Awards
We are proud to have given the following awards at the USCAP meetings:
| Vincent Hyams Award | Leon Barnes Award | |
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| First Place Trainee Presentation | Second Place Trainee Presentation | |
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| See below for a brief biography of Dr. Hyams. | See below for a brief biography of Dr. Barnes. | |
| 2024 | Luvy Delfin | Mariel Bedell |
| Pure Apocrine Intraductal Carcinoma of Salivary Glands: Reassessment of Molecular Underpinnings and Behavior | A Novel Scoring System for MYB RNA In Situ Hybridization Displays High Sensitivity and Specificity for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma in a Clinical Setting | |
| UT Southwestern | UPMC | |
| 2023 | Christopher Febres-Aldana | Yaëlle Bellahsen-Harrar |
| ASCL1/NEUROD1/POU2F3/YAP1 Immunohistochemistry in 70 Sinonasal (Neuro)Epithelial Malignancies Reveals Frequent Expression of POU2F3 in Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma and Identifies NEUROD1 as a Marker of Olfactory Neuroblastoma | Deep Learning for Classification of Squamous Lesions of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract Using Spatial Attention | |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | CHU Henri Mondor | |
| 2022 | Dean Holliday | Simmi Patel |
| Sinonasal Adenosquamous Carcinoma- Morphology and Genetic Drivers Including Low and High-Risk HPV mRNA, DEK-AFF2 Fusion, and MAML2 Rearrangement | Molecular Characterization of Secretory Myoepithelial Carcinoma (SMCA) | |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside | |
| 2021 | Sarah Gradecki | Luvy Delfin Mendez |
| PRAME Expression in High-Risk HPV-Positive and Negative Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck and Regional Lymph Node Metastases | BRAF VE1 Immunoreactivity Distinguishes Ameloblastoma from Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor and Dentigerous Cyst, and Correlates with BRAF V600E Mutation Status | |
| University of Virginia | Case Western Reserve University | |
| 2020 | Martina Baneckova | Kathy Allen-Proctor |
| What Hides Behind S100 protein/SOX10 Positive Oncocytomas of the Salivary Glands? | Variability in the Depth of Invasion Measurements of Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Effect on Pathologic T-Staging. | |
| Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Plzen | The Cleveland Clinic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute | |
| 2019 | Zahra Alipour | Rosemarie Krupar |
| Histologic predictors of response to neoadjuvant PD1 inhibitor therapy in advanced stage HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. | Primary and recurrent head and neck squamous carcinomas are strikingly different regarding their immune microenvironment. | |
| Zahra Alipour, Ian Hagemann, Paul Zolkind, Brian Nussenbaum, Ryan Jackson, Jason Rich, Pipkorn Patrik, Randal Paniello, Wade Thorstad, Loren Michel, Peter Oppelt, Douglas Adkins, Ravindra Uppaluri, Rebecca Chernock. | Rosemarie Krupar, Christian Waterman, Helen Pasternack, Julika Ribbat-Idel, Christian Idel, Mark Philipp Kuehnel, Danny Jonigk, Sven Perner. | |
| 2018 | Paolo Cotzia, MD | Lulu Sun, MD, PhD |
| Genetic and Histologic Spectrum of SMARCB1- Deficient Carcinomas of the Head and Neck Including Sinonasal Tract, Thyroid and Skin | UV Signature Mutations May Reclassify Previously Diagnosed Salivary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas as Metastases of Cutaneous Origin | |
| Paolo Cotzia, Ryan Ptashkin, Mrinal M Gounder, David G Pfister, Michael F Berger, Marc Ladanyi, Ronald Ghossein, Cristina R Antonescu, Snjezana Dogan | Lulu Sun, James S Lewis Jr, Eric J Duncavage, Rebecca Chernock | |
| 2017 | Soufiane El Hallani, MD PhD | Simon Andreasen, MD PhD |
| Subsets of Epithelial Myoepithelial Carcinoma Defined by Morphologic Evidence of Pleomorphic Adenoma, PLAG1 or HMGA2 Rearrangements, and Genetic Alterations | The Value of PRKD1 E710D Sequencing of May-Grünwald-Giemsa Stained Cytology Specimens in Separating Polymorphous Low-Grade Adenocarcinoma from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and Pleomorphic Adenoma | |
| Soufiane El Hallani, Diana Bell, Isabel Fonseca, Adel Assaad, Raja R Seethala, Lester DR Thompson, Simon Chiosea | Simon Andreasen, Morten Grauslund, Linea Cecilie Melchior, Irene Wessel, Katalin Kiss, Tina K Agander | |
| 2016 | Aaron Udager, MD PhD | Lisa Rooper, MD |
| Activating KRAS Mutations Are Characteristic of Oncocytic Sinonasal Papilloma and Associated Sinonasal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | Nuclear b-catenin expression provides a consistent immunohistochemical correlate for PAX3 rearrangements in biphenotypic sinonasal sarcoma | |
| Aaron Udager, Raja R Seethala, Evgeny Yakirevich, Jonathan McHugh, Bryan Betz, Megan S Lim, Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson, Noah Brown | Lisa M Rooper, Shih-Chiang Huang, Cristina Antonescu, William H Westra, Justin A Bishop | |
| 2015 | Lisa Rooper, MD | Aurelia Busca, MD |
| Transcriptionally-active human papillomavirus is detected by RNA in situ hybridization in most discordant oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas that are p16 positive by immunohistochemistry but high risk HPV negative by DNA in situ hybridization | Perineural invasion (PNI) as a risk factor for local recurrence (LR) in early squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue | |
| L Rooper, P Illei, J Bishop, W Westra | A Busca, S Chiosea, R Seethala, LDR Thompson, M Brandwein-Gensler, C Lai, S Roberston, J Maxwell, U Duvveri, S Kim, J Johnson, R Ferris, E Marginean, B Purgina | |
| Lindsay Williams, MD | ||
| The predominance of apocrine morphology and androgen receptor positivity in 204 cases of salivary duct carcinoma | ||
| L Williams, LDR Thompson, I Weinreb, A Assaad, M Tuluc, N Ud Din, B Purgina, C Lai, C Griffith, R Seethala, S Chiosea | ||
| 2014 | Juan Hernandez-Prera, MD | Andrew C McClary MD |
| EWSR1 Rearrangement Is Diagnostically Useful to Differentiate Clear Cell Lesions of the Head and Neck | Mutational profiling of ameloblastoma identifies common gain of function mutations | |
| JC Hernandez-Prera, R Kwan, J Tripodi, V Najfeld, EG Demicco | AC McClary, RT Sweeney, J Biscocho, BR Meyers, L Neahring, KA Kwei, K Qu, X Gong, CD Jones, S Varma, JI Odegaard, B Rubin, T Ng, ML Troxell, RJ Pelham, JL Zehnder, PA Beachy, JR Pollack, RB West | |
| 2013 | Steven C Smith, MD, PhD | Yu Lei |
| Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Head and Neck: Institutional Experience of Two Referral Centers | Identification of Sox2 as a Marker for Ameloblastic Carcinoma | |
| SC Smith, M Elkins, RM Patel, DR Lucas, RR Seethala, JB McHugh | Y Lei, JM Jaradat, AA Owosho, KE Adebiyi, EA Bilodeau | |
| Simpal Gill | ||
| Oral Mucosa and Soft Tissue Alterations Associated with Osteonecrosis of the Jaw | ||
| S Gill, N Hinchy, V Jayaprakash, M Sullivan, M Merzianu | ||
| 2012 | C Paquette, MD | CC Griffith, MD |
| HPV-31 Is the Most Common HPV Subtype Isolated from Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinomas in South Africa | Mammary analogue secretory carcinoma: expansion of clinicopathologic profile and identification of new sources for recategorization | |
| Cherie Paquette, Mark F Evans, Shabnum Meer, Vanitha Rajendran, Christine S Adamson, Kumarasen Cooper | Christopher C Griffith, Simion Chiosea, Raja R Seethala | |
| 2011 | Z Will W Chen, MD | |
| Equivocal p16 Immunostaining in Head and Neck Carcinoma: Staining pattern May Determine HPV Status | ||
| Z Will W Chen, Ilan J Weinreb, Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Bayardo Perez-Ordonez | ||
| OC Ukpo, MD | ||
| High-Risk HPV E6/E7 mRNA Detection by a Novel In-Situ Hybridization Assay Strongly Correlates with p16 Expression and Patient Outcomes in Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ||
| Ukpo OC, Flanagan JJ, Ma XJ, Luo Y, Thorstad WL, Lewis JS Jr | ||
| 2010 | Wei Tian, MD | Raewyn M Seaberg, MD |
| IgG4 Positive Plasma Cells in Sclerosing Variant of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma: A New and Evolving Concept | t (11:19) Translocation in Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma | |
| W Tian, E Yakirevich, A Matoso, D Gnepp | R Seaberg, L Park, I Weinreb, D Goldstein, S Kamel-Reid, B Perez-Ordonez | |
| 2009 | Julia Turbiner, MD | Rebecca Chernock, MD |
| Kuttner’s Tumor is a IgG4 Associated Disease | Identification of Human Papilloma Virus in Basaloid Squamous Cell Carcinoma and its Clinicopathologic Significance | |
| J Turbiner, BZ Pilch, NL Harris, JH Stone, A Ganguly, JA Ferry, V Deshpande | RD Chernock, JS Lewis Jr, SK El-Mofty | |
| 2008 | Erin Brooks, MD | Darcy Broughel, DO |
| Multinucleated Giant Cells in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Incidence, Immune Markers and Significance | Pathologist Reproducibility in the Application of the Histological Risk Model Scoring | |
| EG Brooks, L Simmons-Arnold, MF Evans, A Elhosseiny | Broughel D, Schlecht N, Negassa A, Ramer M, Mahadevia1 P, Paulino A, Shaknovich R, Tanaka K, Thomas D, Wang B, Huan Y, Levi G, Filatov A, Penner C, Prystowsky M and Brandwein-Gensler M | |
| 2007 | Jonathan B McHugh, MD | Jabeen F Naqvi, MD |
| p63 Immunohistochemistry Differentiates Salivary Gland Oncocytoma and Oncocytic Carcinoma from Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma | Epitheliod Hemangioendothelioma of the Head & Neck: A Clinicopathologic and Immunohistochemical Study | |
| JB McHugh, AP Hoschar, EL Barnes, RR Seethala | JF Naqvi, NG Ordonez, MW Williams, AK El Naggar | |
| 2006 | Michelle D Williams, MD | Michelle D Williams, MD |
| Differential Role for p63 Gene Isotypes (ΔN and TA) in Head and Neck Squamous Tumorigenesis | Basaloid salivary gland neoplasm: Imbalance of the apoptotic/proliferative homeostasis in pathogenesis | |
| 2005 | Michelle D Williams, MD | John A Ozolek, MD |
| Novel Estrogen Receptor Coactivator PELP1/MNAR Gene and Erß Expressed in Salivary Duct Adenocarcinoma: Potential Therapeutic Targets | Molecular and Immunophenotypic Comparison or Respiratory Epithelial Adenomatoid Hamartoma, Sinonasal Adenocarcinoma, and Chronic Sinusitis | |
| Ozolek JA, Barnes EL, Hunt JL | ||
| 2004 | Jorge S Reis-Filho, MD | Esther M O’Regan, MD |
| p63 Distribution in Normal Salivary Gland and Salivary Gland Neoplasms | Microarray comparative genomic hybridisation analysis of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas occurring in young patients | |
| 2003 | Brenda L Nelson, DDS | Michelle S Hirsch, MD |
| Ceruminal Gland Carcinomas: A Clinicopathologic Study Of 17 Cases | TTF-1, But Not P53, is Helpful in Distinguishing Moderately Differentiated Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Larynx from Medullary Carcinoma of the Thyroid | |
| Nelson BL, Thompson LDR, Barnes EL | Hirsch MS, Faquin WC, Krane JF | |
| 2002 | Wen Jing, MD | Kevin R Torske, DDS |
| Cables, Located on Chromosome 18Q11-12, Is Frequently Lost in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas | Adenoma Vs Carcinoid Tumor of the Middle Ear: A Study of 48 Cases and Review of the Literature | |
| Jing W, Dong Q, Wu C-L, Zukerberg L | KR Torske, LDR Thompson |
Dr. Barnes was the founding President of the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology. From 1972 until his retirement in 2010, he spent his academic career at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Barnes’ accomplishments in the field of Head and Neck Pathology are enormous. He co-authored over 175 publications and edited Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck and the World Health Organization Pathology and Genetics of Head and Neck Tumours. He was director of the longest running Head and Neck Pathology Course and Head and Neck Pathology Fellowship in the country. Dr. Barnes’ mentorship and education in head and neck pathology will be remembered by all pathologists who benefited from his knowledge and will extend his legacy.
Dr. Hyams was an authority in head and neck pathology. Between 1968 to his retirement from the Navy in 1984, Dr. Hyams was director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngic-Head and Neck Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued as a Distinguished Scientist of the American Registry of Pathology until 1988. Dr. Hyams was instrumental in training many pathologists who spent time at the AFIP, many of whom went on to become head and neck pathologists, including Drs. Gnepp, Heffner, Taxy, Wenig, and Zarbo. He was author of many seminal papers in head and neck pathology, describing middle ear adenomas, Schneiderian papillomas, and olfactory neuroblastomas. He was senior author of the second ARP fascicle “Tumors of the Upper Respiratory Tract and Ear” coauthored with John Batsakis and Leslie Michaels.