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Paul Epner
Principal
Paul Epner LLC
Paul L. Epner MBA, MEd is currently self-employed as a strategic
planning consultant in healthcare with special expertise in the field
of laboratory medicine. His focus includes redefining the laboratorian’s
scope of practice to drive improved patient clinical and
economic outcomes and supporting industry efforts to resolve the
laboratory workforce shortage.
Paul currently consults to Battelle Memorial Institute under their contract with the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC) in which he is establishing a network of clinical laboratories and
other stakeholders to advise the CDC and to provide evidence about best practices in
laboratory medicine. He also works with the Association of Public Health Laboratories
transferring laboratory management curriculum to developing countries and with Abbott
Laboratories advising them on strategic customer initiatives. Additionally, Paul serves on the
Healthcare Advisory Board for a national consulting firm.
Prior to being a consultant, he was with Abbott Diagnostics where he spent 31 years working
in the US, in Japan and in China. During these years, his responsibilities included operations,
strategic planning, marketing, R&D, and general management.
Paul currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Clinical Laboratory Management
Association. He is a member of CDC’s “Integrations Workgroup” which seeks to improve
the interface between clinicians and laboratories. He is on the steering committee of the
Coordinating Council for the Clinical Laboratory Workforce and he leads a workgroup for the
multi-association Levels of Practice Taskforce.
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