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Dana J. Harris

Laboratory Director

adz9q9@r.postjobfree.com • 972-***-****

LinkedIn • Oak Point, Texas

Summary

Dynamic professional with valuable experience in leadership roles within diverse environments. Goal driven and ambitious with expertise in overseeing large scale projects alongside multidisciplinary teams; formed robust partnerships with clients in order to maximize success of diverse operations. Proven success in delivering excellent quality control and ensuring clients’ expectations are vastly exceeded. Highly accomplished in providing swift process improvements and accelerating company productivity and growth.

Qualifications Summary

• Proven success maintaining medical laboratory equipment performance by establishing quality standards, developing operations, quality, and troubleshooting procedures. Organized staff compliance, certified instrument performance, arranged equipment replacement, service, and repair

• Strong track record of resolving problems by consulting with pathologists, other laboratory managers, laboratory directors, physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals; actively attended committee meetings and contributed towards operational improvements

• Proficient in laboratory management, professional customer service, quality control, operations management, and project planning

Career Experience

Manager, Laboratory 2021 – Present

MCI Diagnostics Laboratory, Richardson, Texas

Supervise operational activity of laboratory; manage staff performance and assign accountability. Responsible for CLIA and CAP compliance to include management of CAP PT Program. Successfully acquired document control system and centralized all policies

• Completed 1 COLA survey successfully

• Added donor testing to test menu

Director of Ancillary Services 2017 – 2021

Rheumatology Associates, Dallas, Texas

Supervise operational activity of laboratory and radiology departments; manage staff performance and assign accountability among phlebotomy team. Oversee streamlining of all testing to core lab, eliminating 9 CLIA licenses and decreasing expenses related to decentralized testing. Spearhead automation efforts for urinalysis, ANA/ENA, sed rates, and standardization.

• Successfully acquired document control system and centralized all policies

• Completed 2 COLA surveys and one Radiology inspection from state

• Consolidated all testing from 8 phlebotomy "labs" to actual lab in headquarters building Manager – Laboratory Standards 2010 – 2016

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dallas, Texas

Attended multiple meetings with hospitals and created gap analyses which assisted in conversion of lab information systems to Cerner as well as managed standard lab nomenclature. Setup agenda for company Lab Director meetings and curated minutes of all meetings. Converted all company laboratories to Cerner system and supported during Cerner go-lives.

• Formulated and distributed minutes of all company lab standards meetings

• Conducted gap analysis of all company labs in preparation for LIS conversion P a g e 2 2

Additional Experience

Director of Laboratory Services

Medical Center of McKinney (HCA), McKinney, Texas. 2001-2009

• Decreased reagent consumption by 25% in 2008 and by 21% in 2007, even though chemistry procedure volume increased slightly, through renegotiation of contract with Siemens Diagnostics

• Decreased test completion time for ED during peak hours from 20-30 minutes to 5-10 minutes; contributed towards reduced length of stay in ED, fewer patient sample labeling errors, and greater customer, nursing, and physician satisfaction

• Installed "airline monitor" to provide visual information on lab tests ordered for emergency department patients Laboratory Manager

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 1996-2001

• Enhanced staff management by hiring phlebotomy supervisor and Chief Technologist

• Elected Clinical Issues Committee Chair for Aston Ambulatory Care Center

• Eliminated problem employees and developed professional and efficient staff Medical Technologist Experience (High Complexity)

Humana Hospital- Dodge City, Dodge City, KS 1984 – 1988

• Microbiology

• Parasitology

• Blood Bank

• Chemistry

• Immunochemistry

• Hematology

St. Mary’s Health Center, Emporia, KS 1988 – 1991

• Microbiology

• Parasitology

• Blood Bank

• Chemistry

• Immunochemistry

• Hematology

Via Christi – St. Joseph, Wichita, KS 1991 – 1995

• Chemistry

• Immunochemistry

• Drug Screen, Urine

• Electrophoresis

• Hgb A1c by column

Education

M.S. in Administrative Health Science, 1994

Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

B.S. in Medical Technology, 1984

Wichita State University. Wichita, Kansas

Affiliations

Clinical Laboratory Management Association, Member/President/Board Member/Newsletter Editor Medical Technologist, ASCP

Diplomate of Laboratory Management, ASCP

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