievement award.

Twenty-four others received CAP or CAP Foundation awards Sept. 24 during a joint session of the House of Delegates and Residents Forum or Sept. 25 during the scientific plenary session.

Dr. Herbek

Dr. Herbek

Dr. Herbek, of the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Neb., was honored for his strong leadership during his term as CAP president and for his other contributions to the CAP and the CAP Foundation. He served in the House of Delegates and on the Finance, Investment, Risk Management, Practice Management, and New in Practice committees in addition to serving on other teams and many years on the Board of Governors as a governor and officer. Dr. Herbek is the founder and driving force behind the CAP Foundation’s See, Test & Treat program.

Becoming a member volunteer of the CAP made him a better pathologist, “creating countless opportunities—some formal and others back-of-the-napkin—to learn the science and art of pathology from giants in our field,” he said in his published note of acceptance of the award.

“The CAP epitomizes the model of a professional organization whose members have come together to focus on a greater purpose: in our case, improving patient care as only we can,” he added.

Dr. Sever

Dr. Sever

Dr. Sever’s Pathology Advancement award is for her ability to adapt to new changes in pathology and the challenges that come with them. She has been the chair of the CAP 15189 (ISO Program and Accreditation) Committee, a member of the Council on Accreditation and the Strategic Management Committee, and chair of the Guideline Expert Panel for Bone Marrow Synoptic Reporting for Hematologic Neoplasms. She is now a member of the International Venture Steering Committee and co-chair of the Guideline Expert Panel for Improving the Diagnosis of Lymphoma.

Dr. Sever is vice president and director of clinical pathology at Pathology Associates of Albuquerque in New Mexico, medical director of Presbyterian Hospital Laboratory and Presbyterian Branch Labs, and co-medical director of the clinical laboratory, hematology, at Tricore Reference Laboratories.

Dr. Wu’s Gene and Jean Herbek Humanitarian award is to support his vision to expand the See, Test & Treat program to reach more patients and emphasize follow-up care. His aim is to create a community health/patient navigator program, in partnership with the Vietnamese Health Professionals Association (VHPA) of North Texas and the Vietnamese American Medical Association (VAMA). He plans to create a part-time position for a community health worker who will hold workshops and seminars in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and serve as the patient navigator for follow-up care for participating patients. Dr. Wu hopes that a community health worker will be able to expand the program by using the support of the VHPA and VAMA, developing relationships with patients, and acting as a liaison between the program providers and the community.

Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu

He is a pathologist with North Dallas Pathology Services and medical director for laboratory services at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Denton. He is vice chair of the CAP’s Practice Management Committee and a member of the Steering Committee of the CAP House of Delegates. Dr. Wu recently sponsored the first See, Test & Treat program in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Dr.August

Dr. August

Dr. August received the Outstanding Communicator award for her efforts in making the value of pathology a professional priority. She has received CAP Spokesperson and Engaged Leadership Academy training and has served as an Engaged Leadership Academy training instructor. Dr. August is a member of the Engaged Leaders Network and serves as chair of the Professional and Community Engagement Committee and as a member of the Council on Membership and Professional Development.

She is an attending pathologist at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she is director of anatomic pathology and associate chair of the Department of Pathology. She is a member also of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Driscoll

Driscoll

Denise Driscoll’s Staff Outstanding Achievement award is for her positive impact in support of the CAP and its members. For the past 12 years, Driscoll has been involved in laboratory accreditation and regulatory affairs, for which she serves as the senior director. She contributes to the success and overall management of the CAP’s accreditation programs and has worked to establish the core processes by which more than 7,800 laboratories are inspected and accredited.

Other awards presented are as follows:

Dr. Beavis

Dr. Beavis

Distinguished Patient Care award, to Kathleen G. Beavis, MD, for her contributions to the CAP—through her service in various roles on the Microbiology Resource Committee, Safety Committee, and Council on Scientific Affairs—that led to improved patient care.

Dr. Beavis was instrumental in establishing a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of Public Health Laboratories to create the CAP Laboratory Preparedness Exercise, which strengthens a laboratory’s ability to recognize possible bioterrorism organisms. She recently moderated the American Hospital in Dubai’s annual microbiology program and presented lectures on best practices in laboratory quality improvement for microbiology.

She is a member of the Microbiology Resource and Complaints and Investigations committees.
Dr. Beavis is a pathologist at the University of Chicago. She is director of its microbiology and immunology laboratories, director of the serum protein electrophoresis service, and interim director of the clinical laboratories. She is an associate professor of pathology, University of Chicago School of Medicine.

Dr.Singh

Dr. Singh

Distinguished Patient Care award, to Meenakshi Singh, MD, for her contributions to patient care in the area of personalized medicine with a focus on biomarkers for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. She is the CAP liaison to the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers and a member of the Pathology Practice Guidance Action Group. She has also served as a state commissioner for Colorado and Wyoming for the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation.

Dr. Singh is a pathologist at the University of Kansas Hospital, where she is the clinical service chief. She is a professor in and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Dr. Myles

Dr. Myles

Outstanding Service award, to Jonathan L. Myles, MD, for his years of service in support of the CAP’s advocacy program. He serves as a member of the CAP’s House of Delegates, the Council on Government and Professional Affairs, and the AMA/CAP Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement Pathology Workgroup. He has been a member of the Economic Affairs Committee since 2006 and now serves as its chair.

Dr. Myles is a pathologist at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where he holds an appointment in the Department of Anatomic Pathology.

Dr. Voelkerding

Dr. Voelkerding

Distinguished Service Award, to Karl V. Voelkerding, MD, for his expertise and service to the CAP and the specialty as chair of the Next-Generation Sequencing Project Team and in the subsequent development of the CAP’s first NGS proficiency testing program.

Dr. Voelkerding is a professor of pathology at the University of Utah and medical director for genomics and bioinformatics at ARUP Laboratories. He is the program director for the molecular genetic pathology fellowship at the University of Utah.

Dr. Cardona

Dr. Cardona

Public Service award, to Diana M. Cardona, MD, for her work in leading the way for pathologists to participate in the evolving payment paradigms. She serves on the CAP Economic Affairs Committee and is chair of the EAC measure and performance assessment subcommittee. Dr. Cardona is also a member of the Council on Government and Professional Affairs, a member of the Accountable Care Organization Network, and an alternate CAP delegate to the AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement.

Dr. Cardona is an associate professor of pathology at Duke University School of Medicine and medical director of the histology immunopathology laboratories, medical director of the pathologist assistant program, and chief of the bone and soft tissue pathology section.

Dr. Tucker

Dr. Tucker

Resident Advocate award, posthumously to Joseph Allan Tucker, MD, for his contributions to and support of pathology residents. Dr. Tucker was often described as someone who made pathology fun and entertaining and as a brilliant teacher who inspired medical students to choose pathology as a career. He introduced many young leaders to organized medicine.

His students and residents selected him for many honors, among them Best Basic Science Professor, Best Senior Rotation, and a Faculty Recognition award for best pathology house staff teacher. The University of South Alabama College of Medicine class of 2016 selected Dr. Tucker as the faculty member who demonstrated excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion, and dedication to service. Senior medical students have honored him with the red sash, a graduation honor for teaching excellence.

He was the Louise Lenoir Locke professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and director of anatomic pathology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. He stepped down in August 2015 and died of cancer on March 23, 2016.

Dr. Aldape

Dr. Aldape

Lifetime Achievement award, to Hector C. Aldape, MD, for his service to the CAP Laboratory Accreditation Program. He served for nine years as deputy regional commissioner for Central and South American laboratories for the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation, during which time he led inspections for 25 to 30 labs throughout Latin America. He credits C. Robert Baisden, MD, and the late William Hamlin, MD, for inspiring his accreditation work.

Dr. Aldape spent most of his professional life as a pathologist at Northwest Hospital in Seattle, now a part of the University of Washington health system. Until 1998, he served as director of the Department of Anatomic Pathology. He taught clinical pathology at the University of Washington Medical School, where he now holds the position of emeritus clinical professor in its Department of Pathology.

Dr. Brat

Dr. Brat

Lifetime Achievement award, to Daniel J. Brat, MD, PhD, for his service to the CAP and his contributions to advancing the practice of neuropathology. For 10 years he has been a member of the CAP Neuropathology Committee, for which he served as chair from 2012 through 2015 and vice chair from 2009 through 2011. He has served as chair of the CAP’s Anatomic Pathology Cluster, Central Nervous System Biomarker Reporting Panel, and Neurological Cancer Protocol Review Panel, and he was a member of the Neurologic and Eye Tumors Cancer Protocol Panel.

Dr. Brat is a diagnostic neuropathologist at Emory University Hospital and director of the Division of Neuropathology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Dr. Carlson

Dr. Carlson

Lifetime Achievement award, to Desiree A. Carlson, MD, for her contributions to the CAP as northeast regional commissioner for the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation for the past 25 years, and much more. She is the chair of the Complaints and Investigations Committee, a member of the Council on Accreditation, a member of the review groups for the team leader and cytopathology checklists, and a member of the Engaged Leadership Network. Dr. Carlson has also contributed her time and expertise as a member of the CAP Foundation Board of Directors and the Finance, Political Action, and Nominating committees.

She is chief of pathology and president of Carlson Pathology Associates in Brockton, Mass., and an adjunct assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine.

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