The International Academy of Pathology (IAP), formerly known as the International Association of Medical Museums, was founded by Dr. Maude Abbott in 1906. From then on the International Academy of Pathology (IAP) has grown into a world wide organization with Divisions in almost all countries and regions of the world, including the Indian Division.

The International Academy of Pathology - Indian Division (IAP-ID) was started in the late 1960's with a few select members and from this small beginning it has grown tremendously in all aspects of its operations, especially so in the last few years. The IAP-ID is one of the most active and dynamic Divisions of the International Academy of Pathology and has attracted a large membership and evoked lot of interest from Pathologists, both from India and abroad, due to its active academic and scientific programs.

The IAP-ID has three main scientific and academic activities in a year. The first is the IAP-ID Mid Year Teaching Programme held usually in April or May and is usually a Workshop on a selected topic of practical utility targeted mainly at trainee and young Pathologists. Next, in the month of August or September there is the IAP-ID Annual CME which would be on a topic of current interest or new frontiers and developments in the field of Pathology. Finally, in November or December, the IAP-ID Annual Meeting is held, which includes usually a Guest Lecture by an invited foreign speaker, a Slide Seminar and a Symposium on pre selected topics. This Meeting is held in conjunction with the Annual National Conference of the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (IAPM) for the convenience of members, many of whom are members of both Associations.

The IAP-ID also has its own Newsletter, the IAP-ID Newsletter, released twice a year in January and July, which keeps the members abreast with the activities of the Indian Division as well as other important news of the IAP and various meetings taking place in various parts of the world.

IAPID Office Bearers

    President:
    Lt. Gen. J.R. Bhardwaj, AVSM, VSM, DCP, MD, PhD [Neuropath], FICPath, MNAMS
    Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services
    Office of the DGAFMS
    Ministry of Defence, M Block, New Delhi - 110001

    Secretary and Treasurer:
    Dr. Francisco Couto, MD, FICP
    (Assoc. Professor of Pathology, Goa Medical College)
    714, La Campala Colony, Panaji - 403001, Goa
    drfranciscouto@yahoo.co.in

    Editor, IAP-ID Newsletter:
    Dr. Francisco Couto, MD

    Councillors:

Dr. KUSUM JOSHI, MD, FICP
Professor & Head
Department of Histopathology
PGIMER,
Chandigarh 160012

Dr. C. SUNDARAM, MD, MAMS, FICP
Professor & Head
Department of Pathology
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
Punjagutta,
Hyderabad 500082, Andhra Pradesh

Dr. SUJAY PRASAD, DPB, MD, DNB
Consultant Pathologist
Anand Diagnostic Laboratory
11, Blue Cross Chambers
Infantry Road Cross,
Shivajinagar,
Bangalore 560001, Karnataka

    Ex-Officia Members:

    Immediate Past President:
    Dr. Anita M. Borges, MD, FICP, FRCPath. [England]
    Head of Histopathology and Cytopathology
    Asian Institute of Oncology & S.L. Raheja Hospital
    Mahim, Mumbai - 400016

    Immediate Past Secretary and Treasurer:
    Dr. G.N. Mohanty, MD, FIC Path.
    Retd. Professor of Pathology
    Narayan Mishra Lane, Mahatab Road
    Cuttack 753012, Orissa