Journal Publications

Procop, G. W., McCarthy, T., Schlinsog, A., & Ghofrani, M. (2026). A comparison of free-response and multiple-choice questions on the American Board of Pathology primary certification examinations. Academic Pathology, 13(2), 100248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2026.100248
Gary W. Procop, Anthony Schlinsog, Colette Earnest, Ritu Nayar, Ty McCarthy, Bonnie Woodworth, Eric F Glassy, A comparison of the suitability of items generated by 4 large language models for pathology continuing certification, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 165, Issue 2, February 2026, aqaf153, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqaf153

Anthony Schlinsog, MS, Colette Earnest, Ty McCarthy, Bonnie Woodworth, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS, MEd. “Not All AI LLMs Are Created Equal: A Comparative Evaluation of Item Writing for ABPath CertLink®” poster presented at ABMS 2025 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.

Procop, G. W., McCarthy, T., Jones, P., & Becker, K. (2025). Pathology program directors’ beliefs on changing answers and literature review. Academic Pathology, 12(3), 100213. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2374289525000557

Procop, G. W., Sandersfeld, T., McCarthy, T., & Nayar, R. (2025). Improved performance on longitudinal knowledge assessment in continuing certification: The ABPath CertLink strategy. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2024-0318-OA

Tyler J. Sandersfeld, PhD, Ty McCarthy, Bonnie Woodworth, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS. “Learning Through Longitudinal Assessment: Success Rates of Clones and Reattempted Items on the ABPath CertLink Assessment” poster presented at the ABMS 2024 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Il.

Procop, G. W., Sandersfeld, T. J., Levesque, M., McCarthy, T., Woodworth, B., & Swerdlow, S. H. (2024). When to take the primary certification examination: sooner or later?. Academic Pathology, 11(2), 100116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acpath.2024.100116

Gary W Procop, Tyler Sandersfeld, Mark K Fung, Low board pass rates in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 162, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 213–214, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/aqae028

Tyler J. Sandersfeld, PhD, Ty McCarthy, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS. “Degrees of Separation – ABPath Primary Examination Pass Rate Differences by Degree (MD vs DO; MD vs PhD) from 2006-2022.” poster presented at the ABMS 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Il.

Kasey Williamson, Ritu Nayar, MD, Bonnie Woodworth, Ty McCarthy, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS. “ABPath CertLink® – Taking Great to Greater” poster presented at the ABMS 2023 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Il.

Tyler J. Sandersfeld, PhD, Steven H. Swerdlow, MD, Mario Levesque, Ty McCarthy, Bonnie Woodworth, Gary W. Procop, MD, MS “When to Take the Primary Certification Exam: Sooner or Later?” Poster presented at American Board of Medical Specialties Annual Meeting; September 2022; Chicago, Il.

Harmonization of Training, Training Program Requirements, Board Certification, and the Practice of Cytopathology: Data from the American Board of Pathology Surveys” Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, September 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasc.2021.06.002

“Women in Academic Pathology: Pathways to Department Chair” Academic Pathology: Volume 8, April 2021 https://doi.org/10.1177/23742895211010322

“Evidence-Based Alignment of Pathology Residency With Practice II: Findings and Implications” Academic Pathology: Volume 8, April 2021 DOI:10.1177/23742895211002816

“The American Board of Pathology’s 2020 Continuing Certification Program” Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, January 2021 https://doi.org/10.5858/arpa.2020-0385-RA

“Reevaluation of the US Pathologist Workforce Size” JAMA Open Network, July 2020 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10648

“Harmonization of Training, Training Requirements, Board Certification, and Practice of Hematopathology” American Journal of Clinical Pathology, November 2019; Vol 152, # 5 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz084

Poster Presentation “Alignment of Fellowship Training and Job needs in Molecular Genetic Pathology.” Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting, November 2019

ABPath CertLink Poster Presentation American Board of Medical Specialties Annual Meeting, September 2019

“Evidence-Based Alignment of Pathology Residency With Practice: Methodology and General Consideration of Results” Academic Pathology, August 2018 DOI: 10.1177/2374289518790501