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- PathPAC Raises $51,000 During HOD Competition
The 2023 Pathologists Leadership Summit kicked off on April 15 with the Spring House of Delegates (HOD) meeting with hundreds of pathologists from around the country participating in-person and virtually.
The meeting started with HOD Chair Sang Wu, MD, FCAP by opening the Spring session which was followed by a lively discussion on challenges on payment cuts on pathologists and how advocacy is the answer to this ongoing challenge and being involved in your hospital administration.
At the close of the HOD session, Dr. Wu announced that the Coastal Team won the Back the PAC HOD competition raising $13,402 total from Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia Delegates. Overall, the HOD raised a record-breaking $51,000 for PathPAC. The goal of the competition was to garner more support for the CAP’s political action committee (PAC) and further raise awareness for PathPAC’s role to advance the CAP’s legislative objectives. PathPAC is nonpartisan and the only PAC representing pathologists at the federal level.
In addition, pathologists received an Advocacy overview from Council of Government and Professional Affairs Chair Jonathan Myles, MD, FCAP. Helen Burstin, MD, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by pathology and specialty care clinicians in addressing ongoing workforce issues.
The hybrid audience sharpened their leadership skills during the second day of the Pathologists Leadership Summit on April 16.