Category: Announcements

CAPA official announcements, to be promoted to front page, in chronological order

Announcement of a New Scientific Journal of the CAPA

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Dear fellow members, 

 
The BOD of the CAPA has approved to launch a new scientific journal of the CAPA. Profs. Guoping Cai at Yale University and Huan-You Wang at UCSD have been named as the co-editor in chiefs of the new scientific journal, which should be launched in the near future. They are also in charge of the journal launch and other logistics. Please join me to congratulate them. The BOD also thanks them for their willingness to lead the great cause. 
 
At this special Thanksgiving during the COVID-19 pandemic, I am very thankful for your enormous support, and wish you and your family a happy and safe thanksgiving. Please continue following the best practices to protect yourself and your family, such as social distancing, masking, washing hands often, not touching face and others. 
 
Sincerely,
 
Lanjing Zhang, MD

President 

CAPA 

The 6th CAPA Annual Diagnostic Course: Registration Deadline is 11:59 PM (ET) Oct 7, 2020

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友情提示：卡帕第六届病历诊断会议注册下周三, 10/7/2020, 美东时间晚上11:59结束。

有兴趣但还没有注册的会员，请尽快注册，以便准确统计人数，准备CME Certificate 。注册很简单，不超过2分钟就能完成。注册网址https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdg1z7Qg2DN5XdyKpInjmAsIDnRs3-zkg5uXaPwcMZlJ0RNrg/viewform （需要点击用SAFARI或者将链接拷贝粘贴到浏览器打开。

该会议下个周末在网上召开，届时有多头文工团非常精彩的表演和有最多12.75小时的CME课时（免注册费）。日程见此https://app.box.com/s/iyx6htr4puyn3dk1kymt22f0huyomxo5

CAPA call for applications to its planned new journal’s editor in chief

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Introduction           

  • As an important milestone of our development, the NIH recently recognized Chinese American Pathologists Association (CAPA) as a scientific society that is permitted to recommend NIH study section members.
  • As many of other professional organizations, CAPA will launch our own peer-reviewed scientific journal.
  • The journal will be focused on recent development in diagnostic and experimental pathology. We here call for applications to its new journal’s editor in chief.

Application process

Basic requirements:

  1. Track record of serving as editor-in-chief or associate editor in peer reviewed journals.
  2. The rank of full professor or equivalent at a North American institution.
  3. Strong track record of professional/scientific publications.
  4. Proven leadership in a leading professional organization such as CAPA, USCAP, CAP, state/provincial Pathology Society, etc. or in the Department, School, or University
  5. Proven record of enthusiasm and dedication to serve the CAPA community, and a lifetime or active member of the CAPA at the time of application and during the tenure of the editorship.
  6. Willingness and determination to take the responsibility and lead the efforts of starting a new journal from scratch.
  7. This is an unpaid volunteer position.

The CAPA strongly welcomes applications from women, members with disabilities and members from different ethnicities and education backgrounds.

To apply, please email your updated CV, itemized answers to the above requirements, and an editorial plan of up to 1-page (letter-size) in length to Dr. He Wang (hw423@rwjms.rutgers.edu), copying (cc) to Drs. Xiaoxian (Bill) Li (Xli40@emory.edu) and Jie Song (jiesong75@hotmail.com). The CAPA BOD will make the selection within 2 weeks from the application deadline (Oct. 24, 2020).

Application Deadline: October 10, 2020.

 

For more questions, please contact DR. He Wang at 732-5078113.

Message from CAPA President

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Dear CAPA members,

 
The Chinese American Pathologists Association is now approved by the CSR, NIH as a scientific society to recommend vetted reviewers for grant review. You are cordially invited to consider the following information regarding serving as an NIH grant reviewer. Please provide your comments about your qualification if necessary.
 
The requirements of the CSR, NIH:
 
Please carefully vet all recommended reviewers. They should be scientists who are generally willing to serve as reviewers and are seen as experts, with integrity, in their field. They should have an active research program, extramural funding, and not currently be a standing member of an NIH study section or advisory council. We strongly encourage societies to recommend productive scientists from diverse backgrounds and career stages – e.g. assistant, associate, and full professors.
 
If interested, please fill the application form at https://forms.gle/89gjozu8tHAAYeQj8 Please let me know if you have any question.
 
Thank you!
 
Yours, 
Lanjing Zhang, MD
President, CAPA
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The 6th Annual CAPA Diagnostic Course Goes Online!

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This year’s Diagnostic Course will be online and co-hosted by CAPA and ACAP!

TIME: Saturday, October 10th ─ Sunday, October 11th, 2020

LOCATION: Online Zoom Webinars

Click here for meeting schedule, topics, speakers, and more!

Due to the COVID19 pandemic, this year’s CAPA diagnostic course will be online, and co-hosted by ACAP (Association of Chinese American Physicians). This 2-day course provides in-depth coverage on the hot topics including recent advances in Molecular Pathology and practical topics commonly encountered in daily diagnostic pathology. The format combines didactic lectures and case-based presentations. ACAP has invited this year’s keynote speaker, Dr. Victor Reuter, to update us with progresses in diagnostic Genitourinary Pathology. The course will be presented by national experts across all subspecialties of diagnostic pathology. The course will address many questions and challenges and provide updates and pearls in diagnostic pathology that practicing pathologists encounter in their daily practice. It will help practicing pathologists avoid diagnostic errors and become proficient in various subspecialties, and help residents and fellows with their board exam preparations.

The diagnostic course organizing committee and CAPA executive team have decided to offer complimentary registration to all CAPA and ACAP members. However, we strongly encourage participants to send tax-deductible donations to CAPA to support our valuable educational events. Receipts will be provided for tax purpose. Donors will be acknowledged in CAPA membership communications and other media. Please visit Donation Page now – your support is greatly appreciated!

PLEASE NOTE: Online registration is still required. Only registered participants will receive materials, updates, and reminders related to this course. To register, please fill this REGISTRATION FORM.

Questions and comments, please contact Dr. Xinmin Zhang “zhang-xinmin @ cooperhealth.edu”

Please cast your vote for electing the CAP governors

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Dear CAPA members,

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) will soon start its election of incoming governors. Last year, Dr Jim Zhai, a proud CAPA member, has been elected. This year, we are pleased to share the bios and statements of the BOG candidates which were obtained with CAP staff’s assistance. Your voting is important for our Chinese American Pathologist community, and the CAP community. We thus strongly encourage you to cast your vote and make our voices heard if eligible.

For more information of the election, please visit the website https://www.cap.org/about/board-of-governors-election-information. The candidates’ information is arranged in alphabetical order. See below and click the links for the documents. Please let us know if you have any question.

Kalisha A. Hill, MD, FCAP Kankakee, Illinois                            The candidate’s message to CAPA members

Bradley S. Karon, MD, PhD, FCAP Rochester, Minnesota       The candidate’s message to CAPA members

Jonathan Louis Myles, MD, FCAP Cleveland, Ohio                 The candidate’s message to CAPA members

A. Joe Saad, MD, FCAP Dallas, Texas                                         The candidate’s message to CAPA members

John H. Sinard, MD, PhD, FCAP New Haven, Connecticut        The candidate’s message to CAPA members

We are also planning for the next Town Hall Meeting. Please stay tuned.

Yours,

Wei Xiong, MD, PhD

University of British Columbia

Chair of Public Relationship, CAPA

Lanjing Zhang, MD

Rutgers University/Princeton Medical Center

President, CAPA

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Announcement of CAPA Resident/Fellow Case Presentation Series

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To promote the self-motivated learning and clinical investigation of residents and fellows, the CAPA Trainee Committee is planning to launch a case presentation virtual conference. The conference will use CAPA Online Education platform and open to public with no registration requirement. The meeting time will be either Saturday or Sunday 7:00 to 9:00 PM (depending on the availability of the Webinar schedule and the Organizing Committee Members) with 5-6 trainees each presenting one case in a session. The Organizing Committee Members will screen the submitted cases for presentation, and evaluate the presentation after the meeting. At the end of the case presentation series (approximately February 2021), the Organizing Committee will meet to rank the presentations and give awards to the high rank presentations (the total number of awards to be determined based on the number of trainees giving the presentation).

Instructions for submitting case(s) for presentation:

  1. The presenter must be a current trainee (resident or fellow) and a CAPA member.
  2. Each trainee is allowed to have only one presentation in this series (may reconsider at the end of 2020 if there are not enough qualified cases submitted).
  3. The case(s) must I) be original and have never been published or presented anywhere else; II) be from the institution(s) where the resident/fellow is/was in training; and III) have good educational value for practicing pathologists and pathology trainees.
  4. The trainees who submit the cases should take full responsibility in following the rules of their institutions on both the HIPAA compliance and clinical investigation/education guidelines.
  5. Trainees are encouraged to submit cases whenever they are ready (first come first served). However, two submission deadlines are set to facilitate conference scheduling: September 30th 2020 (for presentations in 2020) and January 4rd 2021 (for presentations in 2021). To submit case(s) for screening, write a summary of the case to be presented in no more than 250 words and email the summary to fengmingchen@gmail.com and jiangyichen@gmail.com
  6. One presentation is not necessarily limited to one case, as long as the case(s) fit into one topic; however, the maximum time for each presentation is 15 minutes.

Please forward this announcement to all the trainees of Chinese ethnicity. If the trainee is not a CAPA member yet, join CAPA before submitting case(s): https://www.capa-ht.org/join-us/registration/

 

CAPA Trainee Committee:

Chair: Linsheng Zhang; Co-Chairs: Fengming Chen and Hong Jiang

Resident/Fellow Case Presentation Organizing Committee:

Zhenjian Cai, Chunhua Cui, Cathy Ma, Zenggang Pan, Zhiyong Ren, Deyin Xing, Linsheng Zhang, Fengming Chen, Hong Jiang

Proposed evaluation criteria for the organizing committee (score 1-5 each): 1. Educational value; 2. Novelty; 3. Quality of case study; 4. Effectiveness of presentation. A minimal of 5 organizing committee members must attend each presentation to reach an average evaluation.

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CAPA COVID-19 Relief Award Winners

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June 24, 2020

Dear CAPA members,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 CAPA Awards for COVID-19 Relief. The review committee included representatives of the CAPA members, donors (non-CAPA member) and COVID-19 committee members. After vetting the applicants’ eligibility, avoidance of the conflict of interest and rigorous review, we ranked the proposals, and finalized the winners. The awards (up to $1,500 each) will enable the high school and college students to effectively and timely relieve the burdens of CVOID-19. The awardees will acknowledge CAPA support wherever possible and provide the CAPA with a final report upon ending the projects.

The winners are:

Please join us in congratulating these warmhearted and outstanding high school and college students!

Lanjing Zhang, MD
President, and Chair of the COVID-19 Committee
Chinese American Pathologists Association
Vice Chair of Pathology, and Director of GI& Liver Pathology
Princeton Medical Center, Plainsboro, NJ
Professor in Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

On behalf of the Review Committee (alphabetical order)
Jian Jing, Zaibo Li, Yuanxin Liang, Jiqin Ma, Huanyou Wang, Weihua Yin, Yaxia Zhang& Lanjing Zhang

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CAPA COVID 19 research award announcement_2020

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Dear CAPA members,

This is to announce the winners of our CAPA Research Awards on COVID-19.  First, I would like to thank all members of our research committee for their hard workto get the results finalized and winners announced on time.  Each awardee will be awarded $1,200 dollars to to publish their COVID-19 research on scientific journals or present them at a national or international meeting.

The two winners are:

NameProject titleInstitution

Limin Yu, MD, PhD

Assistant professor

(limin.yu@beaumont.edu)

Prediction of ICU admission of COVID-19 ER patients using machine learningOakland University MI

Kun Hu, MD

Pathology resident

Kun.hu08@gmail.com

State heterogeneity of COVID-19 epidemics in the European UnionUniversity at Buffalo NY

Please join us to congratulate Drs. Yu and Hu on their excellent work to combat COVID-19!

Xiuli Liu, MD, PhD

Chair of CAPA Research Committee

Chinese American Pathologists Association (CAPA)

CAPA Research Committee (year 2020-2021) Members

Haodong Xu, MD, PhD

Guoping Cai, MD

Weibiao Cao, MD, PhD

Feng Yin, MD, PhD

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