Timothy R. Hamill

Dr. Timothy Hamill is the Prior Director of Clinical Laboratories at UCSF Medical Center’s China Basin and Parnassus campuses. In addition, he is Professor Emeritus and Ex-Vice Chair of the UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine.

Dr. Hamill has held numerous memberships in UCSF Medical Center committees in his tenure, including the position of chair of the UCSF Medical Center Point of Care Testing Committee. He is also past chair of the California Department of Health Services Clinical Laboratory Technology Advisory Committee (CLTAC). He is currently President and member of the Board for the California Society of Pathologists, and a fellow of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and College of American Pathologists.

In his career, Dr. Hamill has taken a lead in promoting laboratory science as a career and clinical laboratory scientist training as the Co-Chair of the Hospital Laboratory Workforce Initiative of the California Hospital Association. In addition, he has also been involved in developing better point-of-care testing practices through the College of American Pathologists as the Vice-Chair of the Point of Care Testing Resource Committee.