CLSI's Expert Panels

Expert panel volunteers support the development of CLSI products by providing technical expertise in specialty areas.

Their project ideas are transformed into proposals for documents and other products that generate valuable guidance to the medical laboratory community. Members review the status of projects in progress, determine actions to be taken on existing projects, and complete an environmental scan to identify possible new projects. Reviewing and commenting on Proposed Draft documents in the Panel's specialty area is another important responsibility of volunteer participants.

Expert panels are responsible for:

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Expert Panel Resources

Watch the Expert Panel Orientation video here.

Learn more about the Relationship Between Expert Panels and Consensus Council here.

Watch the 2021 CLSI Future Focus Forum recording here.

Watch the What’s New in CLSI Standards Development (March 2021) video here.

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Expert Panel on Automation and Informatics (AUTO)

Riccardo L Benedetti, Dr.sc.techn.ETH, Dipl.El.Ing.ETH / Vice-Chairholder / Roche Diagnostics International Ltd, Switzerland
Serafina Brea, MBEE, MLS(ASCP)cm / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States
Jonathan Foskett, MT(ASCP), PhD / Member / Siemens Healthcare, United States
Ed Heierman III, PhD / Advisor / Abbott, United States
Elizabeth Kenimer Leibach, PhD, EdD, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, SBB(ASCP)CM / Chairholder / Augusta University and Rutgers University, United States
Elynor Manimtim / Advisor, United States
William D. Marquardt, C(ASCP), MBA / Member, United States
Michael McConnell, MLT, BSc / Member / Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, Canada
Sandeep Naik, IVDD / Member / BD, United States
John Peltier, PhD / Member / Sera Prognostics, Inc. , United States
Ed J. Peterson, MBA, MLS(ASCP) / Advisor, United States
Manjula Gama Ralalage, MBBS, MSc / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Tawni Reller, MA, MLS(ASCP) / Advisor / Tawni Reller Consulting, LLC, United States
Joseph Rudolf / Member, United States
Eban Tomlinson / Advisor / Semaphore Solutions, Canada
Dennis Winsten, MS, FHIMSS, FCLMA / Advisor / Dennis Winsten & Associates Healthcare Systems Consultants , United States
Robert Young, CGMBS, MS / Member / Lab Insights, LLC, United States

Expert Panel on Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (CHEM)

David Alter, MD, DABCC / Member / Emory University, United States
Lorin M. Bachmann, PhD, DABCC, MT(ASCP) / Member / Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Saswati Das, MD, MBBS / Member / Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital , India
Pradip Datta, PhD, DABCC / Member / Siemens Diagnostics, United States
Theodore J. DiMagno, PhD / Vice-Chairholder / QuidelOrtho, United States
Mark Herlan / Member / Roche Diagnostics GmbH , Germany
Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Chairholder / ARUP Laboratories/University of Utah, United States
Juliane Lessard, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States, Ended: Mar 13, 2023
Shirley Li, PhD, MD / Advisor / Ohio State University, United States
Christopher Marquez, MD, DABCC / Advisor / Mayo Clinic Florida, United States
Qing H. Meng, MD, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Advisor / The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
Karen W. Phinney, PhD / Member / National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
Simona Puiu / Member / FDA CDRH, United States
Gerardo Ramos, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM, F-ABFT, FAACC / Member / qVector Laboratory Resources, LLC, United States
Stefani Thomas, PhD, DABCC, NRCC / Member / University of Minnesota, United States
Candice Ulmer / Advisor, United States
Xander van Wijk, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Advisor / Beckman Coulter, United States
Carl E. Wolf, PhD, MS, F-ABFT / Advisor / Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, United States
Sedef Yenice, PhD / Member / Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Turkey

Expert Panel on Evaluation Protocols (EP)

J. Rex Astles, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Hassan Bayat, PhD / Advisor / Sina Clinical Laboratory , Iran
Marvin Berman, PhD / Member / Abbott Laboratories, United States
Bipasa Biswas / Member / FDA Ctr. for Devices/Rad. Health (CDRH), United States
Michelle Renee Campbell, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, MBCM, SCCM / Advisor / Mayo Clinic, United States, Ended: Feb 23, 2023
Karl De Vore, BA, SSBB / Member / Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., United States
Ashley Frost, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM / Member, United States
Kornelia Galior, PhD, DABCC / Advisor / University of Wisconsin at Madison, United States
Verena Hofmann / Member, Germany
Jesper V. Johansen, PhD / Advisor / Radiometer Medical ApS, Denmark
Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FAACC / Vice-Chairholder / Boston Children's Hospital, United States
Paula Ladwig, MS, MLS(ASCP) / Chairholder / Mayo Clinic, United States
Marianne Le, MS / Member / Technolution A/S, Denmark
Edward Ki Yun Leung, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Member / Children's Hospital Los Angeles, United States
Ying (Katelin) Mao / Advisor, United States
Kristen Meier, PhD / Member / Illumina Inc., United States
Ronnie Pedersen / Member / Radiometer America, Inc., United States
Donna Roberts, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Baylor Scott and White Health, United States
Scott A. Ruetten, PhD / Member / Abbott Diagnostics, United States
Vinita Thakur, PhD, FAACC / Member / Eastern Health - Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Christina Wood-Wentz, MSc / Advisor / Mayo Clinic, United States

Expert Panel on Hematology and Immunology and Ligand Assay (HILA)

Ahmad Al-Attar, ASCP(SCYM), PhD, MSc, MBChB / Advisor / UMass Memorial Health , United States, Ended: Mar 15, 2023
Ahmad Al-Attar, ASCP(SCYM), PhD, MSc, MBChB / Member / UMass Memorial Health , United States
Richard J. Baltaro, MD, PhD, FCAP / Advisor / East Carolina University, United States
Bailey Blake / Member, Canada
Donna D. Castellone, MS, MASCP, MT(ASCP), SH / Chairholder / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, United States
Trivikram Dasu, PhD, D(ABMLI) / Member / Amazon Diagnostic Laboratories, United States
M. E. deBaca / Advisor, United States
Francois Depasse, PharmD, MSc / Advisor / Diagnostica Stago, France
Jody Frinack, MLS(ASCP)CM / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Jana Gausman, MT(ASCP) / Member / OU Medicine, United States, Ended: Jan 12, 2023
Heidi Hanes, BS, MT, SH (ASCP) / Member / Johns Hopkins University , United States
Jan Hoogendijk / Member / Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland
Virginia Litwin, PhD / Member / Eurofins, Canada
Rudy Lopez, BSHA, MLS(AMT) / Advisor, United States
Matthew Morrow, MHA, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Tufts Medical Center, United States
Matthew Morrow, MHA, MS, MT(ASCP) / Member / Tufts Medical Center, United States, Ended: Mar 15, 2023
Karen A. Moser, MD / Vice-Chairholder / ARUP Laboratories, United States
Yutaka Nagai, PhD / Member / Kansai University of Health Sciences, Japan
Gerard O'Connor, PhD FIBMS Chartered Scientist / Member / Tallaght University Hospital , Ireland
Vinit Patil, MD, PhD / Advisor, United States
Anton Rets / Advisor, United States
Elizabeth Stafford, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States

Expert Panel on Microbiology (MICRO)

Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / UNC Hospital , United States
Sarah Alsamarai / Member, United States
Ana Maria Cardenas, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Becton Dickinson, United States
Karissa Culbreath, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / TriCore Reference Laboratories , United States
Paul Edelstein, MD / Advisor / Retired, United States
German Esparza, MSc / Member / Proasecal SAS Colombia, Colombia, Ended: Jan 9, 2023
Marcelo F. Galas, BSc / Member / Pan American Health Organization, United States
Andre Hsiung, MS(ASCP) / Advisor / Hardy Diagnostics, United States
Shawn R. Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Brian V. Lubbers, DVM, DACVCP, PhD / Member / Kansas State University, United States
Steven A. Miller, MD, PhD / Advisor / Illumina, Inc., United States
Margie Morgan, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States
Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Beckman Coulter, United States
Sandra S. Richter, MD, D(ABMM), FIDSA / Member / Mayo Clinic Jacksonville , United States
Amity L. Roberts, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Hartford Hospital, United States
Audrey N. Schuetz, MD, MPH, D(ABMM) / Vice-Chairholder / Mayo Clinic Rochester, United States
Susan Sharp, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Copan Diagnostics, Inc., United States
Paula M. Snippes Vagnone, MT(ASCP) / Member / Minnesota Department of Health, United States

Expert Panel on Molecular Diagnostics (MOL)

Esther Babady, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
George Broukhanski, PhD, MS / Member / Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Canada
Bin Chen, PhD, FACMG / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Sanchita Das, MD, D(ABMM) / Member / National Institutes of Health, Department of Laboratory Medicine, United States
Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA / Vice-Chairholder / Luminex Corporation, United States
Birgit Funke, PhD, FACMG / Member / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
Peera Hemarajata, PhD, MD, D(ABMM) / Member / Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories, United States
Julie Woolworth Hirschhorn, PhD, TS(ABB) / Advisor / Medical University of South Carolina, United States
Cynthia L. Jackson, PhD / Member / Rhode Island Hospital, United States
Daniel Jones, MD, PhD / Advisor / Ohio State University, United States
Ronald M. Przygodzki, MD / Advisor / US Department of Veterans Affairs, United States
Honey V. Reddi, PhD / Member / Medical College of Wisconsin , United States
Ted E. Schutzbank, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Agena Bioscience, United States
Zivana Tezak, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Shalini Verma, MD / Member / Siemens - West Sacramento, CA , United States
Natalie N. Whitfield, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Inflammatix Inc., United States
Barbara Zehnbauer, PhD / Advisor / Emory University Hospital, United States
Gang Zheng, MD, PhD / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States

Expert Panel on Newborn Screening (NBS)

Sucheta Bhatt, MD / Member / Illumina, Inc., United States
Paula V. Caposino, MA, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Andy De Souza, PhD / Member / University of Alberta
Taraka Donti, PhD, FACMGG, PhD, FACMG / Member / PerkinElmer Genetics, Inc., United States
Debra Freedenberg, MD, PhD, FFACMG / Advisor / Texas Department of State Health Services, United States
Uttam Garg, PhD, DABCC, FABFT / Advisor / The Children's Mercy Hospital, United States
Amy Gaviglio, MS, CGC / Chairholder / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Megan Hickey / Project Manager / Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Ended: Jun 9, 2023
Adrienne Manning, BSc / Member / Connecticut Department of Public Health, United States
Dietrich Matern, MD, PhD, FACMG / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Joanne Mei, PhD / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Joseph Orsini, PhD / Member / New York State Department of Health, United States
Ernest M. Post, MD / Member / Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, United States
Iveta Sosova, PhD, DABMGG, FACMG / Advisor / Alberta Precision Laboratories and University of Alberta, Canada
Bradford L. Therrell Jr., MS, PhD / Advisor / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
Jon Washburn, BSc / Member / Baebies, Inc. , United States
Dianne R. Webster, PhD, FFSi, RCPA, FHGSA / Member / Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand
Ronald J. Whitley, PhD, DABCC, FACB / Vice-Chairholder / University of Kentucky Medical Center, United States
Raquel Yahyaoui Macias, MD, PhD / Advisor / Malaga Regional University Hospital, Spain

Expert Panel on Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)

Steven R. Breeze / Member / Abbott Point of Care, Canada
Yu Chen, MD, MSc, PhD, FAACC, FCACB, DABCC / Member / Horizon Health Network, Canada
Kathleen David, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / TriCore Reference Laboratories, United States
Diane Davis, MT(ASCP)SH / Advisor / Instrumentation Laboratory, United States
Nicolle Ellious, MLS(ASCP) / Member, United States
Corinne R. Fantz, PhD, DABCC / Member / Roche Diagnostics, United States
Anna Fuezery, PhD, DABCC, FCACB, CPP / Member / Alberta Precision Laboratories , Canada
Mary Hammel, MLS (ASCP)CM / Advisor / UCHealth Laboratories , United States
Roberta E. Hoenig / Advisor / Northwell Health, United States
Ellis Jacobs, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Advisor / EJ Clinical Consulting, LLC, United States
Michael Loeffelholz, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Cepheid, United States
Peggy A. Mann, MS, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / The University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
Jeff Mayfield, PhD / Advisor / Siemens Healthineers, United States
Jeanne Mumford, MLS(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / John Hopkins Hospital, United States
Marianela Perez-Torres, MT, PhD / Member / US Food and Drug Administration, United States
Ann E. Snyder, MLS(ASCP) / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States
Heather Stang, MS, MT / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Jeannie Stubblefield, PhD / Advisor / University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, United States
Christiane Wright Donaldson, MBA/MHA, MT(AMT) / Member, United States
Lisa Wylie / Advisor / Lab Team Assistants, LLC, United States

Expert Panel on Preexamination Processes (PRE)

Aparna Jha Ahuja, MD / Chairholder / Abbott Diagnostics - Lake Forest, IL , United States
Hashaka Alex / Member / Masaka Regional Referral Hospital , Uganda
Pamela Arico / Member / Cape Cod Healthcare, United States
John Birdsall, ND / Advisor / Abbott, United States
Lakshmi Chandramohan, PhD, D(ABMM), MB(ASCP), NYSCQ / Vice-Chairholder / Neogenomics Laboratories, United States
Loralee Coe, MT(ASCP), MPA / Member / VCU Health System, United States
Lori Donovan, MLT(CSMLS) / Advisor / Interior Health , Canada
Mukesh Gandhi, CMLTO / Member / Dynacare (Brampton), Canada
Girish Chander Gaur, PhD / Advisor / Modern Diagnostic and Research Centre , India
Fred Leland McClure, MSci, PhD, F-ABFT / Advisor / DTC, United States
Estelle Ninnemann, MLS(ASCP) / Advisor / ACL Laboratories , United States
Eric Nyirenda, MPH, BSc, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CSSBB, CQA, PMI-PMP / Member / Ministry of Health, Zambia, Zambia
Paulo António Pereira, PhD / Advisor / Portuguese Institute of Blood and Transplantation, Portugal
Ghazaleh Pourmahram, PhD, MICR / Member / Virtual Clinical & Scientific Consulting LTD, United Kingdom
Rabia Tan, MD / Member / Turkey Ministry of Health , Turkey
Jean Tenuta, MS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM DLM, SLS, CQA(ASQ) / Member / Becton, Dickinson and Company, United States
Richard Y. Wang, DO / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

Expert Panel on Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Samira Ahmed / Member / Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Canada
Shannon Bennett, MS, MBA, CMQOE(ASQ) / Advisor / Mayo Clinic, United States
Genie Davis, BS / Member / Arkansas Department of Health, United States
Jessica DesLauriers, MLS(ASCP)cm / Member / Avera McKennan Laboratory, United States
Lorie Erikson, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
James Fuller, PhD, DABCC, FAACC, DLM(ASCP), MB / Member / Oncohost, United States
Jill Hancock / Advisor / Department of Veterans Affairs, United States
Debra Kuehl, MS, M(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Melissa Leaver / Advisor / Department of Defense, 711th HPW/PHE, Wright-Patterson AFB , United States
Dawn Maghakian, MS, RAC, MB(ASCP), CGMBS / Member / Delfi Diagnostics, Inc. , United States
Laura McClannan, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) / Chairholder / Oklahoma Blood Institute, United States
Vijay Padayachee / Advisor / Vijay Padayachee, South Africa
E. Jayne Scoggin, BA, CT, CG, MB(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) / Member / ResearchDX, United States
Daniel J. Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, CQA(ASQ) / Member / Sentara Healthcare, United States