Awards for Medical Students

ASCP honors exemplary medical students.

ASCP recognizes and rewards excellence in the pathology and laboratory community with prestigious annual awards for all of its member groups, including students. Each year, ASCP awards exemplary medical students at medical schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, with the Academic Excellence and Achievement Award.

What is the Academic Excellence and Achievement Award?
What Do Award Winners Receive?
2012 Award Winners

L to R: 2012 Gold Award recipient, Chao ying (Sarah) Xu and Resident Council member Deidre Amaro, MD

To enhance the profile of the practice of pathology and attract outstanding medical students into pathology and laboratory medicine, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) offers a student award recognition program: Award for Academic Excellence and Achievement in Pathology.

This award honors medical students in years one through four who have achieved academic excellence, leadership ability, and a strong interest in the pathology profession. Ten medical students will be selected per year to receive this prestigious award. One student will be chosen to receive the Gold Award. Self-nominations are accepted, but official departmental approval is still required by the Pathology Department Chair, Program Director, or Course Director. The ASCP nomination form can be found here. The nomination deadline for 2013 is May 3.

The students selected will receive a personalized certificate of achievement; a copy of the Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology; an Amazon Kindle; and will be recognized on the ASCP website and through a special eNews story on the recipients. The materials will be sent to the address indicated on the award application form via UPS Ground and will be available to present to students at a time designated by the medical institution. One medical student will be chosen as the Gold Award recipient and in addition to the items above, will receive a trip to the 2013 ASCP Annual Meeting which includes registration fees, airfare, hotel, and travel expenses, an iPad mini, a personalized plaque and recognition as the 2013 ASCP Medical Student Gold Award Recipient.

ASCP recently honored medical students throughout North America with the 2012 Academic Excellence and Achievement Award. Names of winners are listed below.

Yekaterina (Kate) Eichel	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
Nicole R. Dominiak	University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences Toledo, OH
Alexander "Alex" Gallan	Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA
Whitney A. McCarthy	Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
MacLean Pancoast-Nasrallah	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Anna R. Plourde	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA
Patrick S. Rush	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI
Craig B. Wilen	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Chao ying (Sarah) Xu “Gold Recipient”	Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
Amy G. Zhou	University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA

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