CDC invites experts in a review topic to participate in the systematic review. Expert panelists assist in the development and validation of protocols for collecting unpublished and published evidence and will rate evidence using pre-specified criteria. CDC and Battelle scientists support the Panels by identifying, abstracting, summarizing and evaluating the studies or evidence (published and unpublished).

2008 Panelists

Patient Specimen Identification

• Stephen Raab, MD, PhD
  University of Colorado Cancer Center
   
• James Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB
  Bay State Health Systems
   
• Steve Kahn, PhD
  Loyola Medical Center of Chicago
   
• Paul Valenstein, MD, FCAP
  St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
   
• Denise Uettwiller-Geiger, PhD
  John T. Mather Hospital
   
• David Hopkins, MD, MPH
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   
• Julie Gayken, MT(ASCP)
  Regions Hospital
   
• Ronald Schifman, MD
  Tucson Veterans Affairs Health Center
   

Communicating Critical Values

• Robert Christenson, PhD, DABCC, FACB
  U Maryland Medical Center
   
• Corinne Fantz, PhD
  Emory Healthcare Systems
   
• Dana Grzybicki, PhD
  University of Colorado Cancer Center
   
• Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH
  RAND / UCLA Medical School
   
• Kent Lewandrowski, MD, PhD
  Harvard Medical School
   
• Mary Nix, MS, MT (ASCP) SBB
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   
• Rick Panning, CLS (NCA), MBA
  Allina Hospitals and Clinics