Bernard Schaan
The Power List 2020 – Big Breakthroughs
Laboratory staff around the world are accustomed to spending long periods manually filing and sorting slides and samples – but Bernard, Laboratory Manager at Ontario’s Peterborough Regional Health Centre from 2009 to 2019, saw an opportunity. Partnering with an engineering company, he created an automated slide sorting and filing system that saves staff valuable time – and is now receiving global interest. “My proudest achievement is completing a Master’s in Business Administration, which enabled me to work with funding bodies to help them understand why the laboratory is as instrumental to patient care as frontline personnel,” says Bernard.
