Donald Karcher, MD, FCAP

CAP President; Professor, George Washington University Medical Center

Donald Karcher, MD, FCAP, is a board-certified anatomic and clinical pathologist, and hematopathologist, actively practicing and teaching hematopathology, flow cytometry, and laboratory administration. He is Professor and Immediate Past Chair of Pathology at the George Washington University Medical Center. He has been a member of its faculty since 1984, rising through the ranks to Pathology chair in 1999, a role in which he served for 20 years. Dr. Karcher is the 38th President of the College of American Pathologists, serving from 2023 to 2025.