Att E - LMBP Workgroup

2009 Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Workgroup

Raj Behal, MD, MPH

Associate Chief Medical Officer

Senior Patient Safety Officer

Rush University Medical Center

Robert H. Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FACB

Professor of Pathology and Medical and Research Technology, University of Maryland Medical Center

John Fontanesi, PhD

Director, Center for Management Science in Health; Professor of Pediatrics and Family and Preventive Medicine

University of California, San Diego

Julie Gayken, MT(ASCP)

Director of Laboratory Services

Anatomic & Clinical Pathology

Regions Hospital

Cyril (Kim) Hetsko, MD, FACP

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chief Medical Officer, COLA

Trustee, American Medical Association

Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Center for Patient Safety and Quality, President-Elect, American Society for Clinical Pathology

James Nichols, PhD

Director, Clinical Chemistry

Department of Pathology

Baystate Medical Center

Mary Nix, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB

Project Officer, National Guideline Clearinghouse; National Quality Measures Clearinghouse; Quality Tools; Innovations Clearinghouse

Center for Outcomes and Evidence

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Stephen Raab, MD

Director, Cytopathology Laboratory

University of Colorado Cancer Center

Milenko Tanasijevic, MD, MBA

Director, Clinical Laboratories Division and Clinical Program Development, Pathology Department

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Ann Vannier, MD

Regional Chief of Laboratory Medicine & Director, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Regional Reference Laboratories

Ann Watt, MBA, RHIA

Project Director

Group on Standardized Performance

Measurement Division of Research

The Joint Commission

Sousan S. Altaie, PhD (ex officio)

Scientific Policy Advisor, Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device (OIVD)

Evaluation and Safety Center for Devices and Radiological Health

(CDRH), FDA

James A. Cometa (ex officio)

Team Leader/Program Analyst

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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