And yet another talking about the Lab Director in Palo Alto...(they still have the job position open on Linkedin)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67c9b894-7903-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html#ixzz3pQ3M9OlK
Separate documents show that the full-time director of Theranos’s California laboratory resigned at the end of last year.
He was replaced by Dr Sunil Dhawan, a dermatologist who practices at a clinic in Fremont, California, and who works for Theranos on a part-time basis. He is an experienced practitioner who has run large-scale clinical trials for large pharma companies, such as Allergan, the maker of Botox.
Two people in the industry said that the appointment of a dermatologist on a part-time basis to run a high-profile complex laboratory was unusual. Unlike his predecessor, Dr Dhawan is not certified by the American Board of Pathology, and devotes much of his time to his practice.
Certification by the ABP or a similar body is not a formal prerequisite for laboratory directors, although it is customary for people who run large labs. “Generally, they are certified if they are at a laboratory with an extent of high complexity testing,” said a California state official, who asked not to be named.
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Dr Dhawan declined to comment, citing a non-disclosure agreement.
A Theranos spokesperson said that the company had a full-time, board-certified lab director who was “waiting for his California licensing to go through.”
One former employee said that the company had struggled to find a new laboratory director when Dr Dhawan’s predecessor resigned in December 2014. The person said that the company had found it difficult to retain staff at the California lab.
