2024
The Pathologist
The Power List
Named to the 2024 Power List in the “Destined for Excellence” category.
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The Pathologist Power List · 2024 honoree
Akanksha
Akanksha
Gupta, MD
FCAP · FASCP
Senior Staff PathologistHenry Ford Health System
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital
Henry Ford Genesys Hospital
Founder & CEO, Ace My PathPathology education with a global reach.
Board-certified in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
and Hematopathology
Akanksha Gupta, MDPhysician · Author · Entrepreneur
Grounded in medicine. Driven by purpose.
Selected recognitionASCP 40 Under FortyHonoree · 2020
Fellowship trainingMemorial Sloan KetteringHematopathology
Fellowship trainingUNC Chapel HillRenal Pathology
Authorship · Entrepreneurship · Global education
A body of work.
A body of work.
A global reach.
Building Ace My Path into a collaborative platform for pathology education, with resources that reach across institutions and borders.
28
Published pathology books
In the Ace My Path collection
170+
Contributing pathologists
A collaborative faculty and author network
12,000+
Books sold
Supporting learning around the world
15,000+
Trainees helped
Through Ace My Path resources
90+
Countries reached
A worldwide educational footprint
Platform-wide figures reported by Ace My Path, September 2026.
Meet Dr. Gupta
Clinical expertise.
Clinical expertise.
A wider purpose.
Akanksha Gupta, MD, FCAP, FASCP is a physician, author, educator and entrepreneur whose work spans diagnostic medicine, educational publishing and community service.
She is Senior Staff Pathologist at Henry Ford Health System, Henry Ford Genesys Hospital, and Founder and CEO of Ace My Path.
Board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematopathology, she trained through pathology residencies in India and the United States, a renal pathology fellowship at UNC Chapel Hill, and a hematopathology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Alongside clinical practice, she has brought expert collaborators together to build Ace My Path, which has published 28 pathology books so far. Her work also includes digital learning resources and initiatives that support trainees and communities beyond her own institution.
A foundation across institutions & continents
2019–2020 · HEMATOPATHOLOGY FELLOWSHIPMemorial Sloan Kettering
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Cancer Center
New York, United States
2015–2019 · ANATOMIC & CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
Hartford Hospital
Residency · Connecticut, United States
2013–2015 · RENAL PATHOLOGY FELLOWSHIPUniversity of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
North Carolina, United States
2008–2012 · PATHOLOGY RESIDENCY
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC)
Wardha, India
2000–2006 · MEDICAL SCHOOL
Government Medical College (GMC)
Nagpur, India
Awards & distinctions
Milestones of achievement.
Selected recognition across pathology, research, educational leadership and academic training.
2020
American Society for Clinical Pathology
40 Under Forty
Named an ASCP 40 Under Forty honoree.
London Book of
World Records
London, United Kingdom
Leadership Award
Ace My Path
Presented at its USCAP 2023 booth
Asia Icon Award
International Peace Corps Association, India
Young Researcher Award
European Pathology Congress
Paris, France
Morphologic Proteomics Award
Hartford Hospital
Connecticut, United States
Gold Medal in
Pathology Residency
Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
Wardha, India
Founder & CEO · Ace My PathOne vision.
One vision.
A complete pathology learning platform.
From 28 published pathology books to an integrated platform of expert teaching, digital slides and daily coaching, Dr. Gupta has brought authors, faculty and learning resources together to support residents, fellows and practicing pathologists.
28 published books
A collection spanning board review, subspecialty references and practical handbooks, complemented by ebooks and digital reading resources.
Explore all 28 booksAP, CP & combined board review
Structured courses connect organ-system modules, focused teaching, practice and progress tracking.
Explore board reviewAnnotated digital morphology
The whole-slide image library and QR-linked learning connect written concepts with diagnostic patterns and teaching annotations.
Explore slide-based learningQuestion banks & guided review
Board-style questions, explanations and question-discussion videos support active practice and chapter-based review.
Explore practice resourcesRapid recall & AI knowledge checks
Flashcards and educational knowledge checks add another way to revisit key concepts and reinforce learning.
Explore interactive reviewDaily pathology coaching
Guided reading, live discussions and whole-slide review bring structure and accountability to ongoing pathology study.
Explore daily coachingSubspecialty courses & flow cytometry
Focused pathology courses extend into advanced morphology, with flow cytometry teaching, books and course cases within the hematopathology resources.
Explore focused coursesReporting templates & handbooks
Surgical pathology, hematopathology and cytopathology reporting resources, alongside gross dictation and autopsy handbooks.
Explore reporting resourcesPrint + digital bundles
Selected surgical pathology, hematopathology and cytopathology bundles pair physical books with access to corresponding online courses.
Explore learning bundlesAcross the pathology disciplines
Learning for entire programs
Institutional access extends the platform to residency programs and departments, with options for groups of learners and program book purchases.
Discuss institutional accessGuidance for every career stage
Resource guidance and book filters help residents, fellows and practicing pathologists find materials by specialty, training stage and board track.
Find the right resourcesResource totals describe the platform as a whole, as reported by Ace My Path. Included resources and access vary by course or bundle.
Where it began · 2020The Hemepath
The Hemepath
WHO Book Club
During the pandemic, Dr. Gupta organized an international reading group of more than 1,000 participants. Sixty discussion sessions and shared notes helped lay the foundation for the first Ace My Path book.
Explore the Ace My Path storySEPTEMBER 2026 MILESTONE
100 days of daily learning. Continuing the commitment through Ace My Path’s daily pathology coaching.
Global impact of Ace My Path
Knowledge without borders.
What began with a shared commitment to pathology learning has grown into a worldwide educational community. Dr. Gupta’s work through Ace My Path connects books, expertise and learners across institutions, countries and career stages.
Ace My Path around the worldGlobal sales map
Books crossing borders. Pathology knowledge reaching a global community.
Sales map supplied by Ace My Path.
Platform-wide reachOne purpose.
One purpose.
A worldwide community.
90+Countries reached
15,000+Trainees helped
12,000+Books sold worldwide
The map illustrates sales locations; the figures describe the platform’s broader reach, as reported by Ace My Path, September 2026.
28 published books · Selected titles
Explore all 28 books here Knowledge made tangible.
Ace My Path has published 28 pathology books so far. Dr. Gupta’s work as an author and editor brings together board review, subspecialty references and practical reporting guides in a collection created with expert collaborators.
Surgical Pathology
Reimagined
A visual approach to surgical pathology, connecting focused text and photomicrographs with digital whole-slide learning.
Neoplastic
Hematopathology
A focused reference for organizing and reviewing the complex world of hematolymphoid neoplasms.
Ace the Boards:
Cytopathology
An illustrated resource connecting cytologic morphology with structured, high-yield review.
Additional work spans subspecialty pathology, flow cytometry, autopsy reporting and practical dictation handbooks. Explore the complete books page
Expert perspectives & learner experiences
The work, in their words.
Perspectives from pathology educators and the people using Ace My Path to prepare, practice and keep learning.
From pathology educators
“a novel tool for pathology education.”
“This book simulates the traditional multihead scope teaching. The only difference is that this book has an infinite headed scope.”
“a GAME CHANGER.”“this book is solid gold!”
“This is a high yield, efficient, modern approach to learning & studying surgical pathology.”
“an exceptional resource for residents and fellows”
“The high-yield outline format provides the reader with the tools they will need to excel both in training and on their Board exams.”
From the learning community
“life-line to my psychological serenity”
“I own the two volume set of surgical pathology reimagined and absolutely love it.”Later update: “I have passed my boards!”
“the impact this book has had”
“… the residents who just wrote the part 2 (final) board exam here relied heavily on the book.”
“very helpful and of excellent quality”
“I took the course to stay updated, and I found your project as a wonderful way to do so.”
Selected excerpts in the reviewers’ own words. Ellipses mark omissions; Claudia’s later update is identified separately. Affiliations reflect the published testimonials.
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Mentorship · Service · Professional communityKnowledge shared.
Knowledge shared.
People supported.
Creating opportunities to help—whether the need is educational guidance, a professional connection or support during a crisis.
MD Help Online
Co-founded a volunteer network of 70 physicians, primarily based in the United States, to provide free guidance to patients and families in India during the COVID-19 crisis.
Path Helpline
Created a support initiative connecting medical students, residents, fellows and practicing pathologists with guidance on training, learning challenges and professional development.
Read about Path HelplineProfessional connection
Editorial work for the Association of Indian Pathologists in North America, sharing colleagues’ stories and contributing to the exchange of ideas within the pathology community.
Visit AIPNA
The reach of the work
Beyond borders.
Beyond borders.
Into the hands of learners.
Pathology learning in South Africa.
Ace My Path books in the hands of pathologists in South Africa—a glimpse of educational work reaching colleagues far beyond a single institution.
The purpose behind the publishing is to make pathology knowledge accessible, useful and shareable across borders.
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The Ace My Path team
The people
The people
behind the work.
Shared expertise. A shared purpose.
Ace My Path brings authors, educators and collaborators together around a common commitment: helping others learn pathology.
Their contributions span books, courses, whole-slide teaching and practical learning resources. This photograph captures members of that community together at USCAP 2023.
170+contributing pathologists
across the Ace My Path network
Explore the people & platform
across the Ace My Path network
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Media & scholarship
Conversations beyond the microscope.
Selected discussions and coverage of hematopathology, educational publishing and the story behind Ace My Path.
PathPod
Beyond the Scope:
Ace My Path / Ace the Boards
A conversation with Dr. Gupta and the team about the books, collaboration and the origins of Ace My Path.
Listen to the conversationThe Pathologist
The Pathology Grand Tour:
Hematopathology
Dr. Gupta and Dr. Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna discuss the science of blood and their work in the specialty.
Listen on SpotifyVoicebrook
Practical tools for
pathology education
Coverage of the Ace My Path Gross Dictation Handbook and its practical approach to specimen descriptions.
Read the coverageSelected scholarly workClinical questions.
Clinical questions.
Scientific contributions.
A selection of publications and published abstracts.
Explore research & scholarly work
Bile cast nephropathy Kidney International · 2015 · Coauthored publication
Assessment of Anaerobic Culture Incubation Time: A Tertiary Care Center Experience American Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2019 · Published conference abstract
Early digital pathology scholarship DigiPath Europe · 2016 · Presentations on smartphone photomicrography and the SOS IHC application
Connect with Dr. GuptaGood ideas grow
Good ideas grow
through collaboration.
Speaking & teaching · Educational collaboration · Professional connections
For speaking invitations, educational collaborations and professional connections, get in touch.
Start a conversation draakankshagupta@gmail.com