TECHNICAL DIRECTORY ARUP Expert Personnel | 2015
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TECHNICAL DIRECTORY ARUP expert personnel | 2015 JULY 2015 www.aruplab.com Information in this brochure is current as of July 2015. All content is subject to change. Please contact ARUP Client Services at (800) 522-2787 with any questions or concerns. ARUP LABORATORIES ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, ARUP offers in excess of 3,000 tests and test combinations, ranging from routine screening tests to esoteric molecular and genetic assays. Rather than competing with its clients for physician office business, ARUP chooses instead to support clients’ existing test menus by offering complex and unique tests, with accompanying consultative support, to enhance their abilities to provide local and regional laboratory services. ARUP’s clients include many of the nation’s university teaching hospitals and children’s hospitals, as well as multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and other government facilities, and major clinics. In addition, ARUP is a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development, led by the efforts of the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology®. Since its formation in 1984 by the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah, ARUP has founded its reputation on reliable and consistent laboratory testing and service. This simple strategy contributes significantly to client satisfaction. When ARUP conducts surveys, clients regularly rate ARUP highly and respond that they would recommend ARUP to others. As the most responsive source of quality information and knowledge, ARUP strives to be the reference laboratory of choice for community healthcare systems. ARUP helps its clients meet the customized needs of their unique communities. We believe in collaborating, sharing knowledge, and contributing to laboratory science in ways that provide the best value for the patient. Together, ARUP and its clients will improve patient care today and in the future. patients. answers. results. A laboratory test is more than a number; it is a person, an answer, a diagnosis. INTRODUCTION ARUP EXPERTISE Introduction .......................................................................................................2 Executive Management Team .....................................................................................3–5 ARUP Medical Directors and Consulting Faculty ....................................................................6–16 ARUP Division Managers. 17 ARUP Technical Management .................................................................................. 18–20 CINICAL AND ANATOMIC PATHOLOGY .....................................................................21–26 Anatomic Pathology and Oncology .............................................................................. 21–22 Automated Core Laboratory . 22 Chemistry ........................................................................................................22 Clinical Pathology .................................................................................................22 Endocrinology ....................................................................................................23 Genetics ..................................................................................................... 23–24 Hemostosis/Thrombosis. 24 Immunology ......................................................................................................24 Infectious Disease. 25 Mass Spectrometry I and II. 25 Neurology ........................................................................................................26 Pain Management. 26 SPECIALTY SECTIONS........................................................................................27–29 Automation . 27 Central Specimen Processing Laboratory . 27 New Technology Assessment and Licensing .........................................................................27 Research and Development ........................................................................................28 Specialized Technology and Manufacturing ..........................................................................28 Transfusion Medicine Services .....................................................................................29 University Hospitals and Clinics Clinical Laboratory ...................................................................29 client commitment. ARUP supports our clients’ success by providing excellence and consistency in our delivery of services, by sharing knowledge, and by developing progressive laboratory technology. ARUP does not compete with its clients for physician office business, choosing instead to support clients’ existing test menus by offering highly complex tests and accompanying consultative support. INTRODUCTION ARUP LABORATORIES test selection and interpretation, since knowing the right test to A national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory order for a specific disease can improve patient care and and a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah and its decrease unnecessary testing and costs. Department of Pathology, ARUP offers in excess of 3,000 tests Co-authored and maintained by ARUP Laboratories’ expert and test combinations, ranging from routine screening tests to panel of University of Utah faculty, Consult contains nearly esoteric molecular and genetic assays. Rather than competing 2,000 lab tests categorized into disease-related topics and 50 with its clients for physician office business, ARUP chooses algorithms that support clinical decision-making. Topics instead to support clients’ existing test menus by offering include clinical background information, concise diagnostic complex and unique tests, with accompanying consultative support, to enhance their abilities to provide local and regional advice, screening and monitoring recommendations, laboratory services. ARUP’s clients include many of the nation’s pharmacogenetics information, and test-ordering suggestions. university teaching hospitals and children’s hospitals, as well as Consult can be accessed at point-of-care with new and updated multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group content released six times per year, and is available on the web purchasing organizations, military and other government at www.arupconsult.com, on your mobile device at facilities, and major clinics. ARUP is a worldwide leader in m.arupconsult.com, or as a free app in the App Store. innovative laboratory research and development, led by the efforts of the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental LABORATORY TEST DIRECTORY Pathology. ARUP’s Laboratory Test Directory, available on www.aruplab.com, contains complete, up-to-date test information, including Since its formation in 1984 by the Department of Pathology at methodology and reporting times, collection and transportation the University of Utah, ARUP has founded its reputation on specifications, reference intervals, test notes, and CPT codes. reliable and consistent laboratory testing and service. This Clients can access entries via an A to Z index located in the simple strategy contributes significantly to client satisfaction. upper-left section of the site and search by test name, key word, When ARUP conducts surveys, clients regularly rate ARUP test number, or mnemonic. highly and respond that they would recommend ARUP to others. EDUCATION As the most responsive source of quality information and In partnership with the University of Utah Department of knowledge, ARUP strives to be the reference laboratory of Pathology, ARUP’s Institute for Learning offers credits for a choice for community healthcare systems. ARUP helps its broad range of continuing education opportunities. ARUP’s clients meet the customized needs of their unique Online Scientific Resource for Research and Education, located communities. Together, ARUP and its clients will improve at www.arup.utah.edu, offers more than 17 P.A.C.E.® credits to patient care today and in the future. laboratory professionals and more than 20 CME courses for physicians, all at no cost, with new topics added monthly. ARUP’S WEBSITE www.aruplab.com ARUP’s website, www.aruplab.com, contains the up-to-date, STAFF AND CONSULTANTS searchable Laboratory Test Directory, as well as current ARUP’s medical directors and consultants are nationally and company and testing information, a list of tests by specialty, an internationally recognized pathologists, subspecialty-qualified overview of ARUP’s Suite of Services, education and lab clinicians, and board-certified clinical scientists. These expertise sections, and various other relevant information for professionals make significant contributions in research and ARUP clients. development and support the medical community by providing consultation in all aspects of laboratory medicine; each holds a Available on www.aruplab.com, ARUP Connect™ is a secure, faculty appointment at the University of Utah School of online resource that assists registered clients with Medicine. management of their referral testing. Through Connect, clients can order testing, access test results, manage exceptions, view ARUP’s medical and technical staff author textbooks and invoices, and manage their bills, securely and at their journal articles, as well as present lectures, workshops, and convenience. ARUP Connect