Lewis A. Hassell, MD

Chair

As I have grown older, and a bit wiser, I feel most passionate about solving the big problems with wide impact. One that lies close to my areas of ability is the challenge of more equitable access to pathology services, as a key to quality health for the world’s population. Far too many areas of the world are stymied by the total absence of pathologists, and even more are hampered by inadequately trained pathologists. I believe the tools we now have in digital pathology and remote learning enable us to solve this problem, and that doing so will change the outcome for millions of patients, particularly those from developing areas of the world, who will develop cancers, heart disease, diabetes, or other disorders that will otherwise disrupt families, careers, and shorten life. I believe we can make a difference in this story and am devoting my talents to do so.

Liron Pantanowitz, MD, MHA, PhD

Vice Chair

Dr. Pantanowitz earned his medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, in Boston followed by fellowships in hematopatholoy and cytopathology. He is also boarded in Clinical Informatics. During his career at Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center he has achieved regional, national, and international recognition as a leader in the pathology field. As a leader in informatics with a particular interest in digital pathology he spearheaded landmark clinical guidelines for promoting adoption of digital pathology and developing a national pathology informatics curriculum. Dr. Pantanowitz is an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pathology Informatics. He is widely published in the field of pathology informatics including digital imaging and its application to pathology. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Distinguished Service Award from the Association for Pathology Informatics. Throughout his career he has linked his skills as a diagnostic pathologist to a lifetime commitment to educating others. Prof. Pantanowitz is the current president of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) and Digital Pathology Association (DPA).

Raul S. Gonzalez, MD

Associate Professor | Anatomic Pathology, Clinical and Laboratory Pathology

Raul S. Gonzalez, MD is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Emory University, where he is the Director of the Gastrointestinal Pathology Service and the Co-Director of Anatomic Pathology Research. He received his MD from the Medical College of Georgia and completed AP/CP residency training at Emory University, followed by fellowships in surgical and gastrointestinal pathology at Vanderbilt University.

Dr. Gonzalez has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and has authored a textbook on liver pathology, as well as chapters for several other textbooks. He has lectured nationally and internationally, including at USCAP and CAP annual meetings. He is the Chair of the CAP Surgical Pathology Committee, the Editor in Chief of Pathology Outlines, the Reviews Editor for Histopathology, a founding member of Virtual Pathology Grand Rounds, a member of the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification Advisory Committee, and the Website Committee Chair for the Hans Popper Hepatopathology Society.

Dr. Gonzalez maintains active Twitter and Facebook pages dedicated to educational pathology content and was the first winner of the #PathTweetAward. He was named one of the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s 40 Under Forty in 2016, and one of the Emory Alumni Association’s 40 Under Forty in 2018. In 2020, he won the Richard B. Cohen Award in recognition of excellence in teaching of anatomic pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Kamran M. Mirza, MD, PhD

Associate Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Dr. Kamran Mirza is the Godfrey D. Stobbe Professor of Pathology Education, Clinical Professor of Pathology, Assistant Chair of Education and Director of the Division of Education Programs at the University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine) in Ann Arbor, MI.

Dr. Mirza completed medical school at the prestigious, independent, research University – Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan in 2003. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010. He continued his training at the University of Chicago, where he completed an AP /CP Pathology residency and received fellowship training in hematopathology and thoracic pathology. Given his passion for medical education, he completed a fellowship in Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching & Scholarship (MERITS) at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Mirza spearheaded the creation of PathElective.com, a free, modular website that has provided pathology education to over 100,000 users across the world in the past year alone. In efforts of advancing pathology, he has also co-founded the ASCP’s Virtual Pathology Grand Rounds, the PathPod podcast, the International Collaborative of Pathologists, www.hemereports.com, and the Digital Communications Fellowship in Pathology in partnership with the Pathologist magazine.

Dr. Mirza’s educational research focuses on molecular pathogenesis of myeloid malignancies, novel pedagogical tools in medical education, the advancement of interprofessional education, and use of social media for pathology education. He is passionate about pathology education and training and making such education widely and freely available around the world.

Matthew O. Leavitt, MD

Co-chair, Informatics Committee

Dr. Leavitt completed medical training at Dartmouth Medical School, followed by pathology residency and two fellowships at Stanford University Hospital. He served as department chair in an urban medical center, where he oversaw lab diagnostics for patients referred from some of the most geographically remote communities in the United States. In that role, he became passionate about utilizing digital pathology to improve the quality of cancer care afforded patients in underserved areas. He founded both LUMEA, a digital pathology workflow tech company, and PathNet labs, a network of digital pathology practices. Beyond work and family, he enjoys serving in several church and community non-profit organizations, including the DDx Foundation and OPEN.

Ngoc Tran, MD, MS

Co-chair, Informatics Committee

Dr. Tran completed her medical training at Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Viet Nam, followed by a pathology residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She then completed two informatics fellowships, with the first one at the Oregon Health & Science University and the second one at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Tran also completed a hematopathology fellowship at the Oregon Health & Science University and has since been practicing as a hematopathologist at The Permanente Medical Group. She is passionate about global pathology education and training, aiming to improve the quality of cancer care in underserved areas and developing countries.

George K. Fiedler, MBA

Secretary/Treasurer

Prior to his retirement, George was the senior vice president, Capability and Specialty Advancement, for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and is responsible for the CAP’s membership, publications, learning, informatics, and strategic alliance efforts. George also served as the executive director of the CAP Foundation. Prior to this position, George was responsible for the CAP proficiency testing (PT) program, the largest and most extensive proficiency testing program in the world. He was also instrumental in the development of the CAP Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center. Prior to joining the CAP, he had held several senior management positions with Roche Diagnostics, Sigma-Aldrich, and Trinity Biotech. During his career, he was responsible for the development and implementation of a laboratory consulting and automation group that brought efficiency and quality improvement to some of the largest laboratories in the United States. He also has experience in the marketing and manufacturing of proficiency testing material for PT providers worldwide. George holds an MBA from Miami University and BA from Ohio Northern University. He has both authored and lectured on the topics of laboratory automation, laboratory efficiency, andchange management.

Oyedele Adeyi, MD

Professor | Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Dr. Adeyi is an anatomic pathologist with expertise in liver and transplantation pathology. His clinical practice covers medical, transplant and oncologic diseases of the liver, with more than 15 years’ experience as a hepatobiliary pathology sub-specialist. His primary research interest is in transplant and tumor immunology. During his career he has combined an active clinical service with research and teaching as well as participating locally, nationally, and internationally as a key resource in medical, transplantation and oncologic liver diseases.

Chhavi Chauhan, Ph.D., E.L.S.

Director of Scientific Outreach at the American Society for Investigative Pathology and Director of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program at the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Dr. Chhavi Chauhan is Director of Scientific Outreach at the American Society for Investigative Pathology & a Program Manager for the Women in AI Accelerate & Raise Programs.

She is a biomedical researcher, expert scholarly communicator, and a sought-after mentor in the fields of scientific research, scholarly publishing, and AI Ethics, especially for women and minorities. She is a thought leader, a renowned international speaker, and a strong advocate for equitable and accessible healthcare and is an invited/elected Board member for The Israeli Association for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence Scientific Council, Society for Scholarly Publishing, the Open Pathology Education Network, Digital Pathology Association (DPA), the Digital Pathology Association Foundation, Women in AI Ethics, SteamBloom, & Jain Study Center of North Carolina. She sits at the intersection of scientific research, scholarly communications, science policy, medical education, and responsible tech in healthcare. Her vision is to provide equitable personalized healthcare to all, beyond geographies, and despite socioeconomic disparities. She is passionate about mentoring.  

She was named in the AI Makers 150 AI & Analytics Leaders & Influencers 2021 List, The 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2022 list, the Top 100 Women of the Future 2023 List, and was listed as a Finalist for the AI in Researcher Award ’23 from Women In AI. She co-authors a newsletter on “Augmenting Scholarly Publishing: Intelligent Tools & Trends.

Dana Razzano, MD

AP/CP and Cytopathology boarded pathologist at the Orlando VAMC

Dr. Razzano is an AP/CP and Cytopathology boarded pathologist working at the Orlando VAMC. She was named by The Pathologist’s Power List in 2018 as one of “100 of the best, brightest, and most powerful advocates of pathology” and was recognized again on the 2019 Power List as one of “100 of the industry’s top trailblazers”. She was also awarded the American Society of Clinical Pathology’s 2018 Top 5, 40 under Forty distinction for “achievements and leadership qualities that are making an impact on pathology and laboratory medicine.” Her career goals are to contribute solutions to the challenges faced by low resource laboratories nationally and internationally.

Andrey Bychkov, MD, PhD, FRCPath

Director of Digital Pathology at Kameda Medical Center, Japan.

Arun Ranjan Napit, MD

Medical Graduate from Government Medical College in Aurangabad, India

Arun is a medical graduate from Nepal and has have completed his medical school at Government Medical College in Aurangabad, India. His interest in pathology was sparked during his clinical rotations in medical school when he realized its crucial role in patient care. The interdisciplinary nature of pathology and its fundamental role in guiding diagnosis and prognosis has greatly impressed him. Hence, he is driven to pursue a career as a pathologist. He has an interest in cytopathology, gynecological pathology, and molecular pathology. Joining OPEN presents a prestigious opportunity for him to contribute to its growth while also expanding his own knowledge and skills in this field. As a member of OPEN, he aims to help bridge the knowledge gap in pathology on a global scale.

Rajendra Singh, MD 

Director of Dermatopathology and Digital Pathology and is the founder of PathPresenter.

Dr. Singh works at Summit Health as the Director of Dermatopathology and Digital Pathology. He is the founder of PathPresenter, an online digital platform that has 55,000+ users in 180+ countries and
is used by multiple academic departments, private pathology groups and organizations in the US
and all over the world. (pathpresenter.com) Previously Dr. Singh was a professor of Pathology and Dermatology at Northwell and Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai.

Some of Dr. Singh’s achievements include the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for creating PathPresenter. He is the recipient of the ‘Teacher of the Year Award’ at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine for 5 consecutive years. He served as the Chair of the American Society of Dermatopathology Informatics Committee, Board Member of DPA, Editorial Board of the WHO for Classification of tumors, 5th Edition. He was nominated on the Pathologist “Power List 100” put out by the Pathologist for 2020, 2021 and 2022

Dr. Singh Currently serves on the Sulzberger Grant Committee of the AAD, Digital and Computational Pathology Committee of the CAP, Education Committee of DPA, and Computational Pathology Subcommittee of the WHO. He is the creator and Chief Editor of app-mydermpath, which is the most downloaded app of the AAD, and online education resource-Dermatopathology for residents. He is the Chief Editor and Author of print book-Ace the Boards: Dermatopathology and Surgical Pathology Reimagined, available on Amazon. Guest Editor for an upcoming section in the Archives on LLM- a joint venture of the CAP, DPA and API. Lastly, he is a moderator for running DAPA Grand Rounds where he organizes and talks every month online with one renowned faculty who comes and teaches online.

Pham Tuan Anh, MD

Medical oncologist at National Cancer Hospital of Viet Nam

Dr. Pham Tuan Anh is a medical oncologist at National Cancer Hospital of Viet Nam (K Hospital).  He attained his MD in 2009, MSc in 2012 and PhD in 2021 from Ha Noi Medical University. He received 3-year residency training on medical oncology at K Hospital. He also studied at National University Cancer Institute, Singapore in 2011 as a clinical fellow, completed a short clinical attachment at Northern Sydney Cancer Centre in Sydney, Australia in 2012 and undertook clinical training course on medical oncology at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea in 2013 and at National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan in 2014. Dr. Tuan Anh is full member of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and Asia Pacific Regional Council of ASCO. His achievements were recognized in 2013 & 2016 when he received IDEA (International Development & Education Award) of ASCO. Dr. Tuan Anh has been the co-investigator on a number of international clinical trials conducted in Viet Nam, especially on lung cancer. He also has served on cancer protocol committees for K Hospital. He has co-authored some books, written many articles in oncology as well. He has a strong desire to improve and innovate cancer care in Viet Nam.