Positioning Academic Pathology for the Future

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Positioning Academic Pathology for the Future

• Political Challenges
• Jerry Garvin
• Wake Forest University

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In the future, who will speak for pathology on
issues in the national forum? Will there be a
united voice?Will academic pathology be a part
of that voice?
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Intersociety Pathology Council

• Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and
  Scientists
• American Academy of Forensic Pathologists
• American Academy of Maxillofacial and Oral
  Pathology
• American Association of Neuropathologists
• American Osteopathic College of Pathologists
• American Society for Investigative Pathology
• American Society for Clinical Pathology
• American Society of Cytopathology
• American Society of Dermatopathology
• Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical
  Pathologists
• Association of Clinical Scientists
• Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical
  Pathology
• Association for Molecular Pathology
• Association for Pathology Chairs
• Canadian Association of Pathologists
• College of American Pathologists
• National Association of Medical Examiners
• Society for Pediatric Pathology
• Society of Toxicologic Pathology

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APC Newsletter-Presidents Message, Predictions
for the Next Millennium

• There will be a consolidation of Pathology
  organizations under one umbrella organization.
  The alphabet soup of Pathology organizations will
  be simplified as they discover great overlaps in
  membership, and mission. The increasing demand
  for political and financial strength will require
  the greater numbers of consolidation.

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USCAP Companion Societies

• Endocrine Pathology Society
• International Society of Urological Pathology
• North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology
• Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology
• Pulmonary Pathology Society
• Binford-Dammin Society of Infectious Disease
  Pathologists
• Hans Popper Hepatopathollogy Society
• Renal Pathology Society
• Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
• Society for Ultrastructural Pathology
• Society for Hematopathology
• International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue
  Pathology
• International Society of Gynecological
  Pathologists
• Paleopathology Club
• Roger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology
  Society
• History of Pathology Society
• International Society of Breast Pathology

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Newer Pathology Societies

• Association for Pathology Informatics (API)- a
  division of ASIP
• International Society for Biologic and
  Environmental Repositories (ISBER)

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AMA Section Council on Pathology

• Composed of the following organizations ASCP,
  CAP, USCAP, NAME, and ASC.
• Meets twice a year during AMA house of delegates.

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American Board of Pathology meeting with the
Cooperating Societies

• Cooperating Societies include the following
  ACLPS, AMA Section on Pathology, ASIP, ASCP,
  ADASP, APC, CAP and USCAP
• Meets once a year with the ABP.

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APC Summer Meetings

• APC has added sections to include the program
  directors (PRODS), administrative directors
  (PDAS), and is considering adding a section of
  course directors.
• APC has added a research and education group
  (APCREG).
• Like a quilt, the fabric of the APC has been
  strengthened by the formation of these sections.

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