Sue Ann Konopelky is currently the Account Manager, Specimen Management at BD Life Sciences – Integrated Diagnostics Solution. She is a seasoned medical laboratory professional with 25 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Her background includes Medical Laboratory technology, Quality Management as well as Lean Leaders Certification.

Sue Ann has been with BD for the past 14 years, nine years spent as a Clinical Specialist where she provided technical and clinical support, PreAnalytical Best practice training and Education to Laboratory and Nursing customers Nationally throughout Canada. Sue Ann has been in her current role with BD as Account Manager for Northern Ontario and Western Ontario for the past 5 years.

Leyla Teymouri graduated from Azad University of Iran with a Bachelor Degree in Nursing in 1992, and gained experience working at the Internal Medicine Unit, Mothers & Babies Unit, Critical Care Unit, and Cardiac Care units.

After immigration to Canada, she obtained Canadian Nursing Registration, and started working at Mount Sinai Hospital in 2004. Over the past 11 years, she has been working as a Nurse Clinician for Infusion Therapy at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Leyla is a strong advocate for quality improvement initiatives on the unit and throughout the hospital. She has a passion for updating policies and procedures with ability to synthesize and implement nursing practice changes based on literature and evidence-based practice findings. A coach and mentor to all nursing staff and inter-disciplinary teams, always seeking to improve quality of practice related to vascular access and infusion therapy through best practice guidelines.

Dr. Wozniak obtained her medical degree from the University of Ottawa in 2006 and her FRCPC certificate in Hematological Pathology at the Ottawa Hospital in May 2010.

Dr. Wozniak joined LifeLabs in November 2010. Her roles include Ontario Hematology Discipline Head, Laboratory Director and Deputy Ontario Medical Director. She is also an Adjunct Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto.

In addition, Dr. Wozniak is a member of the IQMH Hematology Committee and is Chair of the IQMH Gender Diversity Working Group.

Dr. Patrick R. Murray received his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology at UCLA, postgraduate training in Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, and was director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Washington University from 1976-1999. In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland, School of Medicine and in 2001, he accepted the position of Senior Scientist and Chief of Microbiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In July 2011, he retired from the NIH and accepted his current position at BD Diagnostics as Vice President, Worldwide Scientific Affairs. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Disease Society of America, member of the CLSI Consensus Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Standards, former Chairman of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, former Editor-in-Chief of the ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology from 1990 to 2010, former Editor of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and currently serves on numerous editorial boards. He has authored more than 275 research articles and 20 books.

Dr. Green has over 25 years clinical research experience in fields of Laboratory Medicine, including preanalytical variability and errors, clinical chemistry and automation, blood pH and gases, endocrinology, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicology, special chemistry and cardiac markers. He is a fellow of the AACC Academy, and has a Certificate of Qualification as a Clinical Laboratory Director in New York State. He has been responsible for o versight of the BD Preanalytical Systems Department of Medical Affairs in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as North and South America. Currently he is the US Medical Director and Director of Global Technical Services.

Judy Tran is a registered medical laboratory technologist and clinical educator at the Hematology Department at University Health Network. She is also an independent research consultant with interests in medical education and organizational behavior. She has been an active volunteer with the Canadian Society for Laboratory Science (CSMLS), previously participating in the Angoff Workshop and serving as an alternate exam panel member. Judy is currently completing the Master of Business Administration program at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. In 2020, she was awarded the Becton Dickinson (BD) Young Leaders Scholarship (Journey to Greatness Award).

Rania Elhalabi BSc, MLT is a Medical Laboratory Technologist (MLT) who completed her Bachelor of Science degree at Mount Allison University then went on to complete a degree in Medical Laboratory Science. She is currently the Coagulation supervisor in the Hematology Department at the Moncton Hospital for the past eight years. Rania has volunteered both locally, provincially and nationally in her professional societies. Rania is passionate about the MLT profession and is also involved in many initiatives in her workplace.