A Powerful Tool
The Pathologist’s Power List is not the final word – rather, it’s the opener to a conversation
Welcome to the 2018 revival of The Pathologist’s Power List! Here, we celebrate the field of pathology and laboratory medicine in a unique way: by asking those in the field to highlight the colleagues and mentors they feel have made – or are continuing to make – a difference to the discipline today.
The Power List is understandably a polarizing topic. It has the potential to spark (hopefully friendly!) competition between those on it – or to raise questions about those who are not. Some race each other to the top. Some energize others to nominate deserving candidates. Some take the list as an opportunity to return the skill and kindness shown by a favorite teacher, highlight the achievements of a peer, or identify a former student who has done much for pathology in only a short career. But the one thing the Power List is guaranteed to do is start conversations.
Whether or not you agree with the list of finalists; whether or not you nominated any candidates; whether or not you yourself are on the list; it’s certain that, around the world, professionals in our discipline (and possibly outside of it) will be looking eagerly through the pages, trying to spot friends, colleagues, or even themselves. Some readers will show it to colleagues who were unaware of its existence. Others may even identify a potential future mentor or collaborator by scrutinizing the finalists’ biographies. And someone will ask: what makes a great pathologist? (Or, what can I do to be on the next Power List?!)
And as long as it inspires conversations, challenges us to improve, and encourages us to talk with passion about our discipline and those who shine a spotlight upon it, The Pathologist’s Power List is doing its job. Thanks to everyone who nominated candidates, and sincere congratulations to everyone who made the final list!
The 2018 Power List
