On behalf of this year’s Executive Committee (EC), I welcome you to the CAPA website. This year marks the 10th anniversary since the inception of our Association which provides a home for Chinese American Pathologists in North America and around the world. Our leadership team and I are honored to serve CAPA built by many dedicated people who share the same background and inspiration for success as well the same love for the field of diagnostic and investigative pathology.

We are grateful to last year’s EC members for their dedicated work, particularly Min Zhou, for leading the way as President, in 2010-2011, Wei Xin as our tireless membership director, Jinsong Liu and Shuan Li for their insight and guidance, and Ping Tang for her behind the scene work in running our yearly meeting for the last couple of years. We are very fortunate to have 4 new dedicated members (Longwen Chen, Haodong Xu, Jun Zhang and Zuhua Gao) who are joining the EC committee.

Our association has grown rapidly over the years from fewer than 100 members to more than 300 now. Many of our members have achieved great success and have become experts in their subspecialty field as well as leaders in their practice. I believe that CAPA has served as a platform and important link between many of our members. I can say that from my personal experience. By being a member, by going to the annual CAPA meeting, and by serving as committee member, co-chair and EC member, I feel that CAPA has contributed tremendously to my professional development and personal life.

By working together with all CAPA members and EC and each subcommittee, we hope to accomplish the following three main goals this year.
1.    To update and publish our membership directory. I think it is necessary to get to know each other better besides attending the annual meeting.
2.    To update our website and publish our newsletter on a more regular basis. We will ask you to contribute to the contents of our newsletter.
3.    To explore the unique CAPA Education Program which greatly benefits all members and establishes and strengthens CAPA relationships with Chinese Pathology Organizations.

I sincerely ask all of you to help CAPA achieve these goals. Your support for all these activities will be a great contribution in making CAPA a more valuable association that we can all enjoy. Please let me or any of the EC members know whether you are available and willing to help.  I also welcome your comments and suggestions by email or phone call.   
Sincerely,

Steven Shen, M.D.,Ph.D.
President of Chinese American Pathologist Association 2011-2012