AACC, a global scientific and medical professional organization dedicated to better health through laboratory medicine, is pleased to announce that Carmen L. Wiley, PhD, DABCC, FACB, has been elected to serve on the AACC Board of Directors as president-elect starting in January 2018. Following this, she will serve successive terms as the association's president from January 2019-July 2020 and as past president from August 2020-July 2021. The AACC membership also elected two new directors to the association's Board who will take office at the beginning of 2018.

"I am deeply honored that AACC's membership has chosen me to serve the organization and profession in this capacity," said Dr. Wiley. "Laboratory medicine professionals play an essential role in high quality patient care by ensuring that the right tests are used to diagnose health issues and that the results are interpreted correctly. As president-elect, I look forward to working with AACC's members, leadership, and staff to increase collaboration between lab medicine professionals and the rest of the healthcare team so that clinicians and patients can reap the full benefits of our members' expertise."

Dr. Wiley is regional manager of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Cardiac at Roche Diagnostics in Spokane, Washington. An active member of AACC since 1999, she is currently a member of the association's Board of Directors as well as the Editorial Review Board for Lab Tests Online, AACC's online resource that helps patients to understand clinical laboratory tests. Previously, she served as scientific director of the reference laboratory PAML and as co-director of chemistry, immunology, and point-of-care at Providence Health and Services, Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington.

AACC Board Members

Shannon Haymond, PhD, DABCC, and David B. Sacks, MB ChB, FRCPath, will serve 3-year terms as members of AACC's Board of Directors. William E. Winter, MD, DABCC, FACB, will also join the Board as a new member at the beginning of 2018, and will serve a 1-year term coinciding with his term as president of AACC Academy, the association's home for distinguished laboratory experts who shape science in the field.