Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Intended Audience: This program is designed as an educational and training tool for MLS, MT, and MLT personnel, medical laboratory science students and interns, pathology residents, and practicing pathologists.
Author: Kevin F. Foley, PhD, DABCC, MT, SC is the Northwest chemistry, toxicology, immunology, and POC director for Kaiser Permanente. He also teaches pharmacology, clinical chemistry, immunology, and medicinal chemistry at Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Foley earned his PhD in clinical pharmacology and toxicology at the East Carolina School of Medicine in North Carolina. His research areas include cardiovascular risk and inflammation markers, as well as the neuropharmacology of amphetamine-like compounds. He is a frequent contributor to several clinical laboratory publications and is active in the American Association of Clinical Chemistry.
Reviewer Information: DeRhonda Crawford, MT(ASCP) is the chemistry supervisor at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Georgia and the technical supervisor for the Gwinnett Medical Center in Duluth, Georgia. She holds a BS in Medical Technology from the Medical College of Georgia.
Reviewer Information: Dr. Alec Saitman, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC) received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, where he focused his research on the total synthesis of marine natural products. He completed his fellowship training in clinical chemistry and toxicology in the Department of Pathology at the University of California, San Diego under the guidance of Dr. Robert Fitzgerald. Alec’s current focus is on clinical mass spectrometry method development for the quantitative analysis of small molecules in patient specimens.
