American Society for Clinical Pathology

membership

ASCP is more than a professional organization. We’re a force in the global healthcare community. Working together, we can change the face of our profession and take our rightful place at the forefront of healthcare innovation.

As a member of ASCP, you enjoy the strength in numbers that comes from joining a powerful network of 130,000 pathologists and laboratory professionals. More than that, you enjoy unparalleled access to our profession’s best educational programs, live events, and resources.

And, as the steward of our profession, ASCP supports you in maintaining the highest professional standards through the ASCP Board of Registry, which certifies thousands of laboratory professionals every year. Beyond certification, ASCP provides you with the tools you need to maintain your certification by meeting Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and Certification Maintenance program (CMP) requirements.

Want to know more about what an ASCP membership can do for you? Call us at 312.541.4950 or e-mail membership@ascp.org.

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Critical Values Focuses on Value of Service
The April issue of ASCP’s new quarterly newsmagazine for members, Critical Values, is devoted to the value of service. Inside this issue are stories about efforts to provide service directly to patients, expansion of U.S. service internationally, and ASCP’s efforts to enhance service to members and thereby to the profession. more...

CCCLW Addresses Growing Workforce Shortage
The Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW), a broad-based coalition of national laboratory associations, industry partners and other health care organizations, held a two-day strategic planning session to discuss the serious workforce shortage facing the clinical laboratory profession. more...

ASCP Announces Resident Council Subspecialty Grant Recipients
The American Society for Clinical Pathology has awarded a total of $20,000 in resident grants during the academic year 2008-2009 to defray the cost of doing elective rotations at outside institutions in fields of pathology in which the resident desires intensive exposure, especially in the form of consult material. more...

Update on Pod Lab and Pathology Anti-Markup Lawsuit
A Federal judge has issued a temporary injunction in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its efforts to prohibit clinicians from marking up the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology services they order but do not perform. more...

Angiogenesis Measurement Using Digital Pathology
Whether for predicting patient prognosis or for measuring the efficacy of anti- or pro-angiogenic therapies, there is an urgent need for more accurate and reproducible measurements of microvessels that do not rely on tedious human measurements under a microscope. more...

Diagnosis of Hydatidiform Moles Using p57...
Diagnosis of hydatidiform moles highlights this month’s issue of AJCP. more...