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Ed Ashwood, M.D.
Professor of Pathology
Edward R. Ashwood, M.D
Titles:
- Director of Laboratories, Chief Medical Officer, ARUP Laboratories since July 2002
- Medical Director, Hepatitis and Retrovirus Laboratory, since July 1992
- Administrative Director of the ARUP Institute, since July 1996
- Medical Director, Specimen Processing and Referral Testing, since December 1998
- Co-director, Clinical Chemistry Fellowship program, since 1991
About Ed Ashwood, M.D.
Dr. Ashwood is a senior vice president and director of laboratories/chief medical officer for ARUP Laboratories, Inc., and also professor of pathology (tenured) at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
Following his undergraduate (BSChE) and medical (MD) education at the University of Colorado, he completed a laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. He joined ARUP and the University of Utah in 1985. He is board certified in clinical pathology with special qualification in chemical pathology. His research interests include clinical chemistry.
Dr. Ashwood co-edits Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics (4th edition), Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry (6th edition), and Fundamentals of Molecular Diagnostics. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and given over 130 invited lectures worldwide.
Selected Publications
- Lo SF, Doumas BT, Ashwood ER. Bilirubin proficiency testing using specimens containing unconjugated bilirubin and human serum: Results of a College of American Pathologists Study. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2004;128:1219–23.
- Miller WG, Myers GL, Ashwood ER, Killeen AA, Wang E, Thienpont LM, Siekmann L. Creatinine measurement: state of the art in accuracy and inter-laboratory harmonization. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2005;129:297–304.
- Konnick EQ, Erali M, Ashwood ER, Hillyard DR. Evaluation of the COBAS Amplicor HBV Monitor Assay and Comparison with the Ultrasensitive HBV Hybrid Capture 2 Assay for Quantification of Hepatitis B Virus DNA. J Clin Micro 2005;43:596–603.
- Konnick EQ, Williams SM, Ashwood ER, Hillyard DR. Evaluation of the COBAS Hepatitis C virus (HCV) TaqMan analyte specific reagent assay and comparison to the COBAS Amplicor HCV Monitor V2.0 and Versant HCV bDNA 3.0 assays. J Clin Micro 2005;43:2133–40.
- Bornhorst JA, Cousins R, Pili AT, Erickson JA, Ashwood ER. Evaluation of the efficacy of chloroform extraction of amniotic fluid bilirubin. Clin Chem 2006;52: 2020-1.
- Cloud JL, Bauman SK, Neary BP, Ludwig KG, Ashwood ER. Performance characteristics of a polyclonal enzyme immunoassay for the quantitation of Histoplasma antigen in human urine samples. Am J Clin Pathol 2007; in press.
- Bornhorst JA, Calderon FRO, Procter M, Tang W, Ashwood ER, Mao R. Genotypes and serum concentrations of human alpha-1-antrypsin “P” protein variants in a clinical population. J Clin Pathol 2007; in press.
- Bornhorst JA, Procter M, Meadows C, Ashwood ER, Mao R. An integrative diagnostic algorithm for the identification of individuals at risk for alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. Am J Clin Pathol 2007; in press.
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Honors and Awards
- 1971 Regents Scholar, University of Colorado
- 1972 Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society), University of Colorado
- 1973 Alpha Epsilon Delta (Premedical Honor Society), University of Colorado
- 1974 Monsanto Scholarship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado
- 1975 Perry M. Singleton Award (outstanding Chemical Engineering graduate), University of Colorado
- 1977 Letter of Commendation, University of Colorado School of Medicine
- 1980 Chief Resident, Dept of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington
- 1982 Young Investigators Award, ACLPS, Seattle, Washington
- 1987 First prize for research, AACC Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting, Santa Fe
- 1992 Outstanding Teaching in Clinical Pathology, Residents Award, University of Utah
- 1996-1999 Outstanding Speaker Award, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- 1997 Outstanding Teaching in Clinical Pathology, Residents Award, University of Utah
- 1998 Gerald T. Evans Award, ACLPS, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2001-2004 Outstanding Speaker Award, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- 2002 Outstanding Teaching in Clinical Pathology, Residents Award, University of Utah