ICPI

What ICPI does

ICPI (Intersociety Council for Pathology Information) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1957 and headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, that operates as a centralized information hub for pathology careers, training programs, and professional development across the U.S. and Canada. It serves medical students, pathology residents, fellows, and PhD biomedical scientists, and is sponsored by five Charter Member societies (Association for Academic Pathology, American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Society for Investigative Pathology, College of American Pathologists, and US & Canadian Academy of Pathology) plus 17+ Associate Member societies and one Ex Officio member (American Board of Pathology).

ICPI's core product is its online Directory of Training Programs, comprising 151 residency programs and 790+ fellowship programs across 30+ subspecialties, with filterable search by subspecialty, location, and status. The directory was historically published in print (final print edition 2018) and migrated fully online. Adjacent offerings include post-sophomore fellowship, MedTech, and PhD program listings; the Margaret Grimes Medical Student Interest Group Grants ($500 per academic year); the Pathology Honor Society recognition program; and curated free educational resources (ABPath Histology Primer, PathElective, Virtual Path SIG) plus a centralized job board aggregator and events calendar. The platform is delivered via pathologytraining.org and a mobile application on iOS and Android.

ICPI is a non-profit with approximately four administrative staff (Executive Officer, Programs Manager, Membership Coordinator, Technical Services Manager). Revenue is generated through directory listing fees paid by pathology training programs (departments with paid residency listings can add other programs at no additional charge) and implicit sponsorship from its Charter Member societies. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and many resources are offered free to end users. The organization is governed by a board with one representative from each Charter Member society.

Name

ICPI

Legal name

Intersociety Council for Pathology Information

Website

https://pathologytraining.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1957

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ICPI (Intersociety Council for Pathology Information) is a non-profit founded in 1957 that operates a centralized online directory of pathology residency and fellowship programs for medical students, residents, fellows, and researchers across the U.S. and Canada, sponsored by five major pathology societies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education Information Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) & Teaching Hospitals (HLAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Research Universities with Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) (EDAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Pathology training programs
• Medical education directories
• Residency and fellowship listings
• Pathology career resources
• Medical student interest grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Wilmington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Directory Listing Fees: Departments with paid ICPI Residency Directory listings can add other training programs at no additional charge

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ICPI is a nonprofit educational organization that operates a centralized online directory and resource hub for pathology training, careers, and professional development across North America. Its core offerings include searchable directories of 151 residency and 790+ fellowship programs in the U.S. and Canada, grant programs (MSIG grants of $500 per academic year), the Pathology Honor Society recognition program, and aggregated free educational content and pathology job-board access spanning five major pathology societies.

Product overview

ICPI (Intersociety Council for Pathology Information) is a nonprofit educational organization established in 1957 that serves as a central resource for pathology training information. The organization offers a comprehensive online platform featuring multiple interconnected services: the ICPI Training Program Directory (containing residency, fellowship, post-sophomore fellowship, MedTech, and PhD programs); grant programs including the Margaret Grimes Medical Student Interest Group Grants ($500 per academic year); and the Pathology Honor Society recognizing outstanding medical students. ICPI also aggregates educational resources including the ABPath Histology Primer, PathElective, and Virtual Path SIG, along with member journals and a pathology job board platform connecting users to opportunities across five major pathology societies. The organization is sponsored by five charter member societies and maintains an extensive events calendar for the pathology community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICPI Training Program Directory Online directory of pathology residency, fellowship, post-sophomore fellowship, MedTech, and PhD training programs throughout the U.S. and Canada, covering anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and related subspecialties. Targeted at medical students, residents, fellows, and PhD researchers seeking training opportunities.
• Residency Programs Directory ACGME-accredited residency training programs in anatomic pathology (AP), clinical pathology (CP), and combined AP/CP, across medical institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Indexed directory contains 151 residency programs with filtering by location and subspecialty.
• Fellowship Programs Directory Subspecialty fellowship training programs in cytopathology, hematopathology, dermatopathology, molecular genetic pathology, forensic pathology, and other areas. Indexes 790+ fellowship programs with filtering by subspecialty, location, and availability.
• Margaret Grimes Medical Student Interest Group (MSIG) Grants $500 grants awarded per academic year to pathology medical student interest groups for unrestricted use in furthering interest-group activities. Recipients join a national cohort of student leaders that share best practices through virtual forums organized by the ICPI Board.
• Pathology Honor Society (PHS) Recognition program that honors exceptional medical students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement, commitment, and leadership in pathology, regardless of whether they plan to pursue pathology as their specialty. Evaluates research, education, leadership/advocacy, diversity & inclusion, and professionalism contributions.
• Pathology Job Boards Centralized access point aggregating the job boards of five major pathology societies—CAP Career Center, APC Job Board, USCAP Career Center, ASIP Job Board, and ASCP Career Center—covering a wide range of pathology career opportunities.
• ICPI Events Platform Listing platform for pathology society meetings and educational programs including AAOMP Annual Meeting, API Pathology Informatics Summit, ACLPS Annual Meeting, International Congress of the IAP, AMP Annual Meeting, and related events.
• ICPI Member Journals and Resources Curated collection of member journals (including Academic Pathology, American Journal of Pathology, American Journal of Clinical Pathology), career resources, webinars, and training materials contributed by ICPI's Charter Member societies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 790+ fellowship programs listed across 30+ subspecialties
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered charter member, associate member, ex officio member and resource partner.

• Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath)charter memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five Charter Member societies that sponsor ICPI. Provides governance through board representation (Cheryl Hanau, MD). AAPath serves as IPC Secretariat since January 2019 and provides staffing for IPC website and meetings.
• American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)charter memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five Charter Member societies that sponsor ICPI. Provides governance through board representation (Kamran Mirza, MD, PhD). ASCP represents 100,000+ pathologists and laboratory professionals and offers fellowships, awards, and career resources.
• American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP)charter memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five Charter Member societies that sponsor ICPI. Provides governance through board representation (William Muller, MD, PhD). Promotes discovery, advancement, and dissemination of basic and translational knowledge in experimental pathology.
• College of American Pathologists (CAP)charter memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five Charter Member societies that sponsor ICPI. Provides governance through board representation (Adam Booth, MD). CAP serves 18,000+ physician members and the global laboratory community, advocating for accountable, high-quality patient care.
• United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP)charter memberStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of five Charter Member societies that sponsor ICPI. Provides governance through board representation (Matthew Cecchini, MD, PhD). USCAP provides gold-standard education and hosts annual meetings. USCAP provides space and hospitality for IPC annual meetings.
• Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 1966 with affiliations with 70+ academic and community training centers that train pathology residents in clinical pathology.
• American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (AAOMP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Organized in 1948, AAOMP advances the specialty of oral and maxillofacial pathology.
• American Association of Neuropathologists (AANP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Professional organization dedicated to diseases of the nervous system through tissue, cellular, subcellular and molecular level investigation.
• American Board of Pathology (ABPath)ex officio memberOthersEx Officio Member society of ICPI. Responsible for specialty certification for the medical practice of pathology and its subspecialties in the United States.
• American Society of Cytopathology (ASC)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 1951, ASC is a distinguished national professional society of physicians, cytotechnologists and scientists dedicated to the cytologic method of diagnostic pathology.
• Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 1995 to provide structure and leadership to the emerging field of molecular diagnostics. AMP has 3,000+ members practicing various disciplines of molecular diagnostics.
• Association of Clinical Scientistsassociate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Promotes education and research in clinical science and improves the development, selection, accuracy, utilization, and interpretation of laboratory tests.
• Association for Pathology Informatics (API)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Promotes the field of pathology informatics as an academic and clinical subspecialty of pathology.
• Association of Directors of Anatomic & Surgical Pathology (ADASP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 1989, ADASP is a professional association of directors dedicated to the advancement and leadership of diagnostic anatomic and subspecialty pathology.
• Canadian Association of Pathologists (CAP-ACP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Voluntary professional organization that advances the interests of the pathology profession and promotes high quality standards for patient care in Canada.
• Digital Pathology Association (DPA)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 2009 to support digital pathology education initiatives, define best practices, influence standards, and organize annual conferences.
• International Academy of Pathology (IAP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Dedicated to the advancement of Pathology through educational exchanges worldwide.
• National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. National professional organization of physician medical examiners and medicolegal death investigators in the United States.
• Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology (PSC)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. International physician association dedicated to education in cytopathology and small biopsy histology.
• Society for Cardiovascular Pathology (SCVP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Devoted to the advancement of the study of cardiovascular disorders with members including pathologists, cardiologists, surgeons, and investigators.
• Society for Pediatric Pathology (SPP)associate memberOthersAssociate Member society of ICPI. Founded in 1965, SPP is an educational and scientific organization with 700+ members practicing in 60+ children's hospitals across the U.S. and Canada.
• ABPath Histology Primerresource partnerOthersFree educational resource featured on ICPI website. Review of histology basics designed to strengthen foundation for those embarking on a career in Pathology.
• PathElectiveresource partnerOthersFree educational platform featured on ICPI website. Home for educational content creators in pathology and laboratory medicine, offering modular adjunct to pathology education for medical students, residents, and trainees.
• Virtual Path SIGresource partnerOthersVirtual Pathology Student Interest Group featured on ICPI website. Provides consistent, enriching community for all those fascinated by Pathology, irrespective of geographical or institutional boundaries.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ExploreHealthCareers.org: Career exploration website targeting health-professions-bound students. It addresses a similar audience as ICPI's 'For Students' and career awareness content, with a broader health-profession scope.
• ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service): AAMC's residency application platform where pathology applicants discover and apply to programs. Closely comparable to ICPI's directory as the primary discovery layer for pathology residency applicants.
• FREIDA (AMA Residency & Fellowship Database): The American Medical Association's searchable residency and fellowship database. It is the most direct functional competitor to ICPI's Training Program Directory, serving the same medical student and resident audience with broader specialty coverage.
• Careers in Medicine (AAMC): AAMC's career planning program for medical students. Closely comparable in audience (medical students choosing specialties) and intent (specialty career discovery) to ICPI's career awareness resources.

Broad incumbents

• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC): National association representing U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals. Operates ERAS, MSAR, and Careers in Medicine, overlapping with ICPI's medical student and residency information role at a much larger scale.
• American Medical Association (AMA): Largest U.S. physician organization. Operates FREIDA and offers medical student resources comparable in audience and intent to ICPI's medical-student-focused content and grants.

Others

• Association for Academic Pathology (AAPath): ICPI Charter Member and current IPC Secretariat. Operates PathElective and hosts the pathology training ecosystem infrastructure that ICPI leans on, with overlapping mission in academic pathology development.
• American Board of Pathology (ABPath): Specialty certification body for U.S. pathology. An Ex Officio ICPI member and partner; provides the Histology Primer featured on ICPI's site, addressing an adjacent but distinct need (certification vs. training discovery).
• National Resident Matching Program (NRMP): Operates the Main Residency Match used by pathology applicants. Different function (matching vs. directory) but is part of the same residency-decision workflow as ICPI's directory.

Emerging players

• Pathology Outlines: Online pathology education resource widely used by residents and fellows. Overlaps with ICPI's educational content curation role and serves a similar trainee audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pathologyinfo
• Facebookfacebook.com/ICPIPathology
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/intersociety-council-for-pathology-information

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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