Benjamin Highman Symposium
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
2026 Benjamin Highman Endowed Lecture
11 - 12 p.m.
Monday, January 5, 2026
Medical Education Building, #2222
Andrew Bellizzi, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Pathology, Benjamin Highman Lecturer
Director of GI Pathology, HCCC
Co-Director, Immunopathology Laboratory
>Director, GI Pathology Fellowship
Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
"Next-Generation Immunohistochemistry: How to Build Highly Effective Tests in Anatomic Pathology."
- Define and describe the concept of “next-generation immunohistochemistry (IHC)” and how it applies to tumor diagnosis
- Understand the concept of “fit-for-purpose” and how it should underpin.
- IHC test optimization and interpretation.
- Differentiate the steps of new IHC test selection, optimization, and validation and be able to access a series of useful tools to assist in these processes
The Highman Symposium is an annual lectureship in honor of Benjamin Highman, M.D. Highman spent almost forty years in the US Public Health service serving as Medical Director and as Chief of Pathologic Anatomy at the National Institutes of Health. He was awarded the Willey Medallion and a special citation by the FDA. In 1985 Highman retired and joined the volunteer faculty at the UC Davis School of Medicine. He is fondly remembered for his enthusiastic participation in medical student and resident teaching.
| 2023 | Rong Fan, Ph.D. |
| 2022 | Roger A. Mitchell, M.D. |
| 2021 | Postponed due to COVID-19 |
| 2020 | Deborah Powell, M.D. |
| 2019 | Wilson To, M.D. |
| 2018 | Eric Glassy, M.D., F.A.C.P. |
| 2017 | Michael Laposata, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2016 | Michael J. Becich, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2015 | Debra G.B. Leonard, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2014 | Paul J. Chang, M.D. |
| 2013 | Richard M. Satava, M.D., F.A.C.S. |
| 2012 | Jeffrey E. Saffitz, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2011 | David L. Rimm, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2010 | Stanley Cohen, M.D. |
| 2009 | Lee H. Hilborne, M.D. |
| 2008 | Robert L. Reddick, M.D. |
| 2006 | Mary Lipscomb, M.D. |
| 2005 | Godfrey Getz, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2004 | Evan Y. Snyder, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 2003 | Clive R. Taylor, M.D. |
| 2002 | Daniel D. Sedmak, M.D. |
| 2001 | Paul Holloway, Ph.D. |
| 2000 | Mark E. Sobel, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 1999 | Victor A. McKusick, M.D. |
| 1998 | Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D. |
| 1997 | Ernest Beutler, M.D. |
| 1996 | Donald A. Lindberg, M.D. |
| 1995 | George D. Lundberg, M.D. |
| 1994 | Mary-Claire King, Ph.D. |
| 1993 | Robert E. Scully, M.D. |
| 1992 | Ramzi Cotran, M.D. |
