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 / Member / 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 / Vice-Chairholder / Abbott, United States
Elizabeth Kenimer Leibach, EdD, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm, SBBcm / 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 / Advisor / Sera Prognostics, Inc. , United States
Ed J. Peterson, MBA, MT(ASCP) / Advisor, United States
Manjula Gama Ralalage, MBBS, MSc / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States
Joseph Rudolf / Member, United States
Eban Tomlinson / Advisor / Semaphore Solutions, Canada
Robert Young, CGMBS, MS / Member / Lab Insights, LLC, United States

Expert Panel on Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology (CHEM)

Mahesheema Ali, M.Sc,Ph.D, NRCC, FAACC / Advisor / The MetroHealth System & Case Western University School of Medicine, United States
David Alter, MD, DABCC / Member / Emory University, United States
Lorin M. Bachmann, PhD, DABCC, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / Virginia Commonwealth University, United States
Johanna Camara, PhD / Member / National Institute of Standards and Technology, 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 / Member / Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., United States
Mark Herlan / Member / Roche Diagnostics GmbH , Germany
Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / Vice-Chairholder / ARUP Laboratories/University of Utah, United States
Juliane Lessard, PhD / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Christopher Marquez / Advisor / Mayo Clinic Florida, United States
Gerardo Ramos, Ph.D., MLS(ASCP)CM, F-ABFT, FAACC / Member / qVector Laboratory Resources, United States
Alec Saitman / Advisor
Stefani Thomas, PhD, DABCC, NRCC / Member / University of Minnesota, United States
Candice Ulmer / Advisor, 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
Jeffrey R. Budd, PhD / Member / Dr. Jeffrey R. Budd (Eclipse) , United States
Karl De Vore, BA, SSBB / Advisor / Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., United States
A. Paul Durham, MA / Member / APD Consulting , United States
Ashley Frost, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM / Member, United States
Verena Hofmann / Member, Germany
Brett Holmquist, PhD, ASCP, DABCC, FAACC / Member / LabCorp, 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
Marianne Le / Advisor / SoftOx Solutions A/S, Denmark
Edward Ki Yun Leung, PhD, DABCC, FAACC / 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 / Bioporto Diagnostics, United States
Donna Roberts, MS, MT(ASCP) / Advisor / Baylor Scott and White Health, United States
Scott A. Ruetten, PhD / Member, United States
Vinita Thakur, PhD, FAACC / Member, Canada
Jeffrey E. Vaks, PhD / Advisor / Roche Diagnostics, United States

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

Ahmad Al-Attar / Advisor, 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 / Independent Laboratory, United States
Monica de Baca / Advisor / Sysmex America, Inc., United States
Francois Depasse, PharmD, MSc / Advisor / Diagnostica Stago, France
Jody Frinack / Member / Mayo Clinic, United States
Jana Gausman, MT(ASCP) / Member / OU Medicine, United States
Heidi Hanes, BS, MT, SH (ASCP) / Member / Johns Hopkins University , United States
Jan Hoogendijk / Member / Roche Diagnostics, Switzerland
Virginia Litwin, PhD / Advisor / Charles River Laboratories, Canada
Rudy Lopez / Advisor, United States
Matthew Morrow / Member / Umass Memorial Medical Center, United States
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 / Member, United States
Anton Retz / 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
Esther Babady, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Ana Maria Cardenas, PhD, D(ABMM) / Member / Becton Dickinson, United States
Karissa Culbreath, PhD, D(ABMM) / Advisor / TriCore Reference Laboratories , United States
German Esparza, MSc / Member / Proasecal SAS Colombia, Colombia
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
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) / Advisor / 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
Ribhi M. Shawar, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM) / Member / FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, United States
Paula M. Snippes Vagnone, MT(ASCP) / Member / Minnesota Department of 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 / Member / 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) / Advisor / 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
Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG / Member / Medical College of Wisconsin , United States
Ryan F. Relich, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)SMCMCM / Member / Indiana University Health and Indiana School of Medicine, 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
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
Andy De Souza, PhD / Member / University of Alberta Hospital, Canada
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 / 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
Ernest M. Post, MD / Member / Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, United States
Scott M. Shone, PhD, HCLD(ABB) / Member / North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, 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, BS / 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 / Advisor / Abbott Point of Care, Canada
Yu Chen, MD, MSc, PhD, FAACB, FCACB, DABCC / Member / Horizon Health Network, Canada
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
NICOLLE ELLIOUS / Member, United States
Corinne R. Fantz, PhD, DABCC / Member / Roche Diagnostics, United States
Roberta E. Hoenig, BS, MT / 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, Ended: Jan 1, 2024
Derrick Mendel, MBA, MLS(ASCP)cm / Member / COLA, United States
Jeanne Mumford, MT(ASCP) / Vice-Chairholder / John Hopkins Hospital, United States
Marianela Perez-Torres, MT, PhD / Member / US Food and Drug Administration, 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
Lisa Wylie / Advisor / Lab Team Assistants, LLC, United States

Expert Panel on Preexamination Processes (PRE)

Aparna Jha Ahuja, MD / Vice-Chairholder / Abbott Diagnostics - Lake Forest, IL , United States
Pamela Arico, MT (ASCP) / Advisor / Cape Cod Healthcare, United States
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 / VCU Health System, United States
Judith Dixon, MS, MT(ASCP), BS / Member / COLA, United States
Leonard K. Dunikoski Jr., PhD, DABCC / Advisor / BD, United States
Girish Chander Gaur, PhD / Advisor / Modern Diagnostic and Research Centre , India
Daniel Hesselgesser, MT(ASCP) / Member / Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services/CLIA Program, United States
Anne-Marie Martel, MT / Advisor / Ordre professionnel des technologistes medicaux du Quebec, Canada
Fred Leland McClure, MSci, PhD, F-ABFT / Advisor / DTC, United States
Nehal Mehta, MS / Member / Bio-Rad Laboratories France, France
Estelle Ninnemann, MT(ASCP) / Chairholder / ACL Laboratories , United States
Eric Nyirenda, BSc, ASQ-CQA, CSSBB, CMQ/OE / 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
Sheryl Thiessen, MA, MLT(CSMLS), MT(ASCP) / Member / Provincial Laboratory Medicine Services, Canada
Richard Y. Wang, DO / Member / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States

Expert Panel on Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Samira Ahmed, BSc, MLT / Advisor / Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, Canada
Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, DLM, CQA(ASQ)CMQ/OE / Member / Laboratories Made Better! P.C., 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 / Ligonier Lab Services, United States
Jill Hancock / Advisor / Department of Veterans Affairs, United States
Sue Hetzel, MT(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ) / Advisor / Aurora Health Care/ACL Laboratories, United States
Austinlal Martin Jose / Advisor / Alphamed, 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
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
Jean Tenuta, MS, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM DLM, SLS, CQA(ASQ) / Member / Becton, Dickinson and Company, United States