2009 ASCP Master
David W. Glenn, MLS(ASCP)CM, is the CEO of the Pathology Services, P.C. laboratories in North Platte, NE. He is also a consultant serving 18 hospitals and over 50 clinics in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. At these labs he gives continuing education programs, helps prepare for inspections, assists with quality assurance and quality control, works with administration on personnel issues, and helps select analytical methods and instrumentation. Mr. Glenn is a commercial pilot and flies to many of these facilities.
At the North Platte Community College, Mr. Glenn is the Clinical Coordinator of the Medical Laboratory Technician program. He serves on the North Platte Airport Authority Board, is a contributing author of three management books, and writes a column for a national laboratory magazine.
Laboratory professionals around the world are familiar with Mr. Glenn’s name and face, because he is also a well-known motivational speaker and a prolific writer. His goal in speaking and writing is to empower laboratorians to be true professionals.
Mr. Glenn has been active with the ASCP for many years and is proud to say he helped initiate the ASCP’s name change in 2001 so it recognized the entire laboratory team. His long list of past positions and activities within ASCP include chair of the ASCP Associate Member Section (AMS), 2000-2001; AMS Administrative Board member-at-large; chair of the AMS Plan and Scope Committee; as well as numerous other AMS ASCP committees, workgroups and task forces. In addition, Mr. Glenn represented the ASCP-AMS on the Health Professions Network (HPN) and the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW). He received the ASCP-AMS Excellence in Management Award in 2003.
He now serves the ASCP on the Instructional Technology Committee, Commission on Membership, and as Chair of the Communications Committee. Mr. Glenn also is an ASCP media spokesperson.
Mr. Glenn received his BA in psychology and chemistry from the University of Nebraska and trained in the laboratory at the US Naval Hospital.