Governing Council and Committees

The Association’s Governing Council, equivalent to a Board of Directors, is the primary governing body. The Governing Council establishes the policies and procedures for the Association. The Governing Council has the authority to hire employees to assist in the Association’s daily operations, including staffing of an Administrative Office.

Elections for Officers of the Association are to be held once a year. All regular, emeritus, charter, sustaining, and honorary lifetime members as well as technical staff members in good standing are eligible for election to Governing Council positions. Officer positions are those which are heavily involved in the operations, finances and strategic planning of the Association. 

Current API Council

President
Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO


President-Elect

Lisa-Jean Clifford
COO & Chief Strategy Officer

Gestalt Diagnostics



Past President
Ji Yeon Kim, MD, MPH
Physician Director of Laboratory Informatics
Esoteric Chemistry, Special Coagulation and Immunology

Kaiser Permanente Southern California



Secretary

Lisa-Jean Clifford
COO & Chief Strategy Officer

Gestalt Diagnostics



Treasurer
Christopher Williams, MD
Clinical Pathologist
Director of Informatics for the Department of Pathology
OU Health in Oklahoma City 


Program Committee

David McClintock, MD  (Chair)
Chair, Division of Computational Research and Artificial Intelligence
Mayo Clinic




Amrom Obstfeld, MD   (Chair-Elect)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine


Membership Committee
Sarah K. Findeis, MD (Co-Chair)
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Rochester Medical Center



Jenny Weon, MD (Co-Chair)
Integrated Clinical Informatics and Neuropathology Fellow
Department of Pathology
UT Southwestern in Dallas, TX




Kareem Hosny, MD (DEI Chair)
Assistant Professor Anatomical Pathology Informatics Division
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Washington




Mehrvash Haghighi, MD (API PIER Committee Chair)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY




Training and Education Committee

Michelle Stoffel, MD, PhD  (Co-Chair)
Associate CMIO for Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Informatics
University of Minnesota/M Health Fairview in Minneapolis, Minnesota




Yonah Ziemba, MD   (Co-Chair)
Laboratory Medicine Fellow
Northwell Health


Publications Committee

Toby C. Cornish, MD, PhD (Chair)
Professor
Wisconsin College of Medicine



Editors-in-Chief, Journal of Pathology Informatics

Department of Pathology
Editor of the Journal of Pathology Informatics




Liron Pantanowitz, MD
Chair 
Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Editor of the Journal of Pathology Informatics



Technology Standards and Innovation Committee 
Victor Brodsky, MD  (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor
Associate Medical Director of Information Systems

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

 




Thomas JS Durant, MD  (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine
Associate Professor, Yale School of Medicine, Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
Medical Director; Chemical Pathology Laboratory , Yale-New Haven Hospital
Medical Director; Laboratory Informatics, Yale-New Haven Hospital
Associate Director, ACGME Chemical Pathology Fellowship



Pathology Informatics Summit Planning Committee

Ulysses J. Balis, MD (Co-Chair)
Director, Division of Pathology Informatics
Director, Pathology Informatics Fellowship Program
Professor of Pathology, Department of Pathology
University of Michigan Health System




J. Mark Tuthill, MD  (Co-Chair)
Division Head, Pathology Informatics
Henry Ford Health System 
Detroit, MI





Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence Workshop Committee

Co-Chair of DP-AI Planning Committee
Chair of Pathology Indiana University
Indiana University






Clinical Director of Digital Pathology 
Mass General Brigham






Past Presidents

2001
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine



2002-2003



Bruce A. Friedman, MD

Pathology Education Consortium



2004



2005



J. Mark Tuthill, MD

Henry Ford Health System



2006

Jules J. Berman, MD, PhD

Freelance Medical Writer



2007



Ulysses J. Balis, MD

University of Michigan Health System



2008

Michael G. McNeely, MD, FRCPC

Consultant-Medical Informatics
Deceased 1944-2009



2009-2010



Myra L. Wilkerson, MD

Geisinger Health System



2011

Ronald S. Weinstein, MD

University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson
Deceased 2021



2012


Raymond D. Aller, MD
Clinical Professor Emeritus University of Southern California School of Medicine



2013
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center




2014



Alexis Carter, MD

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta



2015

Rodney Schmidt, MD, PhD

University of Washington



2016



Michael Riben, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center



2017

John Gilbertson, MD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine



2018


2019

Monica E. de Baca, MD

Pacific Pathology Partners



2020



Mary E. Edgerton, MD, PhD

Nebraska University



2021


S. Joseph Sirintrapun, MD
Mass General Brigham

 



2022

Wisconsin College of Medicine




2023

Ji Yeon Kim, MD, MPH
Physician Director of Laboratory Informatics
Esoteric Chemistry, Special Coagulation and Immunology

Kaiser Permanente Southern California



 

 

Current API Committees

For Full Committee Descriptions click here.
To join a committee please contact Nova Smith at [email protected] with
your CV and provide the name of the committee(s) on which you wish to serve.