Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (CLIAC) Roster Revised January 2008

Chair

TURNER, Lou F., DrPH, HCLD, CPM
Deputy Section Chief - Epidemiology
North Carolina Division of Public Health
Raleigh, North Carolina

Designated Federal Official

HEARN, Thomas L., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Members

BARON, Ellen Jo, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Stanford University Medical Center
Professor of Pathology
Stanford University Medical School
Palo Alto, California

COHEN, Susan A.
Bethesda, Maryland

DAVIDSON, Joeline D., MBA, CLS, MT
Administrative Director
Laboratory Services
West Georgia Health System (Retired)
LaGrange, Georgia

ELDER Nancy C., M.D., M.S.P.H.
Associate Professor, Research Division
Department of Family Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio

FRANCIS, Merilyn, BSN, MPP
Multi-disciplinary Systems Engineer, Principal
The MITRE Corporation
McLean, Virginia

GREENE, Carol L., M.D.
Director
Clinical Genetics and Metabolism Service
Department of Pediatrics
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

HALL, Geraldine Susan, Ph.D.
Staff Microbiologist
Department of Microbiology
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

HARBAUGH, Norman Ross, Jr. "Chip," M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia

HILBORNE, Lee H., M.D., M.P.H.
Center for Patient Safety and Quality
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

MCNEILL, Kevin Mills, M.D., Ph.D.
State Epidemiologist
Mississippi Department of Health
Jackson, Mississippi

MODY, Dina R., M.D.
Director of Cytopathology
The Methodist Hospital, Houston
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Houston, Texas

NICHOLS, James Harold, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Chemistry
Department of Pathology
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield, Massachusetts

OVERTURF, Gary Don, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, New Mexico

PASSIMENT, Elissa, EdM, CLS(NCA)
Executive Vice President, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Bethesda, Maryland

RAAB, Stephen, MD
Department of Pathology
Vice Chair of Quality and Director of Anatomic Pathology
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, Colorado

SCHWARTZ, Jared N., M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Presbyterian Healthcare
Charlotte, North Carolina

SMALLEY, David L., Ph.D., M.S.S., BCLD
Public Health Laboratory Director
Tennessee Department of Health
Laboratory Services
Nashville, Tennessee

WILLIAMS, Thomas L., M.D.
Medical Director
Methodist Pathology Center
Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Omaha, Nebraska

WINN-DEEN, Emily S., Ph.D.
Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development
Cepheid
Sunnyvale, California

Ex Officio Representatives

GUTMAN, Steven I., M.D.
Director
Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation & Safety
Food and Drug Administration
Rockville, Maryland

HOWERTON, Devery, Ph.D.
Acting Deputy Director
Division of Laboratory Systems
National Center for Preparedness, Detection and Control of Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

YOST, Judith, M.A., M.T. (ASCP)
Director, Division of Laboratory Services
Center for Medicaid and State Operations
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Baltimore, Maryland

Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) Liaison Representative

OCHS, Luann, M.S.
Vice President, Clinical Operations
BD Diagnostics - TriPath
Durham, North Carolina