NASHNP 2026 Officer Elections

We have asked each VP/PresElect candidate to write a statement of vision for the society. Please review the statements below in order to inform your vote. Statements are listed in alphabetical order.
The ballot is located after the vision statements.

Peter Sadow Statement:

The North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology is the epicenter of scientific thought for surgical pathology of the head & neck for the United States and Canada, as is fitting given it is an official companion society of the USCAP. However, the membership has always been more inclusive, and it is my hope that it can broaden its reach and expand its engagement to continue to encourage a next generation of leadership in the field and an even more geographically diverse membership.
There are a critical number of outstanding head & neck pathologists, both locally and internationally, who have enriched our knowledge of the surgical pathology of head & neck pathophysiology, from its morphological diversity under the microscope to its most objective, associated molecular features that are currently driving the field forward in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutics.
The current senior members of the head and neck pathology community have a critical obligation to train and inspire the next generation of leaders to sustain our subspecialty and outstanding scholarship that is the true engine of scientific progress in the treatment of diseases that we routinely encounter under the microscope or high-resolution digital images.
Where will this next generation come from, and how will we engage them? My intention by contending for this post in NASHNP is solely to be a good steward for our field and engage current members to distribute the most/best opportunities in order to retain and expand interest in our highly specialized field that many pathologists, unless at high-volume centers, see far too little cases from. In doing this, it is my hope that even pathologists who practice in spaces with fewer cases but high interest, can interact and join forces with their colleagues at other institutions to be better educated, more excited, and want to work toward shaping the future of our space.
For me, I thrive when engaging with people smarter than me who educate me daily, keep me grounded (and focally mortified), and truly love what they do. There will be other candidates who will also excel in this stewardship role for NASHNP, and I would strongly support them. From my end, I want to offer my service to our field, as it is my hope to leave the field, when it is my time, on the strong shoulders of an eager, rising generation of academic pathologists ready not only to be great and esteemed consultants for their patient-facing teams, but also the leaders who move the science forward in head and neck pathology.

Bin Xu Statement:

I am an associated attending pathologist with clinical expertise in head and neck pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I obtained my PhD at McMaster University and my MD degree at McGill University, Canada. After my residency training in Anatomic Pathology at McGill University and fellowship training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, I worked as a head and neck pathologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada, and joined the pathology faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2018.My research interests are head and neck/thyroid cancer, particularly salivary gland tumors, thyroid tumors, and HPV-driven carcinomas. I have authored over 200 publications, including over 170 original research articles and multiple reviews. I am an author of the ARP fascicle for thyroid and parathyroid tumors, ICCR guideline for thyroid tumors, and multiple book chapters in head and neck/thyroid textbooks, including the WHO classification 5^th edition. I currently serve on the editorial board of Modern Pathology and USCAP abstract reviewer committee.
I am a firm believer in free online pathology education resources for trainees and practicing pathologists. I serve on the editorial board for pathologyoutlines.com and authored over 20 free web-based chapters on various sinonasal, salivary gland, and thyroid topics. I am also an editorial board member for World Tumor Registry, Thyroid Tumors, a free online whole slide image-based database.
I have been a member of North American Society for Head and Neck Pathology since residency, and would love to contribute to the society.