Committee for Pathologists' Assistant

Draft Agenda, 6/5/2025
Draft Meeting Minutes
Draft Minutes, 1/26/2023
Draft Minutes, 2/16/2024
License Statistics for Pathologists’ Assistants, Past 5 Years

New York State Committee for Pathologists’ Assistants

June 5, 2025

3:00 pm

1411 Broadway

10^th floor

NYC
 

• Call to Order/Introductions
   
• Review of Minutes
   
• Update from the Office of Professions
• • Licensure update
  • Recent Path A issues
     
• Presentation
• • Introduction-Mohammad Zuber Nakadar
  • Dr. Gabriele Campanella, Senior Computational Scientist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Digital Pathology and AI – The Future of Pathology
     
• Other Issues
  • Updates from Members.  Emerging questions and issues from the Board members
     
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

• Meeting Agenda
• Meeting Minutes
• Licenses Issued
• Overview of the Practice
• January 2023 Minutes

1411 Broadway, 10th floor, NYC

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Review of Policy
• • The Overview of the Practice of a Licensed Pathologists’ Assistant in New York State
• Presentation: Paths to the Professions
  • Kelly Murphy, Stephanie Maes
• Other Issues
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

• Meeting Minutes (Draft)
• October Meeting Minutes (Draft)
• Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program Updates

1411 Broadway
10th floor MMMM Room, NYC
And NYSED remote site in Albany

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Presentation:
  • Beverly Rauch-Director, NYSDOH Clinical Laboratory Evaluation Program
• Other Issues
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

• Agenda
• Pathologist Assistant Regulations
• Meeting Minutes (Draft)
• June Meeting Minutes (Draft)

1411 Broadway 10th floor MMMM Room, NYC
And NYSED remote site in Albany

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Presentation:
  • Update on Office of NYSED New Professions System
• Regulatory Review
  • It's been five years since the regulations were adopted for this profession.
  • How are the regulations working for persons in the field?
  • Would the Board recommend any revisions?
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
  • What do board member's see for future priorities?
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

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Monday, June 21, 2021, 10:30 a.m.

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Presentation:
  • Update on Office of Professions Technology Improvements for Applicants and Licensees: Heather Klusendorf, Director, OP Modernization Program
• COVID and the Impact on Telemedicine -Discussion (handout)
  • Early in the Fall, the Regents expect to have a discussion regarding the impact of the pandemic on telehealth and telepractice. The Department is requesting our assistance to contribute to this discussion, guided by the questions in the handout.
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

New York State Committee for Pathologists' Assistants

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Thursday, March 25, 2021, 10:30 a.m.

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Review of Application for offering a Licensure Qualifying Program for Pathologists’ Assistants
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

Members:
Kathleen Bykowicz, Akron
Charles Fernandez Perez, NYC
Nancy H. Halleck, Saratoga Springs—Public Member
Bernard Ng, MD, Voorheesville—Physician Member
Lysette Nicole Seegobin, Tuckahoe
Mohammad Zubar Nakadar, Yonkers

Board for Medicine Liaison: Maria Plummer, MD

Staff: Stephen Boese, Carla Wells, Kymberly Warren

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update from the Office of Professions
• Review of Policy: Statute and Regulations
• Discussion-Practice Guidelines: Review of draft/discussion of CLEP comments
• Discussion-Information from the field. Board members are encouraged to discuss progress and issues concerning the ongoing implementation of the licensure law in their communities
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

Members:
Kathleen Bykowicz, Akron
Charles Fernandez Perez, NYC
Nancy H. Halleck, Saratoga Springs—Public Member
Bernard Ng, MD, Voorheesville—Physician Member
Lysette Nicole Seegobin, Tuckahoe
Mohammad Zubar Nakadar, Yonkers

Board for Medicine Liaison: Maria Plummer, MD

Staff: Stephen Boese, Carla Wells, Kymberly Warren

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update From the Office of Professions
• Discussion-Practice Guidelines: Review of drafts and continued discussion
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting

Members:
Kathleen Bykowicz, Akron
Charles Fernandez Perez, NYC
Nancy H. Halleck, Saratoga Springs—Public Member
Bernard Ng, MD, Voorheesville—Physician Member
Lysette Nicole Seegobin, Tuckahoe
Mohammad Zubar Nakadar, Yonkers

Board for Medicine Liaison: Maria Plummer, MD

Staff: Stephen Boese, Carla Wells, Kymberly Warren

• Call to Order/Introductions
• Review of Minutes
• Update From the Office of Professions
• Discussion-Practice Guidelines: Defining Necessary Competencies for Entry Level Pathologists’ Assistants
• Discussion—Issues and Priorities Moving Forward
• Next Steps/ Next Meeting