ABOUT
Training & Education Committee
Responsibilities
Yassmine Akkari, PhD (Chair)Legacy Health
The Training & Education Committee oversees important issues such as certification in molecular pathology, mentoring of trainees, and education in molecular pathology.
Responsibilities, projects, and accomplishments include:
- Selecting the Young Investigator at the Annual Meeting
- Addressing training and certification requirements
- Compiling curriculum materials
- Developing workshops and continuing education opportunities
- Surveying educational offerings in molecular pathology
- Communicating with the American Board of Pathology and other certification agencies.
More information about the activities of the Training & Education Committee can be found in the Committee Report section of the AMP Newsletter.
Committee Members - 2019-2020
If you are interested in serving on the Training & Education Committee, please see the various roles available and the responsibilities of each role by clicking here.
Chair
Yassmine Akkari, PhD
Legacy Health
Genetics Subdivision Representative (2019-2020)
Alanna Church, MD
Children's Hospital Boston
Genetics Subdivision Representative (2020-2021)
Honey V Reddi, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Hematopathology Subdivision Representative (2019-2020)
Kristin Hunt Karner, MD
University of Utah
Hematopathology Subdivision Representative (2020-2021)
Nathan Montgomery, MD PhD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Subdivision Representative (2019-2020)
Erin Graf, PhD
The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Infectious Diseases Subdivision Representative (2020-2021)
Gerald Capraro, PhD
Carolinas Health System
Informatics Subdivision Representative (2019-2020)
Sabah Kadri, PhD
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Informatics Subdivision Representative (2020-2021)
Weiwei Zhang, PhD
Univeristy of Nebraska Medical Center
Solid Tumors Subdivision Representative (2019-2020)
Christian Kunder, MD, PhD
Stanford University Medical Center
Solid Tumors Subdivision Representative (2020-2021)
Lauren Ritterhouse, MD PhD
Massachuettes General Hospital
Junior Member (2019-2020)
Cinthya Zepeda Mendoza, MD
Mayo Clinic
Medical Technologist Member (2019-2020)
Barbara Anderson, MS
Duke University Health Systems
Representative to the Membership Affairs Committee
Cynthia Jackson, PhD
Rhode Island Hospital
Representative to the International Affairs Committee
Roberta Sitnik, PhD
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brasil
Ex Officio Committee Members
President
Karen Weck, MD
Univeristy of North Carolina
Executive Director
Mary Steele Williams, MNA, MT(ASCP)SM
