International Society of Urological Pathology
International Society of Urological Pathology
David J. Grignon Education Award
In commemoration of Dr. Grignon (1955-2020) we are inaugurating the Grignon Education Award in 2023 to stimulate education in urologic pathology worldwide. Nominations are needed by December of the preceding year for the award to be given the following March
2025-
Tamara Lotan
2024-
Michelle S. Hirsch
2023-
Mahul Amin
Koss Medal Awards for Advancement of Urological Pathology
The Koss Medal is named in honor of Leopold G Koss, late Chairman and Professor of Pathology at University Hospital of the Albert Einstein College, New York, USA. He was a major figure in the formation of the International Society of Urological Pathology and served as Foundation President. The medal is awarded for a lifetime achievement in the broad field of urological pathology and is the highest award bestowed by the Society.
2025-
Holger Moch
2024-
Bogdan A. Czerniak
2020-
Isabell A. Sesterhenn
2019-
Jae Y. Ro
2017-
Theodorus van der Kwast
Stephan Störkel
2016-
David J Grignon
2015-
Guido Martignoni
2014-
Thomas M Ulbright
2013-
Antonio Cubilla
2012-
Rodolfo Montironi
Victor Reuter
2011-
Gregor Mikuz
John R. Srigley
Robert (Robin) H. Young
2010-
Alberto Ayala
2008-
Lars Egevad
2005-
Helen Michael
2004-
Liang Cheng
2003-
Christer Busch
Brett Delahunt
John N Eble
Jonathan I Epstein
Kash Mostofi
Ronald S Weinstein
Recipients of the Grawitz Medal
The Grawitz Medal is named in honor of Paul Albert Grawitz, who was Assistant to Virchow at the Pathology Institute in Berlin and later Professor of Pathology at the University of Greifswald, Germany. He was responsible for much of the debate regarding the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma and is eponymously associated with that tumor. The medal is awarded to members of the International Society of Urological Pathology for meritorious service relating to the work of the Society and/or to urological pathology in general.
No award in 2025 or 2024
2023-
Theodorus van der Kwast
2022-
Hemamali Samaratunga
Lars Egevad
2017-
Robert H. Young
2016-
Isabell Sesterhenn
2014-
Samson Fine
2013-
David G. Bostwick
John N. Eble
Jonathan I. Epstein
Brett Delahunt
John R. Srigley
Cristina Magi-Galluzzi
Kiril Trpkov
Kenneth Iczkowski
Jubilee Lectureship
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Society, the Jubilee Lectureship was established to fund the awarded lecturer to give 3 traveling presentations in the name of the Society. The first award was presented at the ISUP Companion Meeting at the USCAP 2017 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
2017-
David J Grignon
The Stipend committee is currently chaired by Steve C. Smith (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA). The other committee members are: Professor Trevor Flood (University of Ottawa, Canada), Professor Arndt Hartmann (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany), Professor Chisato Ohe, (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan), Professor Puay Hoon Tan (Luma Medical Center, Singapore). The International Society of Urologic Pathology Stipends are awarded annually to outstanding trainees in Pathology with demonstrated interest in Urologic Pathology. Three (3) awards are currently granted each year and are utilized by recipients to either attend a national/international meeting with a Urologic Pathology focus or towards travel to study with an expert(s) in Urologic Pathology at another institution. The application cycle begins on or around October 15th, with awards announced before year’s end. The committee was chaired by Liang Cheng from 2006-2008, Samson Fine from 2008-2018 and Maria Tretiakova from 2018-2022.
2025-
Sofia Canete Portillo (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
Burak Tekin (Mayo Clinic, USA)
Kara Tanaka (UCSF, USA)
2024-
Dilara Akbulut (NCI, USA)
Fanni Santa (University of Szeged, Hungary)
Thing Zhao (Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
Alessiani Cimadamore- Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Italy
Rose Sneha George, Albany
Joao Pedro da Silava Machado Lobo, Portugal
Swati Bhardwaj, Mt Sina
2022-
Robert Humble, USA
Rayan Rammal, USA
Calim Gurbuz Begüm, Turkey
Maiara Ferreira Souza, Brazil
2021-
Not awarded due to COVID
2020-
Anne Offerman, University, Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Germany
Alessiani Cimadamore, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Italy
Taneja Kanika, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA
Andrea Olivas, University of Chicago, USA
2019-
The International Society of Urologic Pathology (ISUP) Excellence in Urologic Pathology Award are awarded annually to residents or fellows for the three best abstracts at the USCAP meeting. The committee is currently chaired by Debra Zynger (Ohio State University, USA). The other committee members are Chin Lee Wu (Harvard University, USA) and Matteo Brunelli (University of Verona, Italy). The committee was chaired by Kenneth Iczkowski 2002-2012 and from 2013-2018 by Adeboye Osunkoya.
2025-
Priti Agarwal
Basahr Aldaraiseh
Michael McCarthy
Kazuki Kioga
2024-
Alaaeddin Alrohaibani
Pranav Renavikar, Minqi Xu
2023-
Yaileen Guzman-Arocho, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/ Harvard
Kotaro Takeda- University of Pittsburgh
Swati Bhardwaj- Mt. Sinai
2022-
Numbereye Numbere, MBBS University of Rochester
Jatin S. Gandhi, M.D. University of Washington
Mohammed A. Alghamdi, M.D. Memorial Sloan Kettering
2021-
Not awarded due to COVID
2020-
Eman Abdulfatah, University of Michigan
John Kennedy, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Shikhar Vyas
2019-
Mohamed Alhamar, Henry Ford Hospital
Liwei Jia- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Xiaotun Zhang, Mayo Clinic Rochester
2018-
Shuhua Ma, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Rola Saleeb- University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Xiaotun Zhang- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2017-
Sounak Gupta, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Aseeb Rehman, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Aylin Sar, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2016-
Benjamin Buelow, University of California, San Fransisco, San Francisco, CA
Vipulkumar Dadhania, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Sara Falzarano, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2015-
Nooshin K. Dashti, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Andrew McDaniel, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Qinghu Ren, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
2014-
Max X. Kong, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Carmen M. Perrino, Washington University St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Steven C. Smith, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, LA
2013-
Grzegorz T Gurda, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Vadim Khachaturov, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Pawel A Mroz, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2012-
Whitney M. Green, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Vikas Mehta Loyola University Med Center, Maywood, IL
Haijun Zhou Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
2011-
Jennifer Bup-Jong Kum Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Scott Tomlins Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Carla L. Ellis Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
2010-
Rugvedita Satayajeet Parakh
Ceders-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Charles J Sailey University of Maryland Med Center, Baltimore, MD
Beatriz Wealter Rodriquez NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2009 –
Rohit Mehra University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ian Bovio University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Debra L Zynger University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2008-
Andrew B. Armstrong, M.D.
Bora Gurel
Priya Nigwekar
2007-
Timothy D. Jones
Juan Miguel Mosquera
Olga Pozdnyakova
2006-
Leilei Chen
Rohit Mehra
Nikolay D Dimov
Debra L Zynger
2005-
Metin Punar
Timothy D Jones
Gladell P Paner
2004 –
2003 –
2002-
A. M. Chinnaiyan
Pei Hui
S. E. Mendrinos