Michal is a Professor of Urologic Pathology at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and at the Department of Pathology in Pilsen. He is a true trailblazer in his field and has described several new entities in urologic pathology, including mixed epithelial and stromal tumor, renal cell carcinoma with (angio)leiomyomatous stroma, and signet ring stromal tumor of the testis. Nominators also commend his ongoing commitment to educating the pathologists of the future.