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Dr. Henry Tazelaar from the US and Canadian Division, and IAP past Treasurer.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Gary Tse is a Professor in the Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with active research interests in breast histologic, cytologic and molecular pathology.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Ghazi Zaatari is a member of the Arab Division and is based at the American\u00a0 University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. He was previously <\/span>Chair of the Education Committee of the IAP.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Dr. Hattab is the AJ Miller endowed Professor and Chair of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at University of Louisville.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Professor Emeritus Martin Hale from the South African Division is based at the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Angela Chong<\/span>, Chair of the Education Committee of the IAP,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>is a member of the\u00a0<\/span>Singapore\u00a0<\/span>Division<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Prof. Dr. Annette Schmidt-<\/span>Gra<\/span>e<\/span>ff<\/span>, Deputy Chair of the Education Committee of the IAP, is based at Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sigurd Lax is Chair of the Finance\u00a0 Committee of the IAP and has been the president of the German IAP Division and the Austrian IAP Division\/Austrian Society of Pathology.\u00a0 He is based at the University of Graz.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rachael Lowery is the Executive Director of the IAP Central offfice. She resides in Gig Harbor, Washington, USA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sam Kiely is the Assistant Secretary of the IAP Central office. She also serves as the Managing Director of the British Division of the IAP.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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