Continuing Education
P.A.C.E.® Contact Hours
Speakers
Dr. Carlee S. McClintock, PhD, NRCC-TC
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Dr. Carlee McClintock will explore why a quality-first mindset is critical in laboratory settings. Learn practical strategies to ensure reliable results, avoid costly mistakes, and strengthen trust in your lab’s work. We’ll cover essential leadership practices—leading by example, empowering teams, driving continuous improvement, and recognizing excellence—along with ways to build cohesion between quality staff and bench workers. You’ll also discover how to maintain readiness under pressure and create a culture of accountability that makes your lab one people can rely on.
Objectives:
· Lead your laboratory team by example of quality.
· Prioritize excellence and communicate the vision.
· Empower the entire lab team to take ownership.
· Provide lab role training and professional coaching.
· Commit to continuous improvement of the lab process.
· Reward quality achievements by the lab team.
Dr. Carlee McClintock joined Lighthouse Lab Services after a decade of clinical lab experience, starting up, managing, and then directing operations for a high-complexity physician-owned CLIA laboratory serving providers for a pain medicine practice recognized as a Center of Excellence by the American Pain Society. Dr. McClintock is board-certified in Toxicological Chemistry by the National Registry of Certified Chemists (NRCC) and holds a Medical Laboratory Director of Toxicology license from the Tennessee Department of Health. She earned her Ph.D. in Life Sciences from the Genome Science & Technology Program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, conducting research on peptides and intact proteins using LC-MS analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prior to this, she earned B.S. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in Neurobiology and Communications. She has written and/or contributed to research articles published in peer-reviewed journals spanning analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and systems biology of microbiomes in the context of chronic opioid exposure. Currently, she oversees five clinical labs in three states, fulfilling CLIA roles of Clinical Consultant, Technical Supervisor, and Lab Director.