William DeSalvo B.S. HTL (ASCP)

B.S. Biology w/ minor in Chemistry from Southeast Missouri State University

 

Professional Accomplishments in Histotechnology:

• Workshop Presentation for the NSH Symposium/Convention in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and NSH Teleconference presentation in 2007 on Workload Recording and Error Reduction in Histology
• Presenter for the 2007American Pathology Foundation Symposium on Histology Workflow Management
• Product Manager developed special stain techniques for use w/ the bench-top laboratory Microwave.
• Representative to the Biological Stain Commission
• Science Officer for the Missouri Society for Histotechnology, vendor liaison and program development for Convention
• Instructor for the Phoenix College Histotechnology Program for the past three years and have shared my learned knowledge with over 45 students.
• Technical Consultant to Histology Product/Instrument Manufactures

 

Accumulated Experience:

31 years total experience as Histotechnologist

ASCP HTL 26 years

25 years of Immunohistochemistry hands-on experience

4 years Immunohistochemistry Technical Service Lead

2 years Product Management – Histology, Hematology and Coagulation

1 year Market Management - Histology, Hematology and Coagulation

5 years Sales Management – Instruments/Reagents

15 years Anatomic Pathology Lab Management

6 years QA/QC Process development and monitoring in Anatomic Pathology

4 years Six Sigma experience and training

 

Histology Teaching Experience:

Workshop presentation for NSH, California Society for Histotechnology, Arizona Society for Histotechnology and American Pathology Foundation (APF)

Teleconference presentation for NSH

Teleconference presentation workshops for UT Health Science Distance Learning in 2009

Instructor Phoenix College – Histotechnology

Webinars for Sakura Finetek

CAP Inspector

 

Areas of Expertise:

Basic and Advanced Histotechnology Technique Training

QA/QC Reports and Process

Workload/Workflow Reports and Process

Histology Error Reduction Process

Microwave Tissue Processing in Continuous Flow

Six Sigma Process Improvement Implementation

Lean Evaluation and Implementation

Procedure/Product Development/Evaluation

Procedure/Process Validation

Instrument/Procedure/Process training