AAPath Distinguished Service Award

The AAPath Distinguished Service Award (DSA) recognizes lifetime achievement in the field of academic pathology, encompassing the full spectrum of contributions at the local and national levels in undergraduate and graduate medical education, research, and clinical service.

Award Process:

1. Nominations for the AAPath Award must include a primary and a secondary nomination letter, both from AAPath members, and a recent curriculum vitae of the candidate.
2. In any given year, nomination packages must be submitted through this online form no later than December 31^st. Every nominee's candidacy for the award remains active for three consecutive years. Click here to view a PDF preview of the form.
3. AAPath Council shall review the nominations at Winter Council and select who will receive the DSA during the annual AAPath Meeting.

Congratulations to the 2024 Awardee!

AAPath Distinguished Service Award
	Lydia P. Howell, MD Former Department Chair, University of California, Davis

Past Award Recipients

• 2023 - Rebecca L. Johnson, MD (photo)
• 2022 - Barbara S. Ducatman, MD (photo)
• 2021 - Vivian Pinn, MD (photo)
• 2021 - James Crawford, MD, PhD (photo)
• 2020 - Vinay Kumar, MD (photo)
• 2019 - J. Charles Jennette, MD (photo)
• 2018 - Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD (photo | tweet)
• 2017 - David Wilkinson, MD, PhD (photo | tweet)
• 2016 - Sharon Weiss, MD (photo)
• 2015 - J. Allan Tucker, MD
• 2014 - Mary F. Lipscomb, MD
• 2013 - Avrum I. Gotlieb, MD, FRCPC
• 2012 - Nelson Fausto, MD (posthumous)
• 2012 - Clive Taylor, MD, PhD
• 2011 - Ronald Weinstein, MD
• 2010 - David Hardwick, MD, FRCPC
• 2009 - Jay M. McDonald, MD
• 2008 - Harold Dvorak, MD
• 2008 - William Gardner, Jr., MD
• 2007 - Deborah E. Powell, MD
• 2006 - Richard G. Lynch, MD
• 2006 - Emanuel Rubin, MD
• 2005 - Henry Pitot, MD, PhD
• 2005 - Jack Strong, MD
• 2004 - Peter A. Ward, MD
• 2003 - Charles S. Hirsch, MD
• 2002 - Leopold G. Koss, MD
• 2001 - Fred Gorstein, MD
• 2000 - Donald King, MD
• 1999 - David Korn, MD
• 1998 - Leonard Jarett, MD
• 1997 - William H. Hartmann, MD
• 1996 - Vernie Stembridge, MD
• 1995 - Robert Prichard, MD (posthumous)
• 1994 - Robert E. Anderson, MD
• 1993 - Ramzi S. Cotran, MD
• 1992 - M.R. (Gus) Abell, MD, PhD
• 1991 - Thomas Kent, MD
• 1990 - George Lundberg, MD
• 1989 - Kenneth Brinkhous, MD
• 1988 - Werner Kirsten, MD
• 1987 - Ellis S. Benson, MD
• 1986 - Rolla B. Hill, MD