Washington DC, February 2, 2009 - The member organizations of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW) have elected Susan Gross, the representative of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), to a two-year term as Chair of the CCCLW. She replaces Paula Garrott of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS), who had chaired the coalition for the last three years. Ms. Gross works for UCSF at San Francisco General Hospital.
Joining Ms. Gross on the newly elected leadership team are Vice-Chair, Rick Panning, the ASCLS representative and vice president for Laboratory Services for Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minnesota, and two at-large Steering Committee members: Cheryl Caskey of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, and Gary Gill of the American Society of Cytopathology (ASC). The steering committee also includes workgroup leaders Paul Epner of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA), Elissa Passiment of ASCLS, and Ms. Garrott.
The Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce is a coalition of clinical laboratory organizations, government and regulatory agencies, and industry partners that have been working together since 2000 to address the clinical laboratory workforce shortage. The members of the CCCLW believe that clinical laboratory stakeholders will have a broader and greater impact in addressing the clinical laboratory workforce shortage when working collectively. The mission of the Coordinating Council is to represent a united voice of clinical laboratory organizations and stakeholders focusing their collective efforts to increase the number of qualified clinical laboratory professionals, increase public awareness of laboratorians’ value in achieving positive patient outcomes, and enhancing the image of clinical laboratory professionals.
The current member organizations of the CCCLW include:
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Abbott Diagnostics |
Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) |
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American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) |
Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) |
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American Medical Technologists (AMT) |
Clinical Laboratory Management Association (CLMA) |
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American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) |
College of American Pathologists (CAP) |
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American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) |
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) |
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American Society for Cytotechnology (ASCT) |
National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS) |
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
National Credentialing Agency (NCA) |
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American Society of Cytopathology (ASC) |
Veterans Administration’s National Pathology & Laboratory Service Program (VA) |
For further information, please contact Susan Fisher Gross at 415-206-3538.