CheckPath Hematopathology (HP) Committee

The CheckPath Hematopathology (HP) Committee develops case challenges and interpretation/discussion write-ups for the annual educational activity offering.

Requirements

  • Supply 5 cases per year; each should include a patient history, tissue blocks with pilot glass slides, or peripheral blood smears, or digital images, and any applicable laboratory data.
  • Author case interpretations, as assigned by the committee chair, for cases selected for publication in the program. 
  • Attend 1 face-to-face committee meeting per year, usually scheduled in conjunction with the annual ASCP Leadership Forum in the spring.
  • Participate in 4 (1hr) conference calls per year to evaluate the participants’ responses and to review the case discussions written for each case.

Time Commitment

  • 1 Face-to-face committee meeting (1 full day) per year
  • 4 (1hr) conference calls per year
  • Time involved in submitting new cases, authoring 2 case discussion/interpretation write-ups per year, and reviewing/editing all 20 cases published

Committee Composition

  • Chair and 10 additional members, practicing pathologists in the HP field
    • Includes 1 resident/fellow, training in HP

Terms

  • Chair: One (1) year term, renewable as many as five (5) times for a total of six (6) years
  • Members: Two (2) year terms, renewable twice for a total of six (6) years
  • Resident/Fellow: One (1) year term, renewable as many as two (2) times for a total of three (3) years 
  • Terms are typically from November 1-October 31

Meet the CheckPath Hematopathology (HP) Committee

Chair

Marianna Ruzinova, MD, PhD, FASCP

Committee Members

Aaron Auerbach, MD, MPH, FCAP

David M. Dorfman, MD, PhD, FASCP

Juehua Gao, MD, FASCP

Yi-Shan Lee, MD, PhD

Stephanie P. Mathews, MD

Marian Rollins-Raval, MD, MPH, FASCP

Linsheng Zhang, MD, PhD, FASCP

Brooj Abro, MD

Madhu Menon, MD, PhD

Margaret Williams, MD

Nikhil Patel, MD

Xiaohong Iris Wang, MD, PhD

Staff

Agnes Zarkadas, ELS
Program Manager

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