IAP Mission Statement

 The IAP is dedicated to the advancement of Pathology through educational exchanges worldwide. In order to achieve this mission, the academy will:

Serve as an international pathology organization that coordinates activities of its divisions and encourages the formation of new divisions where appropriate.

• Convene an international congress each biennium providing educational programs to advance pathology education, research and practice.
• Provide access to highest quality pathology education worldwide through lectures and seminars, educational grants, international congresses and teaching materials – accessible through its Divisions.
• Encourage strategic placement of international congresses to promote access to advanced Pathology Education in underserved areas.

 IAP Objectives

 The purpose of the Academy will be the advancement of Pathology through:

• Improvement of methods of teaching pathology in medical schools, laboratories, hospitals and medical museums.
• Coordination of anatomic pathology, pathologic physiology and comparative pathology with allied sciences and techniques.
• Promotion of research in pathology and pathologic techniques.
• The formation of national or larger geographic Divisions and Assemblies.
• Publication of journals and reports that will afford media, including electronic, for dissemination of the results of work in the above fields.
• Convening of meetings and congresses for exchange of scientific information and ideas.