ASCP President-Elect Marsha C. Kinney, MD, MASCP, Receives Society for Hematopathology’s Berard-Dorfman Founders Award

ASCP President-Elect Marsha C. Kinney, MD, MASCP, has been named the recipient of the Society for Hematopathology’s prestigious 2022 Berard-Dorfman Founders Award.

The award, created in 2013, is a tribute to Drs. Costan Berard and Ronald Dorfman, who founded the Society for Hematopathology (SH) and were giants in the profession. The award recognizes values that Drs. Berard and Dorfman embraced: outstanding leadership, humanitarianism, and excellence in clinical service and teaching.  

“Receiving this award is an honor and true highlight of my career as a hematopathologist,” Dr. Kinney said. “I am truly humbled and honored that my peers have considered me to be worthy of such a distinguished award. I am thankful for my family and the many mentors, sponsors, and colleagues that have touched my life, given me support, and instilled in me the characteristics that are embodied in this honor.”

Dr. Kinney reflected on the dedication she has to medical students, community, and career, which resulted in her receiving the award. 

“The Society for Hematopathology membership and leadership, including [serving in] the SH Presidency, created opportunities and a pathway for me to teach, collaborate, study and characterize diseases, and ultimately advance patient care and support new initiatives in education and research,” Dr. Kinney says. 

“As Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UT Health, San Antonio, my role is to promote excellence in patient care, education, research, and professional development.  As the current President-Elect of the largest pathology professional society, the American Society of Clinical Pathology, I continue to have the opportunity to promote quality patient care, enhance education and professional development of trainees and colleagues, advocate for our profession, push the border of discovery, and promote leadership while at the same time supporting diversity and equity in our profession.” 

Dr. Kinney said this recognition has energized her to continue her efforts to promote the values embodied by the founders of the award. “It is incumbent upon me to pass on the skills and qualities that I have been fortunate to learn in my professional pathway to those amazing and talented medical students, residents, and younger colleagues who are on their pathway to becoming future leaders in our field.”