Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control

Amitava Dasgupta received his Ph. D in chemistry from Stanford University and completed his fellowship training in Clinical Chemistry from the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine at Seattle. He is board certified in both Toxicology and Clinical Chemistry by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry. Currently, he is a tenured Full Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center and Director of Clinical Laboratories at the University of Kansas Hospital. Prior to this appointment he was a tenured Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas McGovern medical School from February 1998 to April 2022. He has 252 papers to his credit. He is in the editorial board of four journals including Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Clinica Chimica Acta, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis.Amer Wahed is a graduate of Medicine, training initially in Internal Medicine at Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, England. He subsequently trained in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. After working for several years in a private setting, he joined the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Associate Director of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology at Memorial-Hermann Hospital at the Texas Medical Center. He is also the Associate Director of the Pathology Residency Program at the University of Texas-Houston Medical School. Dr. Wahed has a strong interest in teaching and is actively involved in the education of medical students, graduate students, residents, and fellows. He has been recognized for his teaching contributions through awards from his department, as well as the Office of the Dean. He is also active in mentoring pathology residents in research and has published multiple papers in peer-reviewed journals.

• 1. Instrumentation and Analytical Methods2. Immunoassay Platform and Designs3. Pre-Analytical Variables4. Laboratory Statistics and Quality Control5. Water, Homeostasis, Electrolytes, and Acid–Base Balance6. Lipid Metabolism and Disorders7. Carbohydrate Metabolism, Diabetes, and Hypoglycemia8. Cardiac Markers9. Endocrinology10. Liver Diseases and Liver Function Tests11. Renal Function Tests12. Inborn Errors of Metabolism13. Tumor Markers14. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring15. Interferences in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring16. Drugs of Abuse Testing17. Challenges in Drugs of Abuse Testing: Magic Mushrooms, Peyote Cactus, and Designer Drugs18. Testing for Ethyl Alcohol (Alcohol) and Other Volatiles19. Common Poisonings Including Heavy Metal Poisoning20. Pharmacogenomics21. Hemoglobinopathy22. Protein Electrophoresis and Immunofixation23. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis Testing24. Autoimmunity, Complement, and Immunodeficiency25. Effect of Herbal Supplements on Clinical Laboratory Test Results