The Friends of Pathology Award is an honor awarded to those outside of the field of pathology and laboratory medicine, whose career accomplishments have nevertheless been exceptionally beneficial to the pathology and laboratory medicine community.
Click on the award links above to see each award's criteria, process, and recipients. For more information, contact the AAPath Office at 302-660-4940 or info@academicpathology.org.
AAPath Honors 2025 Awardees
CONGRATULATIONS to the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service Awards!
AAPath Distinguished Service Award
Priscilla S. Markwood, CAE Executive Director Emerita, Association for Academic Pathology
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education
Cindy McCloskey, MD University of Oklahoma
Douglas C. Miller, MD, PhD Former Residency Program Director, University of Missouri
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education
William N. Rose, MD University of Wisconsin
Distinguished Service Award in Pathology Department Administration
Joann Li, PA, MPH Columbia University
Distinguished Service Award in Graduate Medical Education Administration
Alexandra Murtha, MA University of California, San Diego
Friends of Pathology Award
National Kidney Foundation Acceptance by: Elizabeth Montgomery, National VP, Clinical Practice Innovation and Population Health
Lydia P. Howell, MD Former Department Chair, University of California, Davis
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education
Paul N. Staats, MD Interim Department Chair, University of Maryland
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education
Robin LeGallo, MD Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Virginia
Distinguished Service Award in Pathology Department Administration
J. Gary Brown, MA, MBA Vice Chair of Finance and Administration, University of Colorado
Distinguished Service Award in Graduate Medical Education Administration
Amy J. Bourgeois, MEd GME Program Administrator, University of Vermont Medical Center
Elizabeth (Beth) Smith, C-TAGME GME Coordinator, Penn State Hershey Medical Center
APC Honors 2023 Awardees
Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Service Award
Rebecca L. Johnson, MD CEO Emeritus, American Board of Pathology
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education
Scott R. Anderson, MD Professor of Pathology; Residency Program Director; Director of Cytopathology, University of Vermont Medical Center
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education
Andrea T. Deyrup, MD, PhD Professor of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
H. James Williams, MD Professor, Pathology, Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine
Academic Pathology Executives Section Distinguished Service Award
Susan McCarthy Chief Administrative Officer, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award
Kathleen (Katie) R. Horton, C-TAGME Residency/Fellowship Coordinator, University of Maryland Medical System
Friends of Pathology Award
Association of American Medical Colleges
APC HONORS 2022 AWARDEES
Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Service Award
Barbara S. Ducatman, MD: Chief Medical Officer, Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education
Richard L. Haspel, MD, PhD, FRCPath(Hon): Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education
Michael J. Borowitz, MD, PhD: Executive Deputy Director, Department of Pathology, Professor of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Kamran M. Mirza, MD, PhD: Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Pathology Department Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award
Susan P. Evers, MPH, FACHE: Associate Chair for Administration, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award
Leah (Ginger) Jozwiak: Operations/Academic Manager, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital
APC HONORS 2021 AWARDEES
Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Service Award Vivian Pinn, MD: Senior Scientist Emerita, Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Health James Crawford, MD, PhD: Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education Charles Timmons, MD, PhD: Director of Resident Education and Professor, Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, MD: Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Pathology Department Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award Martin Lawlor: Director of Finance & Administration, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan
Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award Corrine Freking: Pathology Residency and Fellowship Programs Manager (Retired), Department of Pathology, NorthShore University HealthSystem Ashley Sanders: Fellowship Coordinator, Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Friends of Pathology Award Katherine J. Wu, PhD: Journalist, The Atlantic (formerly with the New York Times)
Association of Pathology Chairs Distinguished Service Award
Vinay Kumar, MD Alice Hogge and Arthur A. Baer Distinguished Service Professor of Pathology Department of Pathology at the University of Chicago
Margaret Grimes Distinguished Achievement Award in Graduate Medical Education
Robert Hoffman, MD, PhD Residency Program Director and Vice Chair for Graduate Medical Education Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University
Michele Raible Distinguished Achievement Award in Undergraduate Medical Education
Michael Prystowsky, MD, PhD Chair and Professor Department of Pathology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Pathology Department Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award
Beth Hansell Vice Chair for Finance and Administration Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
Graduate Medical Education Administrators Section Distinguished Service Award
Carol Hollstein Residency Coordinator Department of Pathology, Loma Linda University
Amy Motta Program Coordinator Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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Barbara S. Ducatman, MD: Chief Medical Officer, Beaumont Hospital – Royal Oak and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Richard L. Haspel, MD, PhD, FRCPath(Hon): Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Michael J. Borowitz, MD, PhD: Executive Deputy Director, Department of Pathology, Professor of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Kamran M. Mirza, MD, PhD: Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Education, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine
Susan P. Evers, MPH, FACHE: Associate Chair for Administration, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Leah (Ginger) Jozwiak: Operations/Academic Manager, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital
Michael Prystowsky, MD, PhD
Beth Hansell
Carol Hollstein
Amy Motta