The 2025 PSC Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Lester Layfield
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Professor at UCLA
Co-Director of Cytopathology – University of Iowa
Head of FNA service, Director of Imaging lab. and Head of surgical pathology – Duke University
Head of anatomic pathology, director of molecular anatomic pathology and Vice president of anatomic Pathology – ARUP laboratories at the University of Utah
Department Chair and head of anatomic pathology – University of Missouri
Authored 450 manuscripts, 5 books and 6 book chapters
Past President of the PSC
Recipient of ASCAP Ward Burdick award for Distinguished service – 2011
