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Proficiency Testing (PT) Working Group

Barbara Burmeister, MT (ASCP)
Supervisor, Proficiency Testing
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene

George S. Cembrowski, MD, PhD
Director, Medical Biochemistry;
Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
University of Alberta

Kandace Cendejas, BA*
Senior Product Manager, External Quality Assessment
BioRad Laboratories

Greg Cooper, CLS, MHA
Manager, Clinical Standards & Practices
Bio-Rad Laboratories

Daniel Edson, PhD
President
American Proficiency Institute

George K. Fiedler
Vice President & General Manager, PT Division
College of American Pathologists

Judith Gabriel, MT(ASCP) **
Senior Surveyor
The Joint Commission

Verlin K. Janzen, MD, FAAFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine
University of Kansas School of Medicine- Wichita
Family Physician & Laboratory Director
Hutchinson Clinic

Margaret Peck, MS, MT(ASCP)
Director, Laboratory Accreditation Program
The Joint Commission
Joseph B. Perrone, ScD
Vice President, Standards & Certification American
Type Culture Collection

Robert Rej, PhD [ Chair]
Director, Clinical Chemistry Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health

Karen A. Rupke, MT(ASCP), MPA
Director, California Quality Assurance
Quest Diagnostics

Nicholas T. Serafy, Jr.
Director, Proficiency Testing Service
American Association of Bioanalysts

Max Williams
Chief, External Affairs & Global Programs
COLA

James Winkelman, MD
Professor Emeritus
Harvard Medical School
Former Clinical Laboratory Director
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
* Ms. Cendejas was an alternate for Mr. Greg Cooper.
** Ms. Gabriel was an alternate for Ms. Margaret Peck

Ex-Officio Members

Sousan S. Altaie, PhD
Science Policy Advisor
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Kathleen J. Todd
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Raelene M. Perfetto
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Division of Laboratory Services, CDC

D. Joe Boone, PhD
Devery Howerton, PhD
Adam Manasterski, PhD
Shahram Shahangian, PhD
Julie R. Taylor, PhD
Dan Tholen, MS
     

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