𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 (𝑰𝑨𝑷-𝑴𝑫), 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑰𝑨𝑷.
𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔.
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝑰𝑨𝑷-𝑴𝑫 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕.
Prof Emerita Dr. Nor Hayati Othman
President,
International Academy of Pathology
Malaysian Division
𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒖𝒔.
𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝑰𝑨𝑷-𝑴𝑫 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕.
Prof Emerita Dr. Nor Hayati Othman
President,
International Academy of Pathology
Malaysian Division






















