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Dr. Hicks is Director of Surgical Pathology. His innovative approaches to improving efficiency and quality in surgical pathology have been highlighted in publications and invited lectures sponsored by national pathology organizations. He has implemented a subspecialty-based surgical pathology system, combining disease-specific diagnostic and prognostic expertise with translational research based on organ systems and disease categories.
As a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Immunohistochemistry Standardization, and co-author of their consensus recommendations, he is a leader in the emerging effort to achieve the full potential of immunostaining as a tissue-based quantitative ELISA test.
He has been appointed to an ASCO/CAP panel that is developing national guidelines on estrogen receptor testing in breast cancer, having served recently on a similar panel that made important recommendations to improve HER2 testing in breast cancer.
| Dr. Edith E. Sproul Teaching Award | Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
2006 |
| John Beach Hazard Distinguished Teaching Award | Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
2002 |
| Duthie-Evarts Education Award | Dept of Orthopaedics, URMC |
1997 |
| Andrew W. Mellon Dean's Teaching Scholar | University of Rochester |
1996 - 1999 |
| Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research | American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
1995 |
| Certificate of Commendation for Excellence in Medical Student Teaching | University of Rochester |
1993 |
| Arthur Purdy Stout Award | US and Canadian Academy of Pathology |
1991 |
| Stowell-Orbison Award | US and Canadian Academy of Pathology |
1989 |
| Award in Honor of George H. Whipple, M.D. | Rochester Academy of Medicine |
1984 |
| Member, Alpha Omega Alpha |
1984 |
| Robert Katz Award for Clinical Research Excellence | University of Rochester |
1984 |
