The Lab Tests Online Medical Review Board is made up of experts from the clinical laboratory profession and other health professions. Members of the Medical Review Board have contributed to the development and review of all scientific core content on the website. Other laboratory professionals as well as experts in a particular field have been consulted at times to assist the Medical Review Board in the review of content. These individuals are acknowledged in the Sources section of the article they review. Editorial decisions are made by the Medical Review Board and Lab Tests Online staff and are independent of any funding considerations.

David Alter, MD, FAACC
Associate Professor, Director, Clinical Chemistry
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Roberta B. Carey, PhD, D (ABMM), CMQ/OE (ASQ)
Former Director of Laboratory Quality Management Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA 
This activity is being performed by Roberta B. Carey, PhD in her private capacity.
No official support or endorsement by CDC is intended or should be inferred.

Alicia Diaz-Thomas, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Program Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN

D. Robert Dufour, MD
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

Meredith Eller, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBBCM, CQA(ASQ)
Technical Specialist, Accreditation and Quality, AABB
Bethesda, MD

Thomas Kampfrath, PhD, DABCC
Medical Officer
Medical, Scientific and Statistical Affairs
Walpole, MA

Anthony Kurec, MS, MASCP, MLT(ASCP), H, DLM 
Clinical Associate Professor, Emeritus
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY 

Chuanyi Mark Lu, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine
Director, Clinical Laboratories, San Francisco VA Healthcare System
San Francisco, CA

Mary M. Mayo, PhD, BCLD(ABB), DABCC, FAACC, MT(ASCP)
IVDR Consultant, Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA
Laboratory Director, Heartland Women's Healthcare, Mt Vernon, IL

James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

Elizabeth Palavecino, MD
Professor of Pathology
Director, Clinical Microbiology
Co-Director, Clinical and Translational Mass Spectrometry Center
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC

Elissa Passiment, EdM, CLS 
ASCLS, Executive Vice President Emeritus, McLean, VA
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science
Rutgers, School of Health Related Professions

Michael A. Pentella, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, State Hygienic Laboratory
Clinical Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health
Iowa City, IA

Kristian T. Schafernak, MD, MPH, FASCP, DABCC, FAACC
Staff Pathologist/Hematopathology Subspecialist and Section Chief, Molecular Pathology and Microbiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Child Health and Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Phoenix, AZ

Keith Steinbach, MLT, CACE, MS (IPT), LSSBB
Educator, Edmonton Zone
Alberta Precision Laboratories
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michelle Strecker, MS, LCGC
Genetic Counselor
San Francisco, CA

Elitza S. Theel, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory
Co-Director, Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory Service Line
Associate Professor, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Jill S. Warrington, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Robert Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
Chief Medical Officer, Aspenti Health

Emeritus

The following individuals served on the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board in the past. Titles, professional positions, and affiliations are listed as they were at the time of the person's Lab Tests Online service and may have changed since then.

Susan Evans, PhD
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, President
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2001 – Mar 2002

J. David Bessman, MD
Professor of Medicine and Director, Medical Oncology Clinic
University of Texas - Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan – Dec 2003

Barbara Border, Ph.D. MT(ASCP) CLS(NCA) CLSp(MB) 
Associate Professor and Program Director, Molecular Pathology
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Oct 2002 – Oct 2003

Geraldine Cooper, B.Sc., MLT
Canadian Journal of Medical Laboratory, Member
Science Scientific Advisory Panel
Division of Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology
QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Affiliation: Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Oct 2002 - Dec 2003

Daniel B. Woods, MLT, BSc MLS 
British Columbia Society of Laboratory Medicine President (2004), Member of Scientific Advisory Panel for the Canadian Journal of Laboratory Science. Chief Technologist, Prince Rupert Regional Hospital, Prince Rupert, B.C. Canada
Affiliation: Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Feb – May 2004

Carlo Brugnara, MD
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Director of the Hematology Laboratory
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston 
Boston, MA
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan – Dec 2004

David N. Sundwall, MD
American Clinical Laboratory Association, Senior Medical Advisor 
Laboratory Health Care Coalition, Chair 
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Policy Fellowship Advisory Board
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

Daniel H. Farkas, PhD, HCLD, FACB, CC, CLSp(MB) 
Director, Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Pathology 
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 
Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City 
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jun 2004 - Nov 2005

Mark M. Udden, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan - Dec 2005

James J. Miller, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB 
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Louisville School of Medicine 
Affiliation: Clinical Ligand Assay Society
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Aug 2003 - Sep 2006

Henny Heisler Billett, MD 
Professor, Clinical Medicine and Pathology
Einstein Hospital/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan - Dec 2006

Ronald H. Laessig, PhD
Director, State Laboratory of Hygiene
WI State Lab of Hygiene, Madison, WI
Affiliation: Association of Public Health Laboratories 
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Nov 2005 - July 2007

John J. Zlockie, MBA 
Vice President, Standards, Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
Affiliation: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Aug 2002 - July 2007

Thomas L. Ortel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pathology
Hemostasis & Thrombosis Center
Duke University Health System, Durham, NC
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

William J. Becker, DO MPH
Medical Director
Quest Diagnostics - Cincinnati Business Unit, Cincinnati, Ohio
Affiliation: Association of Public Health Laboratories
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: July 2007 - Dec 2008

Margaret Peck, MS, MT(ASCP)
Director, Laboratory Accreditation Program, JCAHO, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Affiliation: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: May 2005 - Apr 2008

Shirley L. Welch, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Director of Chemistry, Kaiser Permanente, NW, Portland, OR
Affiliation: American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2001 - Dec 2009

Kenneth W. Simkowski, Sr., PhD, FACB
Technical Director Chemistry, Hematology, Endocrinology & Toxicology
Associated Clinical Laboratories, Erie, PA
Affiliation: Clinical Ligand Assay Society
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Sep 2006 - Dec 2009

Wayne Leslie Chandler, MD
Professor, Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Seattle, WA
Affiliation: American Society of Hematology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

Helen Fernandes, PhD, DABCC, HCLD, CLSp(MB)
Director, Molecular Diagnostics
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2006 - Dec 2009

Jean Amos Wilson, PhD FACMG, CGMB
Vice President, Laboratory Operations, Berkeley HeartLab, Inc.
Alameda, CA
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2010 - May 2010

Kathleen E. Steffens, MA, MT(ASCP)
Field Director, Accreditation and Certification Operations, Oak Brook Terrace, IL 
Affiliation: The Joint Commission
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Mar 2009 - May 2011

Bette Jamieson, MEd, S.H. (ASCP) 
Educational Coordinator, Pathology Department
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 
Affiliation: American Society for Clinical Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Aug 2002 - Oct 2011

Michael T. Kafka, MD, FCAP
St. Luke's Regional Medical Center
Pathology Medical Services of Siouxland, Sioux City, IA
Affiliation: College of American Pathologists
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Aug 2003 - Dec 2011

Jennifer Rhamy, MBA, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, HP
Executive Director, Laboratory Accreditation Program
The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Affiliation: The Joint Commission
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: June 2011 - Nov 2013

Roberta G. Reed, PhD, FACB 
Independent Consultant, Phoenix, AZ 
Affiliation: American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Jan 2001 - Aug 2015

Eric Vanderslice, PhD
Technical Director, AAB Proficiency Testing Service, Houston, TX
Affiliation: American Association of Bioanalysts
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: Feb 2008 - Dec 2015

Holly Rapp, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)CQM/OE
Director, Accreditation and Quality, Bethesda, MD
Affiliation: AABB
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: March 2007 - February 2016

Junell Petersen, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSHCM
Laboratory Outreach Coordinator
Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, MN
Affiliation: American Society for Clinical Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: September 2014 - September 2016

Stacy Olea, MBA, MT(ASCP), FACHE
Executive Director, Laboratory Accreditation Program
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Affiliation: The Joint Commission
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: August 2014 - November 2016

William E. Schreiber, MD 
Consultant Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
Affiliation: American Society for Clinical Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: August 2002 - November 2016

Jean Otter, MT(ASCP)SBB
Vice President, Transfusion Medicine, Standards, Accreditation and Regulatory
Bethesda, MD
Affiliation: AABB
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: November 2005 - June 2017

Cheryl Murray, MPA, MT(ASCP) SM
Manager, AAFP-PT Education & Technical Assistance, Leawood, KS
Affiliation: American Academy of Family Physicians
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: March 2008 - December 2018

Carmen L. Wiley, PhD, DABCC
Chief Clinical Officer, Sanguine Technologies, Inc., Oakdale, MN
Affiliation: AACC
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: January 2009 - October 2018

Joseph Lutgring, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Affiliation: Infectious Diseases Society of America
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: October 2016 - July 2019

Anne Chenoweth, MBA, MT(ASCP)CM, CQA(ASQ)
Director, Accreditation and Quality, Bethesda, MD
Affiliation: AABB
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: March 2016 - September 2019

Ron S. Quicho, MS
Project Director, Department of Standards and Survey Methods
Strategic Business Unit Lead, Laboratory Accreditation
Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, Oakbrook Terrace, IL
Affiliation: The Joint Commission
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: April 2017 - September 2019

James D. Faix, MD
Director of Chemistry and Immunology, Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
Affiliation: College of American Pathologists
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: December 2012 - December 2019

Shannon Haymond, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Director, Clinical Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Affiliation: AACC
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: August 2016 - July 2020

Sharon S. Master, PhD
Independent Consultant
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Affiliation: Association of Public Health Laboratories
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: June 2010 - December 2020

Christine Schimpf BS, MT (ASCP)
AAFP Proficiency Testing Program Manager
Leawood, KS
Affiliation: American Academy of Family Physicians
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: April 2018 - December 2020

Mary Lowery Nordberg, PhD, CLSp(CG, MB)
Willis-Knighton Cancer Center
Shreveport, LA
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: June 2010 - January 2021

Patrick St. Louis, PhD, Dip CC
Clinical Chemist
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Affiliation: Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: January 2003 - January 2021

Christine Snozek, PhD, DABCC, FAACC 
Director, Clinical Chemistry and Support Services, Co-director Point-of-Care Testing
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
Affiliation: AACC
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: August 2018 - April 2021

Barbara A. Karczeski, MS, CGC, MA
Genetic Counselor / Clinical Policy Analyst,
eviCORE Healthcare 
Baltimore, MD
Affiliation: National Society of Genetic Counselors
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: June 2017 - April 2021

William E. Winter, MD, DABCC, FAACC, FCAP
Professor, Departments of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Affiliation: AACC Academy
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: May 2017 - April 2021

Shawna Swaffar, BS, MT (ASCP), CLS (NCA)
AAFP-PT Technical Operations Specialist
Leawood, KS
Affiliation: American Academy of Family Physicians
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: April 2018 - April 2021

Jennifer M. Yoest, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Division of Genomic and Molecular Pathology
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, OH
Affiliation: Association for Molecular Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: July 2018 - May 2021

Kathy Nucifora, MPH, MT(ASCP)
Chief Operating Officer, COLA
Columbia, MD
Affiliation: COLA
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: April 2016 - May 2021

Raquel M. Martinez, PhD, D(ABMM)
System and Core Lab Director 
Clinical and Molecular Microbiology
Geisinger
Danville, PA
Affiliation: American Society for Clinical Pathology
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: July 2018 - May 2021

Brooke M. Katzman, PhD
Co-Director, Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Point of Care Testing
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Affiliation: AACC
Lab Tests Online Editorial Board Service: October 2018 - May 2021

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