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 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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 / HMES Healthcare Management and Education Services, LLC; College of Allied Health Sciences, United States
Elynor Manimtim / Advisor, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
William D. Marquardt, C(ASCP), MBA / Member, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Michael McConnell, MLT, BSc / Member / Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association, Canada, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Sandeep Naik / Member / BD, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
John Peltier, PhD / Member, United States
Ed J. Peterson, MBA, MLS(ASCP) / Advisor, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Joseph Rudolf / Member, United States
Eban Tomlinson / Advisor / Semaphore Solutions, Canada, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Dennis Winsten, MS, FHIMSS, FCLMA / Advisor / Dennis Winsten & Associates Healthcare Systems Consultants , United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Robert Young, CGMBS, MS / Member / Lab Insights, LLC, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023

Expert Panel on Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (CHEM)

David Alter, MD, DABCC / Member / Emory University, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Lorin M. Bachmann, PhD, DABCC, MT(ASCP) / Member / Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Saswati Das, MD, MBBS / Member / ABVIMS & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, India
Pradip Datta, PhD, DABCC / Member / Siemens Diagnostics
Theodore J. DiMagno, PhD / Vice-Chairholder / QuidelOrtho, United States
Mark Herlan / Member / Roche Diagnostics GmbH , Germany
Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Christopher Marquez, MD, DABCC / Advisor / Mayo Clinic Florida, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Qing H. Meng, MD, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / 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, FADLM / Member / qVector Laboratory Resources, LLC, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Stefani Thomas, PhD, DABCC, NRCC / Member / University of Minnesota, United States
Candice Ulmer / Advisor, United States
Xander M. R. van Wijk, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / Advisor / Van Wijk Consulting LLC , United States
Carl E. Wolf, PhD, MS, F-ABFT / Advisor / Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, United States
Sedef Yenice, PhD / Member / EFLM - TURKEY, Turkey

Expert Panel on Evaluation Protocols (EP)

J. Rex Astles, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Hassan Bayat / 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 / Emory University, United States
Verena Hofmann, PhD / Member, Germany
Jesper V. Johansen, PhD, MS / Advisor / Radiometer Medical ApS, Denmark
Mark D. Kellogg, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC / Vice-Chairholder / Boston Children's Hospital, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Paula Ladwig, MS, MLS(ASCP) / Chairholder / Mayo Clinic, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Marianne Thuy Duong Le, MS / Member / Qufora A/S, Denmark
Edward Ki Yun Leung, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / Member / Children's Hospital Los Angeles, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ying (Katelin) Mao / Advisor, United States
Kristen Meier, PhD / Member / Illumina Inc., United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ronnie Pedersen, PhD / Member / Radiometer America, Inc., United States
Donna Roberts, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Baylor Scott and White Health, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Scott A. Ruetten, PhD / Member / World Health Organization, United States
Vinita Thakur, PhD, FADLM / 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, MSc, PhD, ASCP(SCYM), MBChB / Advisor / Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, United States, Ended: Mar 15, 2023
Ahmad Al-Attar, MSc, PhD, ASCP(SCYM), MBChB / Member / Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, 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 / Quest Diagnostics, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
M. E. deBaca / Advisor, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Francois Depasse, PharmD / Advisor / Diagnostica Stago, France, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Virginia Litwin, PhD / Member / Eurofins, Canada
Rudy Lopez, BSHA, MLS(AMT) / Advisor, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Matthew Morrow, MHA, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Tufts Medical Center, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Andre Hsiung, MBA, MS / Advisor / Hardy Diagnostics, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Shawn R. Lockhart, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Brian V. Lubbers, DVM, PhD, DACVCP / Member / Kansas State University, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Steven A. Miller, MD, PhD / Advisor / Illumina, Inc., United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Margie Morgan, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jean B. Patel, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Consultant, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Sandra S. Richter, MD, D(ABMM), FIDSA / Member / Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Susan Sharp, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / Copan Diagnostics, Inc., United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Paula M. Snippes Vagnone, MT(ASCP) / Member / Minnesota Department of Health, United States

Expert Panel on Molecular Diagnostics (MOL)

Esther Babady, PhD, D(ABMM), FIDSA, F(AAM) / 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Sherry A. Dunbar, PhD, MBA / Vice-Chairholder / Luminex Corporation, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Birgit Funke, PhD, FACMG / Member / Independent Clinical Consultant, United States
Peera Hemarajata, PhD, MD, D(ABMM) / Member / Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Julie Woolworth Hirschhorn, PhD, TS(ABB) / Advisor / Geisinger
Cynthia L. Jackson, PhD / Member / Rhode Island Hospital, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Daniel Jones, MD, PhD / Advisor / Ohio State University, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ronald M. Przygodzki, MD / Advisor / US Department of Veterans Affairs, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG / Member / Belay Diagnostics , United States
Ted E. Schutzbank, PhD, D(ABMM) / Chairholder / Schutzbank Laboratory Consultants, LLC, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Zivana Tezak, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Shalini Verma, MD / Member / Siemens - West Sacramento, CA , United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Natalie N. Whitfield, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / Inflammatix Inc., United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Barbara Zehnbauer, PhD / Advisor / Emory University Hospital, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Gang Zheng, MD, PhD / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States

Expert Panel on Newborn Screening (NBS)

Sucheta Bhatt, MD / Member / Illumina, Inc., United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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 / Member / PerkinElmer Genetics, Inc., United States
Debra Freedenberg, MD, PhD, FFACMG / Advisor / Texas Department of State Health Services, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Uttam Garg, PhD, DABCC, FABFT / Advisor / The Children's Mercy Hospital, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Amy Gaviglio, MS, CGC / Chairholder / Connetics Consulting, 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Joanne Mei, PhD / Advisor / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, Ended: Jan 1, 2024
Joseph Orsini, PhD / Member / New York State Department of Health, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ernest M. Post, MD / Member / Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Iveta Sosova, PhD, DABMGG, FACMG / Advisor / Alberta Precision Laboratories and University of Alberta, Canada
Bradford L. Therrell Jr., PhD, MS / Advisor / University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jon Washburn / Member / Baebies, Inc. , United States
Dianne R. Webster, PhD, FFSi, RCPA, FHGSA / Member / Auckland District Health Board, New Zealand, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ronald J. Whitley, PhD, DABCC, FACB / Vice-Chairholder / Retired, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Raquel Yahyaoui Macias, MD, PhD / Advisor / Malaga Regional University Hospital, Spain, Ended: Dec 31, 2023

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

Steven R. Breeze / Member / Abbott Point of Care, Canada
Yu Chen, MD, PhD, FADLM, FCACB, DABCC / Member / Horizon Health Network, Canada, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Kathleen David / Advisor / TriCore Reference Laboratories, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Anna Fuezery, PhD, DABCC, FCACB, CPP / Member / Alberta Precision Laboratories , Canada
Mary Hammel, MLS (ASCP)CM / Advisor / UCHealth Laboratories , United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Roberta E. Hoenig / Advisor / Northwell Health, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Ellis Jacobs, PhD, DABCC, FADLM / Advisor / EJ Clinical Consulting, LLC, United States
Michael Loeffelholz, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Cepheid, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Peggy A. Mann, MS, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / The University of Texas Medical Branch, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jeff Mayfield, PhD / Advisor / Siemens Healthineers, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jeanne Mumford, MLS(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / John Hopkins Hospital, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Heather Stang, MS, MT / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jeannie M. Stubblefield, PhD, NRCC, FADLM / Advisor / University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Christiane Wright Donaldson, MBA/MHA, MT(AMT) / Member, United States
Lisa Wylie / Advisor / Lab Team Assistants, LLC, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023

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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
John Birdsall, ND / Advisor / Abbott, United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Mukesh Gandhi, CMLTO / Member / Dynacare (Brampton), Canada
Girish Chander Gaur, PhD / Advisor / Rivaara Labs, India, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Fred Leland McClure, MSci, PhD, F-ABFT / Advisor / DTC, United States
Lori Morrow, MLT(CSMLS) / Advisor / Interior Health , Canada
Estelle Ninnemann, MLS(ASCP) / Advisor / ACL Laboratories , United States, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Eric Nyirenda, MPH, BSc, ASQ-CMQ/OE, CSSBB, CQA, PMI-PMP / Member / Ministry of Health, Zambia, Zambia
Paulo 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Jean Tenuta, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM, DLM, CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE / Member, 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, FADLM, 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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
Vijay Padayachee / Advisor / Vijay Padayachee, South Africa, Ended: Dec 31, 2023
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, Ended: Dec 31, 2023