Dr. James Wisecarver Named 2016-17 President-Elect of National Organization

James Wisecarver, M.D., Ph.D. was recently chosen as 2016-2017 president-elect of the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). He will serve as president-elect until fall 2018 when he will become president.

Founded in 1922, ASCP (www.ascp.org) is a medical professional society with more than 100,000 member board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologists, pathology residents and fellows, laboratory professionals, and students. ASCP provides excellence in education, certification, and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists, and laboratory professionals.

Currently, Dr. Wisecarver serves as vice chair for clinical affairs in the UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology. He also is medical director of Nebraska Medicine’s clinical laboratories and Human DNA Identification Laboratory.

Dr. Wisecarver’s involvement in ASCP has included serving on the Council on Continuing Education, and later on the board of governors of the ASCP Board of Registry (now Board of Certification). He helped organize a new examination committee to develop the molecular biology examination and associated credential that is now being offered through the ASCP Board of Certification. He also has organized and presented molecular diagnostics workshops offered both through ASCP and the United States and Canada Association of Pathology.