AMA Pathology Section Council Honors Ed Donoghue

• The Pathology Section Council honors Dr. Donoghue’s tenure as Vice-Chair

ASCP’s AMA Delegates recently participated in the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) 2025 Interim Meeting as part of the Pathology Section Council (PSC). The PSC is comprised of delegates from ASCP, the American Society of Cytopathology, the College of American Pathologists, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the American Society of Dermatopathology. Dr. Donoghue was honored for his long tenure as Vice-Chair of the PSC, and 25 years of service as an ASCP AMA delegate. Dr. Donoghue has been a valued member of ASCP for many years and has a storied career in forensic pathology. He was appointed deputy chief medical examiner of Cook County (Chicago), Illinois, in 1977 and in July 1993, he became chief medical examiner of Cook County and served until his retirement in 2006.

Dr. Donoghue joined the Georgia Bureau of Investigation from 2007 to 2022 as a Regional Medical Examiner and has served as president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the National Association of Medical Examiners, and the Chicago Medical Society. He also served as a Clinical Professor of Forensic Pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The ASCP AMA Delegation represents Pathology and Laboratory Medicine on the floor of the House, and is composed of the following ASCP members: Ed Donoghue, MD, MASCP; Jennifer Stall, MD, FASCP; ASCP Past Presidents Steve Kroft, MD, MASCP and William Finn, MD, MASCP; as well as Clifford H. Sullivan, MD, FASCP; Nirali M. Patel, MD, FASCP; and Peter DeRosa, MD, FASCP. Additionally, Ebruphiyo Okpako, MD, FASCP and Katerina Kearns, MD, FASCP, represent ASCP on the Resident and Fellow Section.

At the AMA HOD meetings, our delegation discusses pertinent issues, such as Medicare reimbursement policy, prior authorization policies, and workforce issues with partner organizations, and exemplifies leadership in representing the field to colleagues at the AMA. We encourage our pathologist members to join the AMA to share your voices in the overall House of Medicine.