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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Curriculum Vitae
Timothy R. Hamill, M.D.
February 2010
Work Address: UCSF Clinical Laboratory at China Basin
185 Berry St, Suite 290
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: (415) 353-1723
Fax: (415) 353-4767
Email: hamillt@labmed2.ucsf.edu
Home Address: 2625 Venado Camino
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 287-9127
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
7/08 – Present Clinical professor IV, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
94143
7/05 – 7/08 Clinical Professor III, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
94143
7/03 – 7/05 Clinical Professor II, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
94143
7/01 – 7/03 Clinical Professor I, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
94143
7/00 – 6/01 Associate Clinical Professor III, Department of Laboratory
Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
94143
DEPARTMENTAL APPOINTMENTS:
6/01- present Vice-Chair, Department of Laboratory Medicine
PRIMARY POSITIONS HELD (2005 – present):
5/04 – present Director, UCSF Clinical Laboratory at China Basin
9/00 – present Director, UCSF Clinical Laboratory at Parnassus
9/00 – present Director, UCSF Inpatient, UCSF Outpatient & UCSF
Inpatient POCT Laboratories

DEGREES:
1978 Bachelor of Science in Psychobiology, cum laude
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1983 Doctor of Medicine
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine
RESIDENCY TRAINING:
1983 – 1985 Resident, Department of Pathology,
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
1985 – 1986 Resident, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco, CA
1986 – 1987 Chief Resident, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
University of California, San Francisco, CA
1987 – 1988 Chief Resident, Department of Laboratory Medicine,
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
1988 – 1990 Hematopathology Fellow
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, CA
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
National Board of Medical Examiners, 7/84
American Board of Pathology in Clinical Pathology, 11/88
American Board of Pathology in Hematopathology, 6/91
LICENSURE:
California State Medical License # G054149, Exp. 2/29/08
NOTABLE SERVICE:
2000 – present Chair, Point of Care Testing Committee, UCSF Medical Center
2004 – present Member of the California Department of Health Services Clinical
Laboratory Technology Advisory Committee (CLTAC)- Chair of
this committee June 2006 to present.
2007 – present Member California Society of Pathologists, Board of Directors
2007 – present Calif. Soc. Path. Delegate to California Medical Society House of
Delegates
2008 – present Member, College of American Pathologists POCT Committee
(Vice Chair since 2009)

UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University of California:
2000 – present Member, UCOP Laboratory Consortium Committee
UCSF Medical Center:
2000 – present Chair, Point of Care Committee
2000 – present Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
2000 – present Representative, Executive Medical Board
2001 – 2008 Member, Clinical Resource Management Committee
2001 – present Member, Standards Committee
2002 – present Member, Capital Budget Planning Committee
2002 – present Member, Credentials Committee
2002 – 2008 Member, CIDP Committee
2003 – present Member, UCare, Physicians Advisory Group
2004 – present Co-Chair, HIPAA Patient Privacy Committee
2005 – present Member, Privacy Compliance Committee
2005 – present Member, Ambulatory Operations Group
2008 – present Chair, UCSF Compliance Committee for Clinical Laboratories
2009 – present Member, Culture of Excellence Committee
2008 – 2009 Member, Service Excellence Steering Committee
UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine:
1993 – present Member, Resident Advisory Committee
2000 – present Chair, UCSF Clinical Laboratory Faculty & Staff Committee
2000 – present Chair, UCSF Clinical Laboratory Quality Improvement Committee
2002 – present Member, UCSF Clinical Laboratory Compliance Committee
2005 Chair, UCSF Mt. Zion laboratory Director search Committee
2005 Member, UCSF Dept. of Laboratory Medicine Chair search
committee
2007 Member, Asst. Director Hematology Search Committee
2009 Chair, UCSF Asst. Cytogenetic Director Search Committee
TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Resident/Fellow Lectures (UCSF):
2005 Hematologic Morphology (Heme-Onc Fellows): 2 lectures
2006 Hematologic Morphology (Heme-Onc Fellows): 2 lectures
2007 Hematologic Morphology (Heme-Onc Fellows): 2 lectures
2008 Hematologic Morphology (Heme-Onc Fellows): 2 lectures
2009 Hematologic Morphology (Heme-Onc Fellows): 2 lectures
Hematopathology Core Course for Laboratory residents:
2005 Myeloproliferative & Myeloproliferative/Myelodysplastic syndromes
2006 Myeloproliferative & Myeloproliferative/Myelodysplastic syndromes
2007 Myeloproliferative & Myeloproliferative/Myelodysplastic syndromes
2008 Myeloproliferative & Myeloproliferative/Myelodysplastic syndromes

Informatics Core Course for Laboratory Residents:
2005 Laboratory and Hospital Information Systems (1 lecture)
2006 Laboratory and Hospital Information Systems (1 lecture)
2007 Laboratory and Hospital Information Systems (1 lecture)
2008 Laboratory and Hospital Information Systems (1 lecture)
2009 Laboratory and Hospital Information Systems (1 lecture)
Laboratory Management Core Course for Laboratory Residents
2005 Rules & regulations, Reimbursement & Capitation (3 lectures) & course
coordinator
2006 Rules & regulations, Reimbursement & Capitation (3 lectures) & course
coordinator
2007 Rules & regulations, Reimbursement & Capitation (3 lectures) & course
coordinator
2008 Rules & regulations, Reimbursement & Capitation (2 lectures)
2009 Rules & regulations, Reimbursement & Capitation (2 lectures)
Medical Student teaching:
2005 Organs 102A, Introduction to laboratory testing
2005 Organs 102A, Arterial Blood Gas Testing
2005 Cancer: Leukemia & Lymphoma laboratory (2 hrs)
2006 Organs 102A, Introduction to laboratory testing
2006 Organs 102A, Arterial Blood Gas Testing
2006 Cancer: Leukemia & Lymphoma laboratory (2 hrs)
2007 Organs 102A, Introduction to laboratory testing
2007 Organs 102A, Arterial Blood Gas Testing
2007 Cancer: Leukemia & Lymphoma laboratory (2 hrs)
2008 Organs 102A, Arterial Blood Gas Testing
2008 Organs 102A, Introduction to laboratory testing
2009 Organs 102A, Arterial Blood Gas Testing
2009 Cancer: Peripheral smear and bone marrow laboratory (2 hrs)
2009 Cancer: Leukemia & Lymphoma laboratory (2 hrs)
2009 Organs 102A, Introduction to laboratory testing
Scheduled informal teaching:
1993-2006 Hematopathology teaching during bone marrow sign-out
(3-4 hrs/wk)
2000-present Call conference case review (1 hr/week)
2009-present Management rotation: Director responsibilities (2 hrs per resident)
TEACHING SUMMARY:
2005 95 Total hours (including preparation)
Formal or class teaching hours: 20 hours
Informal teaching hours: 75 hours
2006 100 Total hours (including preparation)
Formal or class teaching hours: 25 hours
Informal teaching hours: 75 hours

2007 110 Total hours (including preparation)
Formal or class teaching hours: 35 hours
Informal teaching hours: 75 hours
2008 78 Total hours (including preparation)
Formal or class teaching: 18 hours
Informal teaching: 60 hours
2009 82 Total hours (including preparation)
Formal or class teaching: 22 hours
Informal teaching: 60 hours
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
2005 CAMLT Annual Meeting: “Setting up an offsite ‘core’ laboratory:
The UCSF Experience
2007 National Blood Foundation Leadership Forum: ‘A lab Director’s
view of blood bank issues in the next 5 years.
2007 UCSAF Breast Oncology Scientific Program Retreat: “Moving a
Test to the UCSF Clinical Lab” San Francisco, CA
2007 CAMLT Educational Series: “Laboratory Management” Reno, NV
2008 Stanford Dept of Pathology: “Laboratory Design: Optimizing the
Plan”
2009 CLMA convention, Tampa FL: “Reaching Across the Continuum:
Point-of-Care Case Studies in Interdisciplinary Communications”
2009 Chinese Laboratorian Convention, Jinan City, China: “U.S
Laboratory Testing – An Overview”
CLINICAL SERVICE:
2004 – present Director of UCSF Clinical Laboratory at China Basin: Responsible
for overall administration and planning for laboratory operations
and clinical consultations for testing at that site.
2000 – present Director of UCSF Clinical Laboratory at Parnassus: Responsible
for overall administration and planning for UCSF laboratory
operations and clinical consultations for physicians/patients at that
site.
2000 – present Director, UCSF Inpatient, UCSF Outpatient and UCSF/MtZ
Inpatient POCT: Responsible for overall administration, regulatory
oversight, instrument/test selection & approval and monitoring for
81 POCT sites
1992 – 2000 Chief of service for UCSF/Mount Zion Clinical Laboratories,

1993 – 2006 Bone marrow sign-out, 1 day/week at UCSF Moffitt-Long
Hospital (Approx. 300 marrows/yr.)
2003 – 2009 Molecular Diagnostics case review and sign-out (2-3x per week)
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
2005 Summer internship program coordinator for S.F. High School
Biotech students
2006 Member, San Francisco State University CLS Training Program
Advisory Committee
2007 – present Co-Chair, Hospital Laboratory Workforce Initiative Advisory
committee
2007 – present Member, Board of Directors, California Society of Pathologists
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
1979 The relationship of the locus ceruleus on stress induced stroke,
utilizing stereotaxic and microsurgical techniques, under E.
Greene, Ph.D., University of Southern California.
1983 Correlation of color vision deficits and observable changes in the
optic disc in a population of ocular hypertensives, under C.
Johnson, Ph.D. and J. Keltner, M.D., Department of
Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis
1989 Effects of room temperature exposure on the growth of bacterial
contaminants in stored red cell units. Irwin Memorial Blood
Center, San Francisco, CA
1990 Flow cytometric analysis of reticulocytes and shift reticulocytes
in alcohol fed and iron deficient rats. Veterans Administration
Medical Center, Martinez, CA
Evaluation of a simple filtration device for intra-operative blood
salvage, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Martinez, CA
1995 Evaluation of the effects of Erythropoietin therapy on reticulocyte
indices as measured by the Technicon H-3 system, UCSF/Mount
Zion Hospital
1998 Clinical utility and cost-effectiveness of intraoperative PTH assay
in patients undergoing parathyroidectomy
1999 Computerized pathologist workstation and telepathology project with
Nikon, Inc.
2001 Classifying Incident Reports Related to Clinical Laboratory Testing, Co-
PI
2002 Clinical Laboratory Scientist Workforce Shortage Study, Co-Investigator

AWARDS:
1983 Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology Research, Department of
Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis
1997 Sudikow Award, UCSF/Mount Zion Medical Center (CHF Caremap
Team)
1997 UCSF Medical School Second Year Class Award for Distinction in
Teaching in Laboratory Instruction
1999 UCSF Dept. of Laboratory Medicine Resident Teaching Award
RESEARCH AWARDS & GRANTS:
2002 Grant Award, 1 U79 HP 00031-01, Co-investigator, 9/30/02-
9/29/03, Health Resources & Services Administration, $151,032
Clinical Laboratory Scientist Workforce Shortage Study.
PUBLICATIONS:
Papers:
Hamill TR, Post RB, Johnson CA, Keltner JL. Correlation of Color Vision Deficits
and Observable Changes in the Optic Disc in a Population of Ocular Hypertensives.
Arch Ophthamol 1984;102:1637-1639
Hamill TR. Two RIA Tests for the Diagnosis of Hepatitis A. Pathologist
1986;July:34-36
Hamill TR. The 30-minute rule for reissuing blood: are we needlessly discarding
units? Transfusion 1990;30:58-62
Hamill TR, Hamill SG, Busch MP. Effects of room-temperature exposure on
bacterial growth in stored red cells. Transfusion 1990;30:302-306
Cha I, Herndier B, Glassberg AB, Hamill TR, A case of Composite Hodgkin’s Disease
and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Bone Marrow. Arch Pathol Lab Med
1996;120:386-389
Perrier ND, Ituarte P, Kikuchi S, Siperstein AE, Duh QY, Clark OH, Gielow R,
Hamill T. Intraoperative Parathyroid Aspiration and Parathyroid Hormone Assay
as an Alternative to Frozen Section for Tissue Identification.World J Surg. 2000
Nov;24(11):1319-1322.
Perrier ND, Ituarte P, Morita E, Hamill T, Gielow R, Duh QY, Clark OH
Parathyroid suregery: Separating promise from reality. J Clin Endocrinol Metab
2002 Mar;87(3):1024-9

Astion ML, Shojania KG, Hamill TR, Kim S, Ng V. Classifying Laboratory
Incident Reports to Identify Problems that Jeopardize Patient Safety. Am J Clin
Pathol 2003;120:18-26
Book Chapters:
Larkin EC, Hamill TR. Hematopathologic aspects of the human immunodeficiency
virus. In: Nakada T, ed. University of California Davis Handbook on AIDS. Tokyo:
Igakuhyoronsha, Inc. 1991
University Pathology Consortium Website Author for B-cell Lymphomas:
Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Follicular Lymphoma
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma
Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma
Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
Plasmacytoma
Software (developed as shareware):
Hypersmear: Interactive Hypercard stack for peripheral smear interpretation
Parastack: Interactive parasitology Hypercard stack developed with ASCP Press
CD Rosetta Stone: Interactive Hypercard stack for cluster designation (CD)
antibodies and their reactivities
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Fellow, American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Fellow, College of American Pathologists
Member, American Society of Hematology
Member, California Society of Pathologists
Member, California Medical Society
Member, San Francisco Medical Society