COMPANION MEETING SOCIETIES’
PATHOLOGIST-IN-TRAINING AWARDS

In addition to the Stowell-Orbison Awards for Pathologists-in-Training offered by the Academy for poster presentations, some Companion Meeting Societies also offer Pathologist-in-Training Awards for posters or platforms presented at the annual meeting of the Academy in the particular area of interest of the respective societies. Both Platform and Poster presentations are eligible for these awards unless otherwise noted below. Posters accepted for the Stowell-Orbison Awards competition will automatically be considered for one of these awards if they are in an appropriate category. Others wishing to apply for these awards should notify the designated individual listed below to validate their status as a pathologist-in-training - after receiving notification that their abstract has been accepted for presentation at the Academy meeting.

Binford-Dammin Infectious Disease Society - $500
Dr. Margie A. Scott
Chief, Pathology & Lab Medicine
Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System
4300 West 7th; Mailroute 113-LR
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501)257-6433; FAX 501/257-6428
Email: Margie.scott@med.va.gov
Pulmonary Pathology Society - $500
Dr. Dani Zander

Department of Pathology
UT Health Science Center at Houston
6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.258
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 500-5332; FAX: (713) 500-0733
Email: Dani.S.Zander@uth.tmc.edu
Gastrointestinal Pathology Society - $500
Dr. Dhanpat Jain
Department of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208070
New Haven, CT 06520-8070
(203) 785-3743; FAX 203/737-2922
Email: dhanpat.jain@yale.edu
Renal Pathology Society - $500
Dr. Guillermo A. Herrera
Department of Pathology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
P.O. Box 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
(318) 675-5860; FAX 318/675-7662
Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society - $500
Dr. Stephen A. Geller
Dept. of Path. & Lab. Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, Ca 90048-1865
(310) 423-6632; FAX 310/423-0170
Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - $500
Dr. L. Maximilian Buja
Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
UT Health Science Center at Houston
7000 Fannin Street, Suite 1715
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 500-3062; FAX: (713) 500-3069
Email: L.Maximilian.Buja@uth.tmc.edu
International Society of Urologic Pathology
Dr. Kenneth A. Iczkowski
Pathology & Lab Medicine (113)
Veterans Administration Medical Center
1601 S.W. Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608-1197
(352) 376-1611, Ext. 4522; FAX 352/379-4023
Society for Hematopathology - $500
Ms. Carolyn Lane
USCAP.
3643 Walton Way Ext., Bldg. 6
Augusta, GA 30909
(706) 733-7550; FAX: 706/733-8033
Email: carolyn@uscap.org
Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology - $500
Dr. Sana O. Tabbara
The George Washington University
Department of Pathology
2300 Eye Street, NW, Room 502
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 994-3391; FAX: (202) 994-2618
Email: stabbara@mfa.gwu.edu
Society for Ultrastructural Pathology - $500
Dr. Elba Turbat-Herrera
Department of Pathology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
(318) 675-5860; FAX (318) 675-7662
Email: eturba@lsuhsc.edu


GENERAL INFORMATION
  1. These awards are Companion Meeting Society Awards and are not awards of the Academy. However, they are based on abstracts presented at USCAP Annual Meetings.

  2. Recognition is for pathologists-in-training at the resident/fellow or medical student levels.

  3. Recognition is for best works in the area of the Companion Society interests.

  4. Recognition is for presentation of material at Academy meeting (posters and/or platforms).

  5. A properly constituted selection committee appointed by the Companion Society will assess papers and make an award decision for each meeting.

  6. The awardee should be the first author of the paper.

  7. Announcement of the winners of the award is the responsibility of the Companion Society.

  8. Presentation of the award will be the responsibility of the relevant Society.

  9. Competitors for the Stowell-Orbison Awards are not excluded from the Companion Society awards and these awards are not mutually exclusive for poster presentations.

  10. The eligibility of the Stowell-Orbison abstracts is validated by the Academy. The validation for others is the responsibility of the Companion Society.