Press Releases

R. Bruce Williams, MD, FCAP, has been inaugurated as the 35th president in a ceremony at the College of American Pathologists' (CAP) annual meeting near Washington, DC. Dr. Williams has been a CAP member for 40 years, holding leadership roles in the organization for the last 25 years. He has served on the Board of Governors since 2009 and, most recently, as its president-elect since 2015.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) Foundation has earned a coveted 2017 Power of A Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the pathologist-led See, Test, Treat® program, a free cervical and breast cancer screening and health education program for at-risk women and their families. In addition, The CAP's Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center has been awarded a 2017 Power of A Gold Award for establishing rigorous laboratory guidelines to improve patient outcomes.

Detailing its progress with improving patient care, advocating for the specialty, and advancing quality in laboratory medicine, the College of American Pathologists today released its 2016 Annual Report.

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has created a comprehensive review of the Zika virus in its January 2017 issue.

The College of American Pathologists, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology today released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline on human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing for patients with gastroesophageal cancers.

At the College of American Pathologists (CAP) annual meeting this month, more than 1,300 pathologists will collaborate on the promise, challenges, and questions surrounding immunotherapy—the subject of the opening Scientific Plenary at CAP16 – The Pathologists' Meeting™ in Las Vegas on Sept. 25.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP will be among the experts involved in collaboration to develop protocols for collection, processing and analysis of cancer blood samples as part of the Blood Profiling Atlas project within the national "Cancer Moonshot" initiative.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) opened the Pathologists Quality Registry at CAP17, the CAP’s annual meeting, for pathologists to enroll and use the registry for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting. Developed by pathologists for pathologists, the Pathologists Quality Registry offers pathology-specific quality measures and attestation for improvement activities to help pathologists demonstrate quality care, while maximizing Medicare payment bonus potential.

CancerLinQ LLC, a wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the College of American Pathologists announced today that they will be partnering to bolster the expertise being provided to the CANCERLINQ®platform, a real-world, big data initiative focused on cancer patient medical information, aimed at improving the quality of patient care and outcomes.

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) released on August 21, 2017, the 2017 edition of its Laboratory Accreditation Program checklists. The checklists contain approximately 3,000 requirements that are used during laboratory accreditation inspections to help laboratories stay in compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations.