Dept. of Pathology Faculty

Lewis A. Hassell, MD

The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
940 S.L. Young Blvd
Room number
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

PHONE: 271-5170

E-MAIL: lewis-hassell@ouhsc.edu

TITLES

Associate Professor of Pathology

Professor of Excellence in Anatomic Pathology

Director, Anatomic Pathology

EDUCATION

Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
B.S., 1978, Graduated Summa Cum Laude

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
MD, 1982

University of California
San Francisco, CA
Visiting Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine, 1987-88

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Resident in Clinical & Anatomic Pathology, 1982-86
Chief Resident in Pathology, 1984

Professional Certification

American Board of Pathology, Cytopathology

American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical

Research Interests/Sub-Specialty

My current interests include process improvements, error reduction and quality gains in laboratory workflow, and structural and organizational alignment for optimization of work teams in a variety of medical environments. Applying modern business theory (such as Lean, Six Sigma, high performance work teams) to laboratory and medical processes has yielded tremendous results among early adopting settings. We are seeking to find solutions to the human, fiscal and technological challenges that such changes present.

I am also interested in ways of applying process improvement to enhance access to care, and specifically pathology services, to underserved populations domestically and internationally. The interface of current status quo with potentially disruptive technology or processes, and how to use these fault lines to open up access rather than restrict it are challenges we are working on solving.

PUBLICATIONS

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