Endocrine Pathology Society Honors

Lifetime Achievement Award

2022 — Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Virginia A. LiVolsi

University of Pennsylvania • Department of Pathology

Recipient for lifetime contributions to the Field of Endocrine Pathology and to the Endocrine Pathology Society

“Her work reshaped how pathologists understand thyroid disease across generations of practice.”

Dr. Virginia A. LiVolsi is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Few in medicine can mention the word "thyroid" without recognizing Dr. LiVolsi's impact. Her contributions to pathology through research, teaching, and dedication to professional organizations have shaped generations of endocrine pathologists.

Her accomplishments include describing new subtypes of papillary thyroid carcinoma, delineating benign lesions mimicking thyroid neoplasms, and advancing understanding of thyroid entities with clonality studies of thyroid proliferations. For decades she has been a leading expert in pathologic classification and management of thyroid neoplasms, and served for over 20 years on the pathology panel of the Chernobyl Tumor Bank.

2021 — Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Ronald A. DeLellis

Brown University • Lifespan Academic Medical Center

Recipient for lifetime contributions to the Field of Endocrine Pathology and to the Endocrine Pathology Society

“He led the discipline through the transition from classical histology into modern molecular diagnostics.”

Dr. Ronald A. DeLellis is an Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University School of Medicine, and Consultant in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for Lifespan Academic Medical Center. He has been at Brown since 2001, after relocating from New York where he served in senior academic and hospital leadership roles.

Dr. DeLellis has been a global leader in integrating evolving immunohistochemical and molecular techniques with histology for endocrine tumor diagnosis and classification. His longstanding commitment to teaching and education has helped secure the future of Endocrine Pathology as a discipline. His leadership roles include USCAP, the American Registry of Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, and the Endocrine Pathology Society.

2007 — Lifetime Achievement

Dr. Kalman Kovacs

University of Toronto • St. Michael's Hospital

Recipient for lifetime contributions to the Field of Endocrine Pathology and to the Endocrine Pathology Society

“A founding force whose editorial and scientific leadership established the field's modern identity.”

Dr. Kalman T. Kovacs was the Founding Editor of the Endocrine Pathology Journal and one of the founders of the Endocrine Pathology Society.

Dr. Kovacs served as Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the University of Toronto and Scientist Emeritus at St. Michael's Hospital Research Institute, where he formerly founded and directed the Electron Microscopy Laboratory and Immunohistochemistry Laboratory.