Membership

In addition to membership discounts to local scientific meetings, newsletters, and education materials through your regional IAP Division, your automatic membership with the IAP entitles you to:

• Discounted rates to other IAP Division Meetings including the USCAP annual meeting.  Upcoming meetings can be found on the main page of this website, social media, and our Educational Events and Resources Registry.

• Discounted subscriptions to USCAP journals Modern Pathology and Laboratory Investigation.

• Bursaries for pathologists and trainees to attend upcoming IAP Biennial international meetings, bringing pathologists together from around the world.  Bursary opportunities are announced on our website, through communications to your Division, and through social media.

• Opportunities to apply for funding as IAP Ambassadors. The IAP Ambassador program is especially designed  for those who have been invited to underserved regions to provide pathology educational presentations and other services.  Our application form to apply for funding can be found here.

• Opportunities to participate in international committees and working groups dedicated to the advancement of Pathology through educational exchanges worldwide. 

   
  Your membership helps fund educational programs that are available to your division, and the pathology community at large.
  We also provide support to Divisions, including

  • Promotion of your meetings and events to the world wide community of Pathologists.

  • Opportunities to apply for funding, with preference given to Divisions in underserved areas, to host local events.  The application to apply for funding can be found here.

  • Free webhosting for Divisions and Assemblies on a flexible, easy to use website platform.

  • Many other benefits listed here.

    

  If you are not already a member of one of our other worldwide IAP Divisions, contact information can be found here. 

  If you have any questions about membership with IAP Divisions, or about any of our services, contact us.

Benefits of forming an IAP Division

• Scientific and Academic support from all over the world
• Network of Pathology experts available to lecture in your country
• Prestige of being part of a world class pathology group
• The IAP is dedicated to the advancement of pathology by dissemination of knowledge through a large number of educational offerings both at divisional level and at the Biennial International Congress
• Forums for sharing your expertise, expressing your professional opinion, and building a reputation within the industry
• The annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), a division of the IAP, with over 4000 registrants has one of the largest attendance of physician-pathologists of any meeting in the world.
• Reduced registration fee and course fees to the annual meeting of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and other USCAP meetings.
• Your membership dues also help fund educational programs that are available to the pathology community at large and your division.
• Reduced subscription fee to Modern Pathology and/or Laboratory Investigation (either or both journals).
• At the IAP Biennial Congress, you will be able to meet and interact with a large number of world renowned pathologists on a person-to-person basis.
• Members receive the International Pathology Newsletter.
• Eligible to receive educational materials from the USCAP.
• Founded by Maude Abbott in 1906, the IAP is the oldest international pathology association in the world. It has a rich historical heritage.