Clinical Chemist | Toxicologist | Assistant Professor @UKYMedicine. Opinions are my own.

Lexington, KY
Joined May 2012
Surviving on science, coffee, and poster pins at #ADLM2025 with the unstoppable crew from @UKYpathology! @RobDMaynard @hindmalaeb @JessHampton14 Talks? ✔️ Roundtables? ✔️ Posters? ✔️ #TeamUKY #ClinicalChemistry
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Congratulations to @ClinChemJoe for winning the SYCL Mentorship Award 🎉! Your dedication, “wisdom”, and guidance have made an incredible impact on all of us. Thank you for being an outstanding mentor. Well deserved! #Mentorship #Leadership #Inspiration #ADLM2024
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Celebrating National Laboratory Professionals Week! A huge thank you to all the laboratory personnel whose behind-the-scenes work powers healthcare every day. #LabProsWeek 🧪🔬#LabWeek2024 @UKYpathology
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We're hiring! Dive into the world of clinical lab science as a Development Scientist. Seeking #Innovators with BS, MS, or PhD with experience in chromatography and mass spectrometry💼💡 Competitive salary, cutting-edge environment. Apply by 02/26! ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/5091…
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💉Clinical #Toxicology Series: "Unexpected Negative Zolpidem Urine #Drug Test in a Compliant Patient" by Emily Shang @IChoucair @ClinChemJoe @Yale_LabMed @YaleMed. #MedTwitter #MedX #LabMedX #PathX 👇 buff.ly/3tfFSBC
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They're not just statistics; for goodness' sake, they're children. Over a million kids have been killed, injured, or traumatized. Each one of them has a story, a family, dreams, ambitions, and more.
Heartbreaking... Yusuf: You are not just in heaven now, but in our hearts, too. ❤️❤️
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Our new study showed that Rapid Serum Tubes (RST) can protect the sample from hemolysis during transport and does not have the same “outliers” seen with high sensitivity Troponin in plasma samples (PST & Barricor). Kudos to @hindmalaeb @Yale_LabMed 👇 nam12.safelinks.protection.o…
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Ibrahim Choucair retweeted
Great talk for time management! @myADLM #2023aacc @ClinChemJoe
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Replying to @Yale_LabMed
@Yale_LabMed's own @LeeEdward giving a great talk on his research involving alloimmunization at ACLPS 2023 in Charlottesville. Great talk Ed!
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Congratulations to our graduating clinical chemistry fellow @IChoucair who was also awarded the @Yale_LabMed’s “Peter Jatlow Outstanding Research Award”!! You make us proud! #LabMedTwitter #PathTwitter #MedTwitter @Yale
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Replying to @ClinChemJoe
@ClinChemJoe explains why 21 million Americans may be taking #levothyroxine unnecessarily because current "normal ranges" for #TSH do not account for its wide seasonal variability. @Medscape interview: buff.ly/3olwaLv @YaleMed #MedTwitter 👇 buff.ly/45dIRbV
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Congratulations to Clinical Chemistry's Social Media Editor Joe M. El-Khoury, winner of the 2023 IFCC Young Investigator Award!
Congratulatios to Dr Joe M. EL-KHOURY (United States) for winner of the 2023 IFCC Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Snibe. ifcc.org/ifcc-news/archive/2…
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Last year we implemented high sensitivity #troponin ⁦@YaleMed⁩ ⁦⁦@Yale_LabMed⁩. This is part of our story #MedTwitter #PathTwitter #emergencymedicine. Full story and video can be accessed here: ynhhs.org/publications/bulle…
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Long live Laboratory developed tests (LDTs)
In a victory for patient care and laboratory medicine, Congress excluded the VALID Act from its end of year omnibus bill. Read more: ow.ly/kGHC50MbJ3Z
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Our latest work is out on impurity ratios for mass spec #toxicological analysis, with @IChoucair @ThomasDurantMD courtesy of @Yale_LabMed.
A preliminary study of hydrocodone and hydromorphone to oxycodone ratios for distinguishing impurities from independent opioid use dlvr.it/SfWtZV
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#VALIDAct is dead. Long live #CLIA. When the omnibus end-of-year appropriations bill was released this morning VALID was not included. As a result, there will be no legally mandated @US_FDA oversight of lab-developed tests or CLIA labs for at least the next few years.
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Laboratorians looking for ways to detect IV-fluid contamination in clinical blood samples, check out our paper to see how wet chemistry experiments helped us build new middleware rules. #clinicalchemistry authors.elsevier.com/c/1g3lN…
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Clinical #Toxicology Series: "An Unusual Case of High 6-Monoacetylmorphine and Low Morphine in Urine: #Heroin Abuse or Analytical Error?" by @IChoucair, @ClinChemJoe, @ThomasDurantMD et al. from @Yale_LabMed Link: buff.ly/3Se7Hka #PathTwitter #ClinicalChemistry
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