Patrick Murray, PhD
VP, WW Scientific Affairs
BD Life Sciences

Dr. Patrick R. Murray received his Ph.D. degree in Microbiology at UCLA, postgraduate training in Clinical Microbiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, and was director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratories at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Washington University from 1976-1999. In 1999, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and in 2001, he accepted the position of Senior Scientist and Chief of Microbiology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

In July 2011, he retired from the NIH and accepted his current position at BD Diagnostics as Vice President, Worldwide Scientific Affairs. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the Infectious Disease Society of America, member of the CLSI Consensus Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Standards, former Chairman of the American Board of Medical Microbiology, former Editor-in-Chief of the ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology from 1990 to 2010, former Editor of the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and currently serves on numerous editorial boards. He has authored more than 275 research articles and 20 books.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including the ASM Award for Research in Clinical Microbiology (1993), ASM Award for Leadership in Clinical Microbiology (2002), ASM Founders Distinguished Service Award (2010), and ABMM/ABMLI Professional Recognition Award (2011), as well as the Pasteur Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), NIH Clinical Center Director's Awards for Patient Care (2006) and Research (2010), and NIH Director's Award for Research (2007).

Sol F. Green, PhD, FAACC
Director, Medical Affairs
BD Life Sciences
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology, Stony Brook School of Medicine

Dr. Green has over 25 years clinical research experience in fields of Laboratory Medicine, including preanalytical variability and errors, clinical chemistry and automation, blood pH and gases, endocrinology, therapeutic drug monitoring, toxicology, special chemistry and cardiac markers. He is a fellow of the AACC Academy, and has a Certificate of Qualification as a Clinical Laboratory Director in New York State. He has been responsible for oversight of the BD Preanalytical Systems Department of Medical Affairs in Europe, Middle East and Africa as well as North and South America. Currently he is the US Medical Director and Director of Global Technical Services.

Dr. Green’s leadership experience in professional organizations relevant to clinical practices and standards include: The European Preanalytical Scientific Committee member, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine – Corporate member, American Association of Clinical Chemistry – Corporate member and Scientific Advisory Board, American Association of Clinical Chemistry – Academic Council member, Association of Clinical Scientist – Scientific Council, Clinical Laboratory and Analytical Sciences – Section Executive Committee and Past Chair, American Association of Clinical Chemistry – Section Executive Committee and Past Chair and member of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Green has over 60 publications including 5 book chapters and 5 patents relevant to preanalytical clinical devices.