{"id":2077,"date":"2026-04-21T18:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/?page_id=2077"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:23:16","slug":"shadi-ashrafi-md-zara-medical-director-info","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/?page_id=2077","title":{"rendered":"Shadi Ashrafi, MD (&#8216;Zara&#8217;) Medical Director Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specialties<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2122\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.750013408420488;width:320px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-860x1147.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_8198-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Villa Park, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Professional researcher for science &amp; medicine (pathology focus)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Principal investigator (PI) services for government funded medical research grants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Patient advocacy (<em>pro bono<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Blind and disabled advocacy (see <a href=\"https:\/\/blindjusticepac.com\">https:\/\/blindjusticepac.com<\/a>) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Evidence advisor\/ expert witness\u2014trained by &#8220;Dr. G.&#8221;\/Dr.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Garavaglia\">Jan Garavaglia<\/a>, (former <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coroner\">Chief Medical Examiner<\/a>&nbsp;with Florida&#8217;s District Nine Medical Examiner&#8217;s office in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orlando,_Florida\">Orlando, Florida<\/a> see: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._G:_Medical_Examiner\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dr._G:_Medical_Examiner<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Clinical laboratory management consulting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Test panel optimization<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Hospital and clinic development advisor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Total quality management (TQM) advisor <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Medical director services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Medical student learning and pathway advisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2080\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-860x1147.jpg 860w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/101_0949-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Salt Lake City, UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2083\" src=\"http:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-860x1147.jpg 860w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0616-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Orlando, Florida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Medical Doctorate, University of Utah (2004-2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Medical Research Fellow, ARUP \/ University of Utah (2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-large-font-size\">Clinical Pathology Resident, Orlando Health\/MD Anderson (2009-2013) <a href=\"https:\/\/npiprofile.com\/npi\/1104141738\">https:\/\/npiprofile.com\/npi\/1104141738<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select Publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Clinical Deviation\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?asin=B00DE3EI5S\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clinical Deviation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The Demise of A Modern Clinical Lab:<br><\/strong> A Fictional Case Study<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Shadi Ashrafi, MD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Lab management \u2022 Risk management \u2022&nbsp;Clinical pathology \u2022&nbsp;Quality Control \u2022&nbsp;Finance \u2022 Accounting \u2022 Strategy  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\"><em>Written for the industry\u2019s student and practitioner alike, the story establishes the framework for the lab\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample of <strong>Research<\/strong> Projects &amp; Publications <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-regular-font-size\">Doximity Profile:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doximity.com\/pub\/shadi-ashrafi-md\">https:\/\/www.doximity.com\/pub\/shadi-ashrafi-md<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2081\" style=\"width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0889-860x645.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boston, MA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Liver Agenesis With Limb Body Wall Complex in a Twin Fetus (Poster No. 78)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Orlando R.&nbsp;Gonzalez,&nbsp;MD Department of Pathology, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FloridaJulia V.&nbsp;Martin,&nbsp;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 \u201910), poster session 100.&nbsp;<em>Archives of Pathology &amp; Laboratory Medicine.<\/em>&nbsp;2010;134(9):1283. Available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aplm.kglmeridian.com\/view\/journals\/arpa\/134\/9\/article-p1283.xml\">https:\/\/aplm.kglmeridian.com\/view\/journals\/arpa\/134\/9\/article-p1283.xml<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/01.blo.0000223981.21584.35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ambulatory activities maintain cortical bone after total hip arthroplasty.<\/strong><\/a>Teri G. Rosenbaum, Roy D. Bloebaum, Shadi Ashrafi, D. Kevin Lester<br>Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2006-09-01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/504441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Double Inactivation of NF1 in Tibial Pseudarthrosis<\/strong><\/a> David A. Stevenson, Holly Zhou, Shadi Ashrafi, Ludwine Messiaen, John C. Carey<br>American Journal of Human Genetics. 2006-07-01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.biomaterials.2005.11.010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Oxidative degradation in highly cross-linked and conventional polyethylene after 2 years of real-time shelf aging.<\/strong><\/a>Bettina M. Willie, Roy D. Bloebaum, Shadi Ashrafi, Colette Dearden, Trina Steffensen<br>Biomaterials. 2006-04-01<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specialties Background Select Publications Clinical Deviation The Demise of A Modern Clinical Lab: A Fictional Case Study By Shadi Ashrafi, MD Lab management \u2022 Risk management \u2022&nbsp;Clinical pathology \u2022&nbsp;Quality Control \u2022&nbsp;Finance \u2022 Accounting \u2022 Strategy Written for the industry\u2019s student and practitioner alike, the story establishes the framework for the lab\u2019s survival in an increasingly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2077\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yorkshireinc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}