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Author Awards at PathologyOutlines.com

Revised: 15 August 2024
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PathologyOutlines.com recognizes author excellence with our annual Best Author Awards. Exceptional submissions have detailed but concise content and include numerous high quality images or other medium created by the author in at least 4 categories that are not required for publication (radiology, clinical, gross, frozen section, cytology, electron microscopy, diagrams, tables, videos, image annotations) in addition to at least 6 microscopic images. Rewritten topics are eligible if no award was previously given for authorship of the submission. Winners receive a certificate, gift card and announcements via E-blast and social media. They may be invited, as appropriate, to join the Resident / Fellow Advisory Board, Board of Reviewers or Editorial Board and to submit their topics for invited reviews to the Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine or International Journal of Surgical Pathology; see example at CNS & pituitary tumors - Hemangioblastoma and J Pathol Transl Med 2022;56:115.


Author Awards


Best Author Awards for 2023

Award Winners

Grace Kwon, M.D., Ph.D., Resident, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Avani Pendse, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology, Program Director, Surgical Pathology Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    •Topic: Esophagus carcinoma - Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and GE junction

Rachel A. Multz, M.D., Resident, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jared T. Ahrendsen, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology), Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    •Topic: CNS nontumor - CNS myelin disorders - Multiple sclerosis

Sofia Lérias, M.D., Anatomical Pathologist, Department of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Lisboa Norte, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal
Melinda Lerwill, M.D., Director, Breast Pathology Service, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    •Topic: Breast - Sarcoma - Angiosarcoma


Best Author Awards for 2022

Award Winners

Anja C. Roden, M.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, Director of Pulmonary Pathology Fellowship, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
    •Topic: Mediastinum - Thymoma

Laura Warmke, M.D., Assistant Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Jeanne Meis, M.D., Full Professor, Section Chief of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
    •Topic: Soft tissue - Alveolar soft part sarcoma

Bharat Ramlal, M.D., Fellow, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Meaghan Morris, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Division of Neuropathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    •Topic: CNS & pituitary tumors - Glioblastoma, IDH wild type

Jared T. Ahrendsen, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology (Neuropathology), Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    •Topic: CNS & pituitary tumors - Gangliocytoma & ganglioglioma


Best Author Awards for 2021

Award Winners

Katherine Hulme, M.B.Ch.B., Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology NSW Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ruta Gupta, M.D., Senior Surgical Pathologist, Department of Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, NSW Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    •Topic: Oropharynx - squamous cell carcinoma HPV negative

Elizabeth Kertowidjojo, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lora Hedrick Ellenson, M.D., Attending Pathologist, Director of Gynecologic Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
    •Topic: Uterus - Low grade endometrial stromal sarcoma

Sofia Lérias, M.D., Anatomical Pathologist, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
Melinda Lerwill, M.D., Director, Breast Pathology Service, Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    •Topic: Breast - Solid papillary carcinoma

Rebecca Yoda, M.D., Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
P.J. Cimino, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    •Topic: CNS tumor - Hemangioblastoma

Rui Caetano Oliveira, M.D., Senior Pathologist, Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Maria Augusta Cipriano, M.D., Senior Pathologist, Head of the Pathology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
    •Topic: Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts - Hepatoblastoma


Best Author Awards for 2020

Award Winners

Anja C. Roden, M.D., Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Rochester
    •Topic: Pleura - Diffuse malignant mesothelioma

Brian D. Stewart, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida
Alessandra F. Nascimento, M.D., Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine; University Hospitals, Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology
    •Topic: Soft tissue - Fibromatosis-palmar / plantar

Elham Nasri, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida
John D. Reith, M.D. (Senior Author), Staff Pathologist, Orthopaedic and Gastrointetinal Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    •Topic: Bone & joints - Anuerysmal bone cyst

Mahsa Khanlari, M.D., Hematopathology Fellow, Department of Hematopathology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jennifer Chapman, M.D., Director of Hematopathology Division, Hematopathology Fellowship Program and Anatomic Pathology Operations, University of Miami / Jackson Memorial Hospital
    •Topic: Lymphoma - Follicular lymphoma


Best Author Awards for 2019

Award Winners

Jayalakshmi Balakrishna, M.D., Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University / Wexner Medical Center / James Comprehensive Cancer Center
Elaine S. Jaffe, M.D. (Senior Author), Head, Hematopathology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research / National Cancer Institute / National Institutes of Health
    •Topic: Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma

Jesse Hart, D.O., Assistant Professor, Rhode Island Hospital (Lifespan) / Brown University
    •Topic: Osteosarcoma

Farres Obeidin, M.D., Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center and Feinberg School of Medicine
Borislav Alexiev, M.D. (Senior Author), Associate Professor, Northwestern University
    •Topic: Granular cell tumor

Andréanne Gagné, M.D. M.Sc., Anatomic Pathology Resident, Laval University
Philippe Joubert, M.D., Ph.D. (Senior Author), Quebec Heart & Lung Institute
    •Topic: Typical carcinoid tumor

Fenghua Peng, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Chief Physician of Organ Transplant Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital (Changsha, China)
Jonathan E. Zuckerman, M.D., Ph.D. (Senior Author), Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    •Topic: IgG4 related disease


Best Author Awards for 2018

Award Winners

Jalal B. Jalaly, MBBS, M.S., Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Katrina Krogh, M.D., Resident and Guang-Yu Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Vice Chair, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Lisa Rooper, M.D., Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Bin Xu, M.D.,Ph.D. Assistant Professor, University of Toronto

Honorable mention

Jessica L. Davis, M.D., Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University
Jesse Hart, D.O., Assistant Professor, Rhode Island Hospital (Lifespan) / Brown University
Robert E. LeBlanc, M.D., Assistant Professor, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Omid Savari, M.D., Resident and Joseph F. Tomashefski, Jr., M.D., Chairman, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Kyle C. Strickland, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center
Simone B.S.P. Terra, M.D., Resident and Jennifer M. Boland, M.D., Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
Brandon Umphress, M.D., Resident and Kruti P. Maniar, M.D., Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine


Best Author Awards for 2017

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