Vahid Azimi, MD, MS

Dr. Vahid Azimi is Laboratory Director at Alameda Health System in Alameda County, California. He earned his MD from Oregon Health & Science University and completed his residency in Clinical Pathology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr. Azimi’s work focuses on enhancing the quality and equity of diagnostic testing across the laboratory continuum. His research contributions to the field of laboratory medicine span topics such as leveraging urine drug screen data for epidemiologic surveillance, equity in reference intervals for serum free light chains, and addressing racial disparities in perinatal drug testing, with publications in journals including Clinical Chemistry and JAMA Network Open. His work has been recognized with research and presentation awards from the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS), the Association for Pathology Informatics (API), and the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC). He is active in national efforts to advance DEIA through roles with CAP and the Association of Pathology Chairs.