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.

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Expert Panel on Automation and Informatics (AUTO)

Riccardo L Benedetti, Dr.sc.techn.ETH, Dipl.El.Ing.ETH / Member / Roche Diagnostics International Ltd, Switzerland
Serafina Brea, MBEE, MLS(ASCP)cm / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States
Ed Heierman III, PhD / Vice-Chairholder / Abbott, United States
Monika Kamalska, BS, MA, MB(ASCP)cm / Member / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Elizabeth Kenimer Leibach, EdD, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm, SBBcm / Chairholder / Rutgers University, United States
William D. Marquardt, C(ASCP), MBA / Member / Intrivo Diagnostics, United States
Michael McConnell, MLT, BSc / Member / London Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Christine Nack / Advisor / Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland
Sandeep Naik, IVDD / Member / BD, United States
John Peltier / Advisor / Sera Prognostics, Inc. , United States
Manjula Gama Ralalage, MBBS, MSc / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Eban Tomlinson / Advisor / Semaphore Solutions, Canada
Cynthia D. Ward, MS, MBA / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Wenming Xiao, PhD / Member / CDRH, US Food and Drug Administration, United States
Robert Young, CGMBS, MS / Member / Lab Insights, LLC, United States

Expert Panel on Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (CHEM)

David Alter, MD / Member / Emory University, United States
Lorin M. Bachmann, PhD, DABCC, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, United States
Johanna Camara, PhD / Member / National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
Saswati Das, MD, MBBS / Advisor / Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital , India
Theodore J. DiMagno, PhD / Member / Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., United States
Mark Herlan / Member / Roche Diagnostics GmbH , Germany
Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC, FACB / Vice-Chairholder / University of Utah, United States
Juliane Lessard, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Gerardo Ramos, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM, F-ABFT, FAACC / Member / qVector Laboratory Resources, United States
Richard Y. Wang, DO / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Carl E. Wolf, PhD, MS, F-ABFT / Member / VCU Health, United States
Sedef Yenice, PhD / Advisor / Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, Turkey

Expert Panel on Evaluation Protocols (EP)

Mario Arias / Advisor, Colombia
J. Rex Astles, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Jeffrey R. Budd, PhD / Member / Consulting Biostatistician, United States
Karl De Vore, BA, SSBB / Advisor / Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., United States
A. Paul Durham, MA / Member / APD Consulting , United States
Brett Holmquist, PhD, ASCP, DABCC, FAACC / Member / LabCorp - Endocrine Sciences, United States
Jesper V. Johansen, PhD / Member / Radiometer Medical ApS, Denmark
Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FAACC / Vice-Chairholder / Boston Children's Hospital, United States
Marina V. Kondratovich, PhD / Advisor / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Paula Ladwig, MS, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / Mayo Clinic, United States
Edward Ki Yun Leung, PhD, DABCC, FAACB / Member / Children's Hospital Los Angeles, United States
Stephen Lovell, BS, PhD / Member / FDA Ctr. for Devices/Rad. Health (CDRH), United States
Kristen Meier, PhD / Advisor / Illumina Inc., United States
Ronnie Pedersen, PhD / Member / Becton, Dickinson and Company, United States
Donna Roberts, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Baylor Scott and White Health, United States
Scott A. Ruetten, PhD / Member / Abbott, United States
Jeffrey E. Vaks, PhD / Member / Roche Molecular Diagnostics, United States
Gerald Zavorsky / Advisor / UC Davis Medical Center Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine , United States

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

Richard J. Baltaro, MD, PhD, FCAP / Advisor / East Carolina University, United States
Donna D. Castellone, MS, MASCP, MT(ASCP), SH / Chairholder / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, United States
Trivikram Dasu, PhD, D(ABMLI) / Member / Amazon, United States
Francois Depasse, PharmD, MSc / Advisor / Diagnostica Stago, France
Jody Frinack / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Latifa Hassan Gaddah, MD / Member / Security Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia
Jana Gausman, MT(ASCP) / Member / OU Medicine, United States
Ian A. Giles, MD / Advisor / Sysmex America, Inc., United States
Jan Hoogendijk / Member / Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland
Paula Keating, PhD, BSc / Member / Canterbury Health Laboratories, New Zealand
Virginia Litwin, PhD / Advisor / Caprion Biosciences , Canada
Lorraine Liu, BSc, RT / Advisor / Lower Mainland Laboratoris, Canada
Matthew Morrow / Member / BayCare Health System, Inc., United States
Karen A. Moser, MD / Vice-Chairholder / ARUP Laboratories, United States
Yutaka Nagai, PhD / Member / Nihon Kohden Corporation, Japan
Vinit Patil / Member, United States
Elizabeth Stafford, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Elizabeth M. Van Cott, MD / Advisor / Massachusetts General Hospital, United States

Expert Panel on Microbiology (MICRO)

Kevin Alby, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / University of North Carolina, United States
Esther Babady, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Ana Maria Cardenas, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Becton Dickinson, United States
Karissa Culbreath, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / University of New Mexico Department of Pathology, United States
German Esparza, MSc / Advisor / Proasecal SAS Colombia, Colombia
Marcelo F. Galas / Member / Pan American Health Organization, United States
Andre Hsiung, MS(ASCP) / Advisor / Hardy Diagnostics, United States
Nicole Hubbard, MD / Advisor / College of American Pathologists, United States
Shawn R. Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Brian V. Lubbers, DVM, PhD / Member / Kansas State University, United States
Margie Morgan, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States
Mark G. Papich, DVM, MS / Advisor / College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, United States
Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Beckman Coulter, United States
Sandra S. Richter, MD, D(ABMM), FIDSA / Member / bioMerieux - Durham, NC , United States
Audrey N. Schuetz, MD, MPH, D(ABMM) / Vice-Chairholder / Mayo Clinic, United States
Susan Sharp, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Copan Diagnostics, Inc., United States
Ribhi M. Shawar, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Richard B. Thomson Jr., PhD, D(ABMM), FAAM / Advisor / Evanston Hospital, NorthShore University HealthSystem, United States

Expert Panel on Molecular Diagnostics (MOL)

Bin Chen, PhD, FACMG / Member / 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 / Advisor / Sema4, United States
Peera Hemarajata, MD, PhD, D(ABMM), PHM, CLS, M(ASCP)CM / Member / Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories, United States
Julie Woolworth Hirschhorn, PhD, TS(ABB) / Member / Medical University of South Carolina, United States
Renee M. Howell, PhD, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Siemens Healthineers, 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
Ryan F. Relich, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)SMCM / Member / Indiana University Health and Indiana School of Medicine, United States
Ted E. Schutzbank, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Agena Bioscience, United States
Yi-Wei Tang, MD, PhD / Member / Cepheid, United States
Zivana Tezak, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Nadeem A. Tusneem, MA / Member / Q2 Solutions - EA Genomics, United States
Shalini Verma, MD / Member / Siemens - West Sacramento, CA , United States
Barbara Zehnbauer, PhD, FACB, FACMG / Advisor / Emory University Hospital, United States
Gang Zheng, MD, PhD / Advisor / 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
Rachel Carling / Advisor / Viapath, Guys and St Thomas, United Kingdom
Andy De Souza, PhD / Member / University of Alberta Hospital, Canada
Taraka Donti / Member, United States
Debra Freedenberg, MD, PhD, FFACMG / Advisor / Texas Department of State Health Services, United States
Uttam Garg, PhD, DABCC / Advisor / The Children's Mercy Hospital, United States
Amy Gaviglio, MS, LCGC / Chairholder / G2S Corporation, 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
Scott M. Shone, PhD, HCLD(ABB) / Member / North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, United States
Marci K. Sontag, PhD, MS / Member / CI International, United States
Bradford L. Therrell Jr., MS, PhD / Advisor / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States
Jon Washburn / 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)

Yung W. Chan, MT(ASCP) / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Yu Chen, MD, MSc, PhD, FAACB, FCACB, DABCC / Member / Horizon Health Network, Canada
Uyen B. Chu, PhD / Member / Madigan Army Medical Center, United States
Kathleen David, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / TriCore Reference Laboratories, United States
Diane Davis, MT(ASCP)SH / Member / Instrumentation Laboratory, United States
Gayle R. Deobald / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Francois Depasse, PharmD, MSc / Advisor / Diagnostica Stago, France
Corinne R. Fantz, PhD, DABCC / Member / Roche Diagnostics, United States
Roberta E. Hoenig, BS, MT / Member / 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
Derrick Mendel, MBA, MLS(ASCP)cm / Advisor / COLA, United States
Jeanne Mumford, MT(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / John Hopkins Hospital, United States
Ann E. Snyder, MT(ASCP) / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, United States
Heather Stang, MS, MT / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Christiane Wright, MBA/MHA, MT(AMT) / Advisor, United States

Expert Panel on Preexamination Processes (PRE)

Aparna Jha Ahuja, MD / Vice-Chairholder / T2 Biosystems
Denise R. Cervelli, BA, BS, MT(ASCP) / Member / Siemens Healthineers, United States
Lakshmi Chandramohan, PhD, D(ABMM), MB(ASCP), NYSCQ / Member / Neogenomics Laboratories, United States
Loralee Coe, MT(ASCP), MPA / Member / Laboratory Corporation of America, United States
Judith Dixon, MS, MT(ASCP), BS / Member / COLA, United States
Donald Dunbar, PBT(ASCP) / Member, United States
Leonard K. Dunikoski Jr., PhD, DABCC / Advisor / BD, United States
Daniel Hesselgesser, MT(ASCP) / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/CLIA Program, United States
Sharon Johnson / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Anne-Marie Martel, MT / Advisor / Ordre professionnel des technologistes medicaux du Quebec, Canada
Nehal Mehta, MS / Member / IQLS - Integrated Quality Laboratory Services, France
Estelle Ninnemann / Chairholder / ACL Laboratories , United States
Eric Nyirenda, BSc, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CSSBB, CQA / Advisor / Nchanga North General Hospital, Ministry of Health, Zambia, Zambia
Ghazaleh Pourmahram, PhD, MICR / Advisor / Self Employed - Scientific Consultant and Advisor, Barbados
George F. Souza, BS / Advisor / Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
Sheryl Thiessen, BSMT, MA, RT(CSMLS), MT(ASCP) / Member / BC's Agency for Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Canada

Expert Panel on Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, DLM, CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE / Member / Laboratories Made Better! P.C., United States
Julie Coffey, MLT, ART, CMQ/OE(ASQ), CQA / Member / Institute for Quality Management in Healthcare, Canada
Maura Daniels, BS, MT(ASCP) / Member / Sysmex America, United States
Genie Davis, BS / Advisor / Arkansas Department of Health, United States
Lorie Erikson, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
James Fuller, PhD, CQA(ASQ), DABCC / Advisor / Ligonier Lab Services, United States
Sheri L. Hearn, BS, MPH / Member / Oregon State Public Health Laboratory, United States
Karen Heaton, MLT(CMLTA) / Member / Alberta Precision Laboratories, Canada
Sue Hetzel, MT(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ) / Advisor / Aurora Health Care/ACL Laboratories, United States
Austinlal Martin Jose / Advisor, United Arab Emirates
Debra Kuehl, MS, M(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Laura McClannan, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) / Chairholder / Oklahoma Blood Institute, United States
E. Jayne Scoggin, BA, CT, CG, MB(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) / Advisor / ResearchDX, United States
Daniel J. Scungio, MT(ASCP), SLS, CQA(ASQ) / Member / Sentara Healthcare, United States
Jean Tenuta, BA, MS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, DLM(ASCP), SLS(ASCP) / Member / Becton, Dickinson and Company, United States