- Served as President of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology.
- Served as President of the Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society .
- Served as Vice President of the North American Division of the International Academy of Pathology.
- Member of many organizations and committees, including the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Pathology Committee, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Pathology Committee, the Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology Executive Council, and the Education Committees of the American Society of Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists.
- Served as Director of Anatomic Pathology at Emory University (USA).
- Received the title of Professor from Wayne State University, Emory University and Koç University.
- Listed in Best Doctors of America, Top Doctors of America and Who’s Who in Science.
- Gave more than 300 international talks and took part in courses.
- Member of the editorial boards of 6 international journals (managing editor and associate editor in two of them), reviewer for more than 20 journals.
- Author of more than 15 chapters in the WHO (World Health Organization) tumor classification books.
- Author of leading oncology, surgery and pathology textbooks on diseases of the pancreas, biliary system, ampulla and gallbladder.
- Received the “outstanding researcher” designation from the National Institutes of Health (USA), membership of the Pancreas Cancer Progress Review Group, and uninterrupted grant support for 20 years.
- Holder of many education and research awards (American Association of Cancer Research Award, GIPS Jack Yardley Investigator Award, Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scientist Award).
- Holder of the American Pathology Board Certificate (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Board of the American Board of Pathology) and the Pathology Specialty Certificate of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey.
- Fellow and Chief Fellow in Oncologic Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
- Prof. Dr. Volkan Adsay was awarded the TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) 2021 International Academy Award in the field of Health and Life Sciences for describing tumor types such as intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasm of the pancreas and colloid carcinoma of the pancreas, for opening an entirely new window for differential diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment in many patients with diagnostic difficulty through the concept of paraduodenal pancreatitis, and for being among the first to describe intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm, one of the rare tumors of the pancreas.
- Main clinical areas of interest:
- Oncologic (cancer and other tumor) pathology; classification and prognostication,
- Pancreatic and ampullary tumors and diseases,
- Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts,
- Diseases of the stomach and intestinal system,
- Liver tumors.
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