About SPP

The Society for Pediatric Pathology, founded in 1965, is an educational and scientific organization of physicians and scientists who share a common interest in this vital field. Over 700 members of the Society practice in more than 60 Children's Hospitals, Community Hospitals and University Hospitals of the United States, Canada and throughout the world.

It is the aim of the Society to foster research, education, and practice as they pertain to pediatric pathology, and to provide a forum for discourse among its members.

The Mission of Society for Pediatric Pathology is to perform the following and other related functions:

• To promote expertise, effective teaching and productive research in the practice of pediatric pathology.
• To assist and promote the development and recognition of resident/fellow training programs in pediatric pathology and work with certifying and accrediting bodies to establish and maintain a means by which pathologists may be certified as having special competency in pediatric pathology.
• To sponsor and promote the education of physicians and others in healthcare related to pediatric pathology.
• To establish and maintain appropriate relationships with other societies and groups of physicians, and other scientists who share professional interests with the SPP.