American Society For Clinical Pathology

The mission of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) is to provide excellence in education, certification, and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists, and laboratory professionals. Founded in 1922, the Society is a professional medical specialty society with 130,000 members representing the entire laboratory team -- Board-certified pathologists, pathology residents, laboratory professionals, and students.

ASCP serves as a principal resource for continuing medical education in pathology and laboratory medicine and for the certification of laboratory personnel. ASCP’s Board of Registry (BOR) began certifying laboratory personnel in 1928 and has registered more than 400,000 laboratory professionals. The ASCP-BOR is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which sets the benchmark of excellence in US voluntary standardization and conformity assessment systems. Through its advocacy efforts, the Society represents the interests of pathology and laboratory medicine on legislative and policy issues before Congress, the Administration, federal regulatory agencies, and state governments. The ASCP Washington Office also interacts with patient, allied health, laboratory and medical organizations to build coalitions to further the goals of ASCP in the interests of the profession.

ASCP membership is free to pathology residents. Resident members receive:
 

	Online access to ASCP journals, LABMEDICINE™ and the American Journal of Clinical Pathology (AJCP), and the ASCP Job Finder;
	Discounts on the ASCP Annual Meeting, ASCP Teleconferences, and ASCP Weekends of Pathology; the ASCP quarterly member newsletter Critical Values, Daily Diagnosis custom e-mail briefs, ASCP e-NewsBriefs, ASCP e-Policy News, plus access to ASCP’s e-Advocacy Center;
	Discounted subscription to AJCP ($43) and LABMEDICINE™ ($43)
	Personal benefits such as group discounts on car insurance and rentals, online diagnostic tools, and credit card offers.
	Resident members also are eligible to vote for members of the Resident Council.

Since 1983, the ASCP has offered the Pathology Resident In-Service Examination, which is taken by all pathology residents in United States training programs. The examination was developed to help both residents and training programs identify their weaknesses and strengths, thereby providing a continuous quality monitor for entrants into the profession. ASCP also offers a week-long Resident Review Course, which enables residents nearing the end of training to review the entire scope of pathology.

In concert with the Society’s educational focus, many special programs targeted to pathology residents are available. Residents may become active members of the ASCP and through the Resident Council participate at a national level in organized pathology. In addition to the Resident In-Service Examination, workshops, seminars, teleconferences, home study programs and publications are available at special reduced fees.

ASCP maintains its headquarters office in downtown Chicago, with satellite offices in Washington, DC, and Indianapolis, IN.

American Society for Clinical Pathology
33 W. Monroe St. , Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: (800) 267-2727, (312) 541-4999 
Fax: (312) 541-4998
E-mail: info@ascp.org
Web site: www.ascp.org