Shadi Ashrafi, MD (‘Zara’) Medical Director Bio

Specialties

Villa Park, CA
  • Professional researcher for science & medicine (pathology focus)
  • Principal investigator (PI) services for government funded medical research grants
  • Patient advocacy (pro bono)
  • Blind and disabled advocacy (see https://blindjusticepac.com)
  • Evidence advisor/ expert witness—trained by “Dr. G.”/Dr. Jan Garavaglia, (former Chief Medical Examiner with Florida’s District Nine Medical Examiner’s office in Orlando, Florida see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._G:_Medical_Examiner)
  • Clinical laboratory management consulting
  • Test panel optimization
  • Hospital and clinic development advisor
  • Total quality management (TQM) advisor
  • Medical director services
  • Medical student learning and pathway advisor

Background

  • Medical Doctorate, University of Utah (2004-2008)
  • Medical Research Fellow, ARUP / University of Utah (2009)
  • Clinical Pathology Resident, Orlando Health/MD Anderson (2009-2013) https://npiprofile.com/npi/1104141738

Select Publications

Clinical Deviation

The Demise of A Modern Clinical Lab:
A Fictional Case Study

By Shadi Ashrafi, MD

Lab management • Risk management • Clinical pathology • Quality Control • Finance • Accounting • Strategy

Written for the industry’s student and practitioner alike, the story establishes the framework for the lab’s survival in an increasingly volatile and risky landscape. The book serves as a fictional case study of what happens when financial, accounting, and quality controls lapse in the modern competitive environment.

Sample of Research Projects & Publications

Doximity Profile: https://www.doximity.com/pub/shadi-ashrafi-md

Boston, MA

Liver Agenesis With Limb Body Wall Complex in a Twin Fetus (Poster No. 78)

Orlando R. Gonzalez, MD Department of Pathology, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FloridaJulia V. Martin, MD Department of Pathology, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida. College of American Pathologists. Abstracts and case studies from the College of American Pathologists annual meeting (CAP ’10), poster session 100. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2010;134(9):1283. Available at: https://aplm.kglmeridian.com/view/journals/arpa/134/9/article-p1283.xml

Ambulatory activities maintain cortical bone after total hip arthroplasty.Teri G. Rosenbaum, Roy D. Bloebaum, Shadi Ashrafi, D. Kevin Lester
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2006-09-01

Double Inactivation of NF1 in Tibial Pseudarthrosis David A. Stevenson, Holly Zhou, Shadi Ashrafi, Ludwine Messiaen, John C. Carey
American Journal of Human Genetics. 2006-07-01

Oxidative degradation in highly cross-linked and conventional polyethylene after 2 years of real-time shelf aging.Bettina M. Willie, Roy D. Bloebaum, Shadi Ashrafi, Colette Dearden, Trina Steffensen
Biomaterials. 2006-04-01

April 21, 2026