Building Bridges
Series 3
Executive Leadership
Topic: In this inaugural session, laboratory professionals in executive leadership positions across laboratories and healthcare will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists highlighting their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 11 AM – 12:30 PM CT
Faculty:
- Anne Walsh-Feeks, MS, PA (ASCP), FACHE
Chief Operating Officer of Ambulatory Services
Stony Brook Medicine - Mike Eller, BS, MBA
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Northwell Health Laboratories - Amy Spiczka, DHSc, MS, HTL(ASCP)CMSCT,MBCM,CPHQ
Executive Director American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification
- Stephanie Whitehead, MBA, MPH, MLS(ASCP)
Executive Director of Pathology and Laboratory Services
University Health System - Myra Kunas, MS
Assistant Commissioner, Health Protection Bureau
Minnesota Department of Health
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)
At-the-Bench: Clinical Laboratories Feature
Topic: In the second session, laboratory professionals across dynamically varied roles supporting clinical laboratory testing will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists sharing a bit about their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 11 AM – 12:30 PM CT
Faculty:
- Tamika Givens McSweeney, BS, C(ASCP)
Sr. Director Quality and Compliance
RCA Laboratory Services LLC (GENETWORx) - Terri McElhatten MHA, MT (HEW), CLA (ASCP) PBTCM, CPI (ACA)
Program Director/Principal Instructor
Geisinger School of Phlebotomy - Alfonso Ortiz, MLS (ASCP)
Senior Laboratory Manager for Pathology Services
University Health San Antonio - Tom Alexander , PhD, D(ABMLI)
Clinical Laboratory Director
Incite Health - Sachin Gupta, PhD, MBA, MLS(ASCPi)MBi, LSSBB, CPHQ
Scientific Director, Center for Quality and Patient Safety (CQPS)
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)
Laboratory Education and Visibility
Topic: In the third session, laboratory professionals serving as laboratory educators and those promoting visibility of the laboratory through community outreach will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists highlighting their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 11 AM -12:30 pm CT
Faculty:
- Vanessa Jones Johnson, MBA, MA, MLS(ASCP)
Associate Professor and Director, Program in Medical Laboratory Science
Louisiana Tech University - Lauren Schiefelbein, MLS(ASCP)
Education Coordinator
University of Nebraska Medical Center - Manju Mukherjee, PhD, MSc, BPT, SCT (ASCP)CM
Associate Professor and the Director of the Cytology Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center - Patricia Tille, PhD, MLS (ASCP)
Professor and Graduate Program Director Medical Laboratory Science
University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences - Jim Payne, AHI (AMT), CPT (NHA)
MLA and Phlebotomy Instructor
WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)
At-the-Bench: Public Health Laboratories Feature
Topic: In the fourth session, laboratory professionals across widely-varied roles in city, state, and federal public health laboratories will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists highlighting their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 11 AM – 12:30 PM CT
Faculty:
- Anna Liddicoat, MPH, RBP (ABSA)
Biosecurity/Biosafety Officer, Department of Public Health
NC State Laboratory of Public Health - Lindsey Coulter Estetter, B.S., M.S., MLS(ASCP)
Microbiologist, Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Susanne Crowe, DrPH, MHA, HCLD(ABB)
Assistant Bureau Chief & Jacksonville Laboratory Director
Florida Department of Health - Meshel A. Lange, MS
Chemical Emergency Response Coordinator, Chemical Emergency Response Laboratory WI State Laboratory of Hygiene - Christopher Benton PhD, MB (ASCP)CM, PHLD (ABB)
Virology Program Manager
NH Department of Health & Human Services
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)
In the Field/Surveillance
Topic: In the fifth session, professionals serving field-based and/or surveillance-related positions in federal branches and industry laboratories will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 5 esteemed panelists highlighting their career trajectory, as well as a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 11 AM- 12:30 PM CT
Faculty:
- Mary Rodgers, Ph.D.
Associate Research Fellow
Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition - Hans Desale, PhD, MPH
CDC Laboratory Leadership Service Fellow, Dengue Branch
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Puerto Rico) - Travelle Mason, BS, MLS(ASCP), MPH, CPH
Commissioned Corps US Public Health Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Keron Liverpool, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM
Medical Laboratory Scientist
United States Navy - W. Gunnar Conrow, Lt Col, USAF, BSC
Chief of Laboratory Operations and Air Force Director, Center for Laboratory Medicine Services
Defense Health Agency
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)
International Lab Scientists Practicing in the US
Topic: In the final session, international laboratory scientists who have navigated career transitions into the US laboratory workforce will be featured. This 90-minute webinar session will feature 4 esteemed panelists highlighting their career trajectory. In addition, the session will feature two sessions on immigration processes and policies to support laboratory scientists navigating international career transitions from the perspectives of an immigration lawyer and ASCP’s Center of Public Policy. The session will conclude with a moderated Question and Answer session. We encourage all ASCP members to share promotions on this series widely with their trainees, students, and others who may be interested in entering the US laboratory workforce or navigating career transitions within the laboratory workforce!
When: Wednesday, July 9, 2025 11 AM – 12:30 PM CT
Part 1: Navigating Career Transitions into the US Laboratory Workforce
- Patricia Salazar, MLS(ASCPi)
Associate Administrator of Laboratory Services
USC Keck Medicine - Varvara Kozyreva, PhD, PHM, HCLD(ABB)
Section Chief, Mycobacterial, Mycotic, and Parasitic Diseases Section
California Department of Public Health - Martin Muganzi, MBA, MLS(ASCP)
Laboratory Information Systems Administrator
Kingman Regional Medical Center
Part 2: A Short Primer on the Immigration Process
- Rex Famitangco, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CM QLCCM
Laboratory Administrative Director
Morrill County Community Hospital - Cynthia Perez, JD
Partner/Immigration Attorney
Corporate Immigration Partners - Matt Schulze, MA
Senior Director, Center of Public Policy
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Cost: Free. This series is free to attend.
Credit (per session): 1.5 CMLE credit (live attendance only)