College of American Pathologists Selects Charles Roussel as Its New Executive Vice...( NORTHFIELD Ill. Oct. 30 -- The C...),Health

NORTHFIELD, Ill., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The College of American Pathologists, a medical society serving more than 17,000 physician members and the laboratory community throughout the world, today announced that Charles Roussel has been selected as Executive Vice President, responsible for the daily operations of the College and reporting to the Board of Governors.

"Charles has extensive experience in transformational change, as well as a passion for healthcare," said CAP President Jared N. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP. "We're excited to have recruited such an outstanding individual as the College embarks on its campaign to transform the specialty of pathology."

Roussel, 46, most recently was a director at The Atlantic Philanthropies, where he directed a $300 million global philanthropic investment portfolio that benefited disadvantaged children. He worked to bring healthcare back into schools and advocated for greater funding for preventive medical and mental health services.

Prior to that, Roussel was a Managing Partner at global consultancy Accenture, where he helped clients around the world envision and effect transformational change. He served as an executive level advisor to pharmaceutical and high technology companies, led the firm's research on personal and home health technology, and founded and led Accenture's mergers, acquisitions and alliances specialty group. He has written and spoken extensively on achieving growth through alliances.

"The CAP is a terrific organization -- well run and well led with a proud history," Roussel said. "It has an ambitious vision to transform the role of the pathologist, which I find compelling and achievable: to become an integral part of the patient care team, from risk assessment, through diagnosis and treatment, to monitoring. During our family's recent struggle with cancer, we were overwhelmed with data and often didn't know who to turn to. Pathologists grasp the fundamental
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