Resident In-Service Examination (RISE) Committee

The ASCP Resident In-Service Examination Committee develops in-service examinations for residents/fellows and their respective programs to assess their progress in the area of medical knowledge. The committee creates the Resident In-Service Examination (RISE), RISE-FIRST In-Service Examination, Fellow Forensic In-Service Examination (FISE), Fellow In-Service Hematopathology Examination (FISHE), Fellow Neuropathology In-Service Examination (NPISE), Pediatric Pathology In-Service Examination (PISE), and Transfusion Medicine In-Service Examination (TMISE).

Requirements

  • ASCP Member in good standing
  • Complete annual Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality forms
  • Have expertise correlating to the examination(s) they are developing
  • Submit questions in their area of expertise (including images when possible) and to recruit colleagues to submit questions prior to annual committee face to face meeting
  • Serve on subcommittees as needed and/or desired
  • Meet deadlines defined by the Committee and/or Committee Chair

Time Commitment

  • Participate in continuous review of questions throughout the year
  • Attend committee’s annual 2 day face to face meeting (usually in Chicago) to review, edit and select questions for the In-Service Examinations.
  • Participate in quality assurance reviews of the online In-Service Examinations
  • Participate in a post-examination evaluation of questions with anomalies
  • Participate in calls as needed

Committee Composition

  • Chair/ Co-Chair – Serves a 1 year term renewable up to 5 times
  • Members serve a  2 year term renewable up to 2 times for a maximum of 6 years
  • 38-42 members as a group representing pathology expertise in the following:
    • General Surgical Pathology, Autopsy, Forensics, Cytopathology, and Surgical 
    • Pathology
    • Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Coagulation, Hematology/Hematopathology
    • Microbiology, Chemistry/Immunopathology
    • Special Topics including Laboratory Administration, Pathology Informatics, Molecular, and Genomic Pathology 
    • Neuropathology
    • Pediatric Pathology 

Terms

  • Terms are typically from November 1-October 31

Meet the Resident In-Service Examination (RISE) Committee

Chairs

Jonathan R. Genzen, MD, PhD, FASCP

Kimberly Sanford, MD, MASCP, MT(ASCP)

Genzen Jonathan Kimberly Sanford

Committee Members

Kevin A. Alby, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology

Nika Aljinovic, MD, FASCP
Autopsy/Forensic Pathology

Nicole Andeen, MD, FASCP
RISE-FIRST

Manju Aron, MBBS, MD
Surgical Pathology

Bonnie Choy, MD, FASCP
Cytopathology

Kyle S. Conway, MD, JD, FASCP
Neuropathology

Marc Couturier, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology

Ashley Cunningham, MD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Emily Glynn, MD, FASCP
RISE-FIRST

Amit Gokhale, MD, FASCP
RISE-FIRST

Amer Heider, MD, FASCP
Pediatric Pathology

Adriana Zara Herskovits, MD, PhD, FASCP
Clinical Chemistry

Lisa Johnson, PhD, DABCC
Clinical Chemistry

Matthew S. Karafin, MD, FASCP
Transfusion Medicine

Justin D. Kreuter, MD, FASCP
Transfusion Medicine

William D. Lainhart, PhD, D(ABMM)
Microbiology

Emily Mason, MD, PhD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Carrie Mohila, MD, PhD, FASCP
Neuropathology

Nathan Montgomery, MD, PhD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Elizabeth Morency, MD, FASCP
Cytopathology

Stacey S. O’Neill, MD, PhD, FASCP
Molecular Pathology

Bijal Parikh, MD, PhD, FASCP
Molecular Pathology

Olga Pozdynakova, MD, PhD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Lauren Schwartz, MD, FASCP
Surgical Pathology

Brie Stotler, MD, MPH, FASCP
RISE-FIRST

Yvette Tanhehco, MD, PhD, FASCP
Transfusion Medicine

Timothy L. Williams, MD, FASCP
Autopsy/Forensic Pathology

Kristy L. Wolniak, MD, PhD, FASCP
Hematopathology

Jared Ahrendsen, MD, PhD, FASCP
Neuropathology

Nicole Arva, Md, PhD, FASCP
Pediatric Pathology

Danielle Fortuna, MD FASCP
Surgical Pathology

David Manthei, MD, PhD FASCP
RISE-FIRST

Lori Proe, DO FASCP
Autopsy/Forensic Pathology

Joseph Rudolf, MD, FASCP
Pathology Informatics

Alexa Siddon, MD FASCP
Hematopathology

Staff

Jay Wagner, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Director, Department of Assessment, Measurement, Evaluation, Examinations and Outcomes

Apply to Volunteer

Click below to learn more about the application process and access the volunteer application.
Learn more