2012 ABMM Diplomates

The American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM) is pleased to welcome the following newly certified Diplomates:

• Amos Adler, M.D., National Center for Infection Control Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Ministry of Health, Israel
• Muna Alyousef, M.B.B.S., Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Adam Barker, Ph.D., ARUP Laboratories, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
• Zenda Berrada, Ph.D., San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo, CA
• Kendall Bryant, Ph.D., Orlando Regional Medical Center, FL
• Paul D. Fey, Ph.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
• Karen M. Frank, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Omai Garner, Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Health System
• William A. Glover, II, Ph.D., Washington State Public Health Laboratories, Shoreline
• Azza Khalifa, M.D., Ph.D., Maternity and Children Hospital Laboratory, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
• Todd M. Lasco, Ph.D., St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
• Lixia Liu, Ph.D., Indiana State Department of Health Laboratories, Indianapolis
• Jessica Minion, M.D., FRCPC, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Brian Mochon, Ph.D., Banner Gateway Medical Center, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, AZ
• Milena Pitashny, M.D., Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• Samina Sayyed, M.D., King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Mark Simons, Ph.D., Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA
• Saad J. Taj-Aldeen, Ph.D., Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
• Elitza S. Theel, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• Gerald T. Van Horn, III, Ph.D., North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Lake Success, NY
• Bing Wang, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC, Kelowna General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
• Lars Westblade, Ph.D., Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY

To learn more about the ABMM and how you can certify your worth, visit www.microbiologycert.org.