CHILDx Advisory Board

The CHILDx Advisory Board is comprised of leaders in pediatric laboratory medicine and other healthcare professionals recruited from the academic and clinical environments

Chair of CHILDx:

Marzia Pasquali, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Medical Director for Biochemical Genetics
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Co-chair of CHILDx:

Ronald L. Weiss, MD, MBA


Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

President and Chief Operating Officer
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Board Members:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Edward R. Ashwood, MD 



Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Chief Medical Officer
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Mark Astill, MS



Group Manager, Technical Vice President
Research and Development
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Phillip R. Bach, PhD



Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Director of Chemistry
Primary Children's Medical Center

Clinical Chemist
Intermountain Health Care

Salt Lake City, UT

Carlo Brugnara, MD



Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School

Department of Laboratory Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Boston

Boston, MA

Gregory Buffone, PhD



Professor of Pathology
Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Laboratories
Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

Cheryl M. Coffin, MD


Vice Chair Anatomic Pathology
and Director Translational Research
Professor of Pathology
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Sharon M. Geaghan, MD



Associate Professor, Pathology and Pediatrics
Co-Director, Clinical Laboratories
Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Palo Alto, CA

Marilyn S. Hamilton, MD, PhD



Associate Director of Clinical Laboratories
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Kansas City, MO

Harry R. Hill, MD



Professor & Associate Chair of Pathology
Head, Division of Clinical Pathology
Professor of Pediatrics & Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine

Senior Vice President
Group Medical Director
Laboratories of Immunology and Infectious Diseases
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Michael Laposata, MD, PhD

Executive Vice Chair and Director of the Division of Laboratory Medicine for the Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Medical Director of Clinical Laboratories and
Chief of Pathology Services
Vanderbilt University Hospital

Nashville, TN

Gillian Lockitch, MBChB, MD



Professor Emerita: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia

Vancouver, BC

Nicola Longo, MD, PhD



Professor of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine

Salt Lake City, UT

Naomi Luban, MD



Chief, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Children’s Hospital National Medical Center

Washington, DC

A. Wayne Meikle, MD



Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Medical Director of Endocrine Testing Laboratory
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Mary Murray, MD



Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology
University of Utah School of Medicine


Medical Director of Pediatric Diabetes
Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT

Jeanne Panlener, BS, MT(ASCP)



Technical Service Specialist
Pathologist On-Call Coordinator
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Deborah Perry, MD



Director, Children's Pathology
Children’s Hospital

Omaha, NE

Maria Proytcheva, MD



Assistant Professor of Pathology                                        
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, IL

Theodore J. Pysher, MD



Professor of Pathology and Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine

Medical Director of Laboratories
Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT

Piero Rinaldo, MD, PhD



Professor of Laboratory Medicine
Mayo Clinic and Foundation

Director
Mayo Clinic Biochemical Genetics Laboratory

Rochester, MN

William L. Roberts, MD, PhD



Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Utah School of Medicine

Medical Director of Automated Core Lab
Director of Clinical Chemistry
ARUP Laboratories

Salt Lake City, UT

Beverly B. Rogers, MD



Chief of Pathology
Children’s Medical Center of Dallas

Professor of Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical School

Dallas, TX

Joe C. Rutledge, MD



Professor of Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine

Medical Director of Laboratories
Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Suresh G. Shelat, MD, PhD



Assistant Professor of Pathology
University of Pennsylvania

Medical Director - Hematology Laboratory
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Paul Steele, MD



Associate Professor of Pathology
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

Medical Director of Clinical Laboratories
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Darrel Yamane, MBA



Laboratory Administrative Director
Primary Children's Medical Center

Salt Lake City, UT