The Lloyd A. Kennedy Pathologists’ Assistant Award, previously known as the Pathologists’ Assistant Award, is funded by the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at Queen’s University and Kingston General Hospital, and provided by the Canadian Association of Pathologists.

This award was created in rememberance of the Pathologists’ Assistant, Lloyd A Kennedy, as a Recognition of Excellence. Lloyd started his career at Queen’s University/Kingston General Hospital as a research technician in 1975, and went through training to become a Pathologists’ Assistant. In 1982, he became the first Canadian PA to successfully receive certification with the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). He became a leading force in both education and advocacy for the profession of the Pathologists’ Assistant in Canada, building the foundation for the creation of the PA Section, which was founded in 2007, and served as its first Chair.

Lloyd was widely respected for his extraordinary technical, interpretive, and teaching skills in autopsy, and well loved for his supportive, creative, and humorous nature. The development of a superb digital photography and sophisticated image analysis system at Kingston General Hospital would not have been possible without him. He received Kingston’s R.S. Aprentice Award for Excellence in Resident Teaching many times due to his passion for education. He also made major scholarly, educational, and administrative contributions to the Biologic Photographer’s Association, the Pathologists’ Assistant Section of CAP-ACP, and the American Assocation of Pathologists’ Assistants (AAPA). 

 This award now serves to recognize a Pathologists’ Assistant who is a member (in good standing) of the PA Section of the CAP-ACP in recognition of their outstanding contributions to continuing education and professional development in the area of medical laboratory practice.

Award entitlements:
– $150 honorarium
– Speaking engagement (during the PA conference or in the Virtual Education Series – includes travel, accommodations and complimentary PA conference registration)
– Certificate presented to the recipient by the Head of the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University or delegate
– Acknowledgement during the CAP-ACP Reception at the annual CAP-ACP conference.

The nomination deadline is April 1st.

The PA Section Education Committee will send an email to the voting PA Section members asking for nominations, will coordinating voting, and will endorse the proposed recipient to the PA Section Executive Committee after to April 1st . The PA Section Chair will let the CAP-ACP Awards committee know which PA will receive the award prior to May 1st.

The Award shall be presented to a CCCPA-CCCAP certified PA who is a resident in Canada as a mark of recognition of outstanding recent work to the development of the CCCPA-CCCAP.

The Award shall usually be presented annually; but if, in the opinion of the CCCAP-CCCAP BOD, a suitable candidate is not available in any year, the Award shall not be made.

The recipient of this Award shall be recommended to the CAP-ACP Executive the CCCPA-CCCAP BOD who may seek the advice of Past Officers of the Association, or members at large, or committee members.

The CEO of the CCCPA-CCCAP shall report the choice to the Awards committee/CAP-ACP Executive by May 1st.

The recipient of the Award is not expected to give an address or present a paper. The Award and the reading of a citation shall be made at the Annual Meeting of the Association.