Joel Goodman

Biography

Joel brings more than 30 years of clinical and business experience in the laboratory industry to his role as Vice-President of Strategies and Innovation at Dynacare. He studied with Nobel Laureate Sir Hans Krebs at Oxford University (UK) before obtaining his doctorate degree from the University of Toronto. In 1976 Joel purchased Gamma Biopath Laboratory in partnership with the Silver family. He became President of Park-Med Laboratories in 1983 before purchasing both Park-Med and Lakeshore Laboratories, both of which were subsequently sold to Dynacare. In 1996 Joel was appointed Head of Clinical Operations with Dynacare. In 2001 he moved to Dallas, Texas to become Senior Vice-President, Scientific Affairs and Chief Science Officer with the Dynacare US operations. He returned to Canada and was appointed to his current position in 2003. Joel is a past Chairperson of the Ontario Medical Association’s Advisory Panel on Laboratory Accreditation for the Quality Management Program – Laboratory Services (QMP-LS). Currently, he is a member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Ontario Association of Medical Laboratories (OAML), a certified assessor with the OLA Program and Chair of the Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) Quality of Care Committee for Cancer Care Ontario’s FOBT screening program. An active contributor to scientific and medical journals, Joel has authored or co-authored a number of published papers and articles. In addition to his doctorate degree, Joel holds a Diploma in Clinical Chemistry from the University of Toronto, Certification with the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists and is a Founding Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry.

Research Interest

Marketing