Medical Center Laboratory Director

Sean Afzali, MT. ASCP, CA.CLS

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Thirty-one years of clinical experience; Over 18 years of management experience.

Advisory, teaching, and training experience.

Hands on experience in all laboratory departments.

Solid strategic planning and critical thinking skills.

Honor Board Member of Texas Southern University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Science.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Cayuga Health, Ithaca, NY 08/2024 - 04/2024

Assistant Director in Laboratory Operations (Contract)

Responsible for Cayuga Medical Center Laboratory, Schuyler Hospital Laboratory, Park Building Oncology Laboratory, and 7 outpatient blood drawing centers.

Worked with the New York State Chapter of ASCP to review their rules and regulations. I inspected all of the clinical and anatomical laboratories under my charge and ensured that they were compliant with all rules and regulations.

Revised operations regarding liquid bio-hazard disposal.

Assisted the laboratory with implementation of their new EPIC Beaker LIS.

Prime Health Care, Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center & Huntington Beach Hospital

Orange County, CA 03/2023 - 06/2024

Pathology Laboratory Director (Contract)

Prepared Huntington Beach Hospital Laboratory for “The Joint Commission” semi-annual laboratory accreditation survey.

Modified SOPs to reflect manufacturer FDA approval procedure for both Garden Grove Hospital and Huntington Beach Hospital.

Complete all RNs competencies for POC testing performed at Huntington Beach Hospital.

Huntington Beach Hospital received 4 deficiencies and Garden Grove didn’t receive any deficiencies prior to the end of my contract.

Unity Point Health, St. Luke’s Hospital, Sioux City, IA 06/2022 - 01/2023

Pathology Laboratory Director Interim - Clinical & Anatomical (Interim)

Performed duties as the Interim Pathology Laboratory Director, and helped prepare the organization for the CAP semi-annual laboratory accreditation survey.

Responsible for all laboratory departments: Hematology, Chemistry, Body Fluid, Urinalysis, Microbiology, Blood Bank, Phlebotomist, Processing, Point of Care Testing, Histology, and Cytology.

Reviewed and revised SOPs based on manufacturer inserts and FDA guidelines.

Completed all instrument-to-instrument correlation. Completed all CAP “PT” critiques, which had not previously been completed.

Completed 150 employee binders based on CAP standards which outlines competency requirements with 6 CAP elements.

Reduced number of deficiencies by 70% from previous inspections.

Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City, AZ 07/2021- 05/2022

Pathology Laboratory Director Interim (Interim)

Performed duties as the Interim Laboratory Director and helped the WARMC Laboratory prepare for “The Joint Commission” semi-annual laboratory accreditation survey.

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

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

Revised all 45 employees’ competency to CAP guidelines.

Actively interviewed new applications for Open positions.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 06/2019 - 06/2021

PLM (Pathology Laboratory Medicine) Main Core Laboratory Manager (Contract)

Oversaw all laboratory operations while guiding, directing and evaluating almost 150 employees, including four coordinators and eight supervisors.

Reviewed and revised core laboratory budgets.

Held daily huddle for staff and informed them of all new changes. Reviewed daily QC, maintenances, TAT, and any service issues.

Modified and organized all employee binders based on CAP requirements.

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

Improved supply orders for Roche, STAGO, SYSMAX and Bio-Rad. Ensured that all laboratories were using the same reagents lot number, control lot numbers, and calibrators, so that 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 samples within the Chemistry department.

Passed CMS inspection with zero deficiencies in June 2021.

Harris Health System, Houston, TX 01/1999 - 06/2019

Core Laboratory Manager/Supervisor (Perm)

Managed all laboratory departments including Hematology, Chemistry, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Urinalysis, Phlebotomist, Specimen Processing, and POC.

Guided, directed, and evaluated 75 Core laboratory employees for their performance improvement and development.

Executed strategic direction for ISO 9001 for 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. Reviewed employee’s daily tech log for process improvement.

Monitored 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 resources to execute requisition postings to meet current target productivity goals; reviewed applications, hired qualified applicants, and performed other human resource responsibilities.

Created a positive working environment for employees with effective recognition and personal mentoring for learning and development. Provided encouragement with 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/weekly work hours of all staff members.

SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Houston TX 10/1993 - 01/1999

Assistant Supervisor/ Medical Technologist/ Toxicologist (Travel – Perm)

Worked as the Assistant Supervisor during the night shift on a variety of projects.

Performed scheduling and yearly competency evaluations for 100 employees.

Oversaw bench work of all departments: Chemistry, Serology, Blood Bank, Microbiology, Hematology, Urinalysis, and Body Fluids.

Responsibilities involved QC/QA, daily maintenance, safety, procedures, reagent purchases, and statistical data.

EDUCATION

Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 1993

Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Technology, Dean’s Award 1993

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) - 2008

Certified California Laboratory Scientist License (CLS) -2021

Certificate of Completion, ISO 9001

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