Sean Afzali, M.T. ASCP, CLS

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Summary of Qualification

Twenty-nine Years of clinical experience

More than ten years of management experience

Advisory/ teaching and training experience

Hands on experience in all laboratory departments

Organization/ development/ Process Improvement experience

Solid strategic planning and critical thinking skills

Honor Board Member of Texas Southern University

College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Science

Professional Highlights

03/2023 Pathology laboratory Director

Present Prime Health Care, Garden Grove & Huntington Beach Hospitals OC

Orange County, CA

Support Prime Health Care Vision and Mission statement; by providing compassionate care and clinical excellence to all patients.

While working to get Huntington Beach Hospital Laboratory ready for “The Joint Commission” Semi _Annual Laboratory Accreditation Survey, also modified needed SOPs to manufacturer FDA approval procedure and prosses; as well as modifying Garden Grove Hospital Laboratory SOPs so both laboratories are following the same formats and it is easier to monitor both.

Charge person to respond to CMS inspectors as have knowledge of hospital and department compliance requirements.

06/2022 Pathology Laboratory Director Interim - Clinical & Anatomical 01/2023 Unity Point Health, St. Luke’s Hospital, Sioux City, IA

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Worked as Interim Pathology Laboratory Director helping UPH laboratory to prepare for their CAP inspection “Semi-Annual Laboratory Accreditation Survey.

Oversee all laboratory departments: Hematology, Chemistry, Body Fluid, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Phlebotomist, processing, and Point of Care testing, Histology and Cytology.

Reviewed and revised SOPs based on FDP guidelines, completed all instrument-to-instrument correlation, answers all CAP “PT” Critiques, which hasn’t been done.

Completed employee binder based on CAP standards which outlines competency requirements with 6 CAP elements.

07/2021 Pathology Laboratory Director Interim

05/2022 Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City, AZ

Worked as Pathology Laboratory Director and helped WARMC laboratory to prepare for facility for “The Joint Commission “Semi-Annual Laboratory Accreditation Survey.

Oversaw all laboratory departments namely Hematology, Chemistry, Body Fluid, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Phlebotomist, processing, and Point of Care testing.

Reviewed and revised all departments SOPs, classified all instrument-to-instrument correlation, and activated using Bio-Rad Unity for all Chemistry controls.

Changed employee’s competency format, actively interviewing for all lab positions.

06/2019 The University of Texas

06/2021 MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

PLM Main Core Laboratory Manager

Oversaw all laboratory operations. Guided, directed and evaluated almost a hundred employees including four coordinators and eight supervisors.

Completed all core laboratory budgeting and contracting, attending all meetings and informing staff with all needed updates. Monitored all turnaround times for an average of 6,000 patients a day.

Modified and rearranged all employees’ binders based on CAP requirements.

Monitored all regulatory, licensing and accrediting agencies requirements for laboratory operations including all regulations for CMS, CLIA, CAP.

Improved supply orders for Roche, STAGO, SYSMAX and Bio-Rad to be sure that all

Laboratories were using the same reagents lot number, control lot numbers and calibrators, so all lab results could correlate and results would be comparable.

Completed and rewrote all Chemistry department SOPs based on manufacture insert.

Created Lab Development Testing (LDT) for all body fluid within Chemistry department.

01/1999 Harris Health System, Houston, TX

06/2019 Core Laboratory Manager/Supervisor

Oversaw all lab departments including Hematology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Urinalysis, Phlebotomist, Processing, and POC.

Guided, directed and evaluated all laboratory employees for their Performance Improvement and Development.

Executed strategic direction for ISO 9001for Quality Management System (QMS) for all phases of pre-analytical, analytical, post-analytical testing and general laboratory system.

As a member of the patient satisfaction committee, designed an effective service strategy to improve patient satisfaction scores.

Monitored operational budget based on variant reports for efficiency and productivity to maintain laboratory goals.

Improved operation expenses by reducing overtime, monitoring employee’s daily tech log on individuals’ daily production.

Monitored performed testing, critical call (panic) value, and quality control/assurance program (peer group)

Improved supply order and inventory by cost/report analysis to increase efficiency.

Worked with human resource to execute position posting to meet current target productivity goals, review applications, hire qualified applicants, and any other human resource responsibilities.

Created a positive working environment for employees with effective recognition, personal mentoring for learning and development, encouraging them during measurement of performance improvement.

Maintained technical procedures according to policy as appropriate to department.

Addressed technical problems; collaborated with physicians, executives, directors, and other department managers and supervisors.

Approved vacations and monitored daily, and weekly work hours of all staff members.

10/1993 SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Houston TX

01/1999 Nations largest private laboratory and pharmaceutical company; currently

Known as Quest laboratory.

Assistant Supervisor/ Medical Technologist/ Toxicologist

Worked as assistant supervisor of nightshift on a variety of projects also scheduled twenty-five other technologists for their workstation, off days, FMLA, PTO, yearly competency, and evaluation.

Oversaw bench work of all departments namely: Chemistry, Serology, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Hematology, Urinalysis, Body Fluids. Responsibilities involved: QC/QA, preventing maintenance, safety.

procedures, reagent purchases, and computer/ statistical data.

Education & Certifications

Texas Southern University, Houston, TX

Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology, 1993

Dean’s Award 1993

Certified American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) 2008

Certified California Laboratory Scientist License (CLS) 2021

Certification of Appreciation, for Commitment, Performance 2010

Certification of Appreciation, As a Collaborator 2013

Certificate of Completion, ISO 9001 Risk-Based Thinking 6/2017

Certificate of Participation, ASCP, QC is More than Statistics 6/2017

Certificate of Attendance, Excelling as a Manager or Supervisor 2/2018

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