CURRICULUM VITAE
Robert D. Nerenz PhD
Robert D. Nerenz PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
8777 Connell Avenue |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
2001 - 2005 B.A., Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT |
2005 - 2010 Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Chemistry, Washington University |
2017 Mass Spectrometry Assay Development Course, Yale School of Medicine |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
2015 - 2016 Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
2016 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH |
2022 - Present Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2015 - 2016 Director of Clinical Chemistry Residency Training, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY |
2016 - 2020 Assistant Director of Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2016 - Present Assistant Director of Clinical Chemistry Residency Training, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2020 - 2022 Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry Fellowship, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
2015 - 2016 Associate Director, Core Clinical Laboratory, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY |
2015 - 2016 Director, Point-of-Care Testing, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY |
2016 - 2021 Assistant Director, Clinical Chemistry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2017 - 2022 Director, Community Laboratories, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Community Group Practices, Concord, Manchester and Nashua, NH |
2021 - 2022 Associate Director, Clinical Chemistry, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2022 - Present Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry, Director, Point of Care Testing, Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Board Certified | Issue Date | Expiration |
Certified by the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) | 2015 | None |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2013 - Present American Association of Clinical Chemistry (Member) |
2014 - 2016 AACC Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council Question Bank (Contributor) |
2015 - 2017 The Pregnancy Lab Blog (Contributor) |
2016 - 2018 AACC Clinical Chemistry Trainee Council Question Bank (Member) |
2016 - Present AACC Annual Meeting Student Poster Contest Committee (Member) |
2016 - 2020 AACC SYCL Core Committee (Member) |
2016 - 2017 AACC SYCL Workshop Committee (Chair-Elect) |
2017 - 2018 AACC CPOCT International Symposium Planning Committee (Member) |
2017 - 2020 AACC SYCL Mentoring Subcommittee (Co-Chair) |
2017 - 2018 AACC SYCL Workshop Committee (Chair) |
2017 - Present AACC Annual Meeting Abstract Review (Member) |
2018 - 2019 AACC Northeast Local Section (Program Chair) |
2018 - Present |
2018 - Present ASCP Case Reports Editorial Committee (Contributor Member) |
2018 - 2019 AACC Annual Meeting 2019 Organizing Committee (Member) |
2018 - Present American Board of Clinical Chemistry AACC CPOCT International (Member) |
2018 - Present AACC CPOCT Certification Exam (Contributor) |
2019 - 2020 AACC Academy: Committee on Laboratory Testing in the Assessment of Preterm Labor (Chair) |
2019 - 2020 AACC Northeast Local Section (Chair) |
2020 - Present AACC Annual Meeting Student Poster Contest Committee (Chair) |
2020 - 2021 AACC Northeast Local Section (Past Chair) |
2021 - Present AACC Academy Content Development Committee (Member ) |
2022 - 2024 ADLM Endocrine Division (Chair-Elect) |
2023 - 2024 American Board of Clinical Chemistry (Vice President - Credentials) |
2023 - 2024 American Board of Clinical Chemistry (Vice President - Credentials) |
2024 - 2025 ADLM Annual Meeting 2025 (Vice-Chair Organizing Committee ) |
2024 - Present American Board of Clinical Chemistry (President) |
2024 - Present ADLM Endocrine Division (President) |
2024 - Present ADLM Endocrine Division (Chair) |
2024 - Present ADLM (Annual Meeting 2025 Organizing Committee Vice-Chair) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorship |
2020 Clinical Laboratory News, AACC Annual Meeting Special Edition |
2020 Clinics in Laboratory Medicine Direct to Consumer Testing Special Issue |
2021 Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical 9th Edition |
2022 - Present Clinical Chemistry |
LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2017 - 2022 Co-Chair, Lab Subcommittee, OneCare Vermont |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2017 - 2022 Co-Chair, Lab Subcommittee, OneCare Vermont |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2019 - Present Member, Board of Directors, American Board of Clinical Chemistry |
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COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2023 - Present Member, Pathology Grand Rounds Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin |
Hospital |
2015 - 2016 Member, Diagnostic Imaging and Testing Committee, University of Kentucky Medical Center, KY |
2015 - 2016 Chair, Point of Care Testing Committee, University of Kentucky Medical Center, KY |
2016 - Present Co-Chair, Test Utilization Committee, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2016 - Present Member, Point of Care Testing Committee, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2018 - 2019 Chemistry Assistant Member, Director Search Committee, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
2020 - 2022 Member, COVID Antigen Testing Committee, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH |
MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
2022 - Present Medical College of Wisconsin, Lab Essentials, Endocrine Fellows Lecturer |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Medical Student Education |
2016 - 2021 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, University of New Hampshire Clinical Laboratory Science Internship at DHMC Lecturer |
2018 - 2022 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Understanding Laboratory Testing, 1st Year Medical Students |
2022 - Present Marquette University, MLS Senior Students Lecturer |
Graduate Student Education |
2015 - 2016 University of Kentucky Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Didactic Lectures,
2nd and 3rd Year Pathology Residents
Lecturer |
2016 - Present Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Didactic Lectures,
2nd and 3rd Year Pathology Residents
Lecturer |
2016 - Present Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Didactic Lectures,
1st Year Anesthesiology Residents
Lecturer |
2016 - Present Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Didactic Lectures,
2nd and 3rd Year Pathology Residents
Lecturer |
2018 - 2020 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Understanding Laboratory Testing, 1st Year Medical Students, Lecturer |
2018 - Present Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Thyroid 101: Internal Medicine Residents, Lecturer |
Postdoctoral Fellow Education |
2016 - Present Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Didactic Lectures Lecturer and Course Organizer |
EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED: |
Undergraduate Students |
2018 Matt Reed, SNHU Undergrad, • April 2021: Middle Author, Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women Using Automated Immunoassays. Clinical Chemistry |
Medical Students |
2023 - 2024 Erin Earll, BS, March 2024: Podium and poster presentation “Clinical Impact of New Reference Intervals for the Roche Prolactin II Immunoassay”, MCW 10th Annual Department of Medicine Research Retreat
April 2024: Lead Author, Clinical Impact of New Reference Intervals for the Roche Prolactin II Immunoassay, Journal of the Endocrine Society. |
2024 - Present Jack Klahr, BS |
Clinical/Research Fellows |
2016 - 2018 David Kemble, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Instructor, Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cente November 2018: Lead Author, Analytical and Clinical Validation of Two Commercially Available Immunoassays Used in the Detection of TSHR Antibodies, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine July 2017: Lead Author, The Urine That Would Not Freeze, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine |
2017 - 2019 Grace Williams, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University
May 2020: Lead Author, Clinical Validation of a 106-SNV MALDI-ToF MS Pharmacogenomic Panel, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine Jun 2019: Lead Author, Not Your Ordinary Rash, Clinical Chemistry
• Mar 2018: Lead Author, Assessment of Biotin Interference With Qualitative Point-of-Care hCG Test Devices, Clinical Biochemistry |
2018 - 2020 Aaron Geno, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
November 2021: Lead Author, Gamma Glutamyl Transferase Activity Has Limited Utility in Assessment of Alkaline Phosphatase Elevations. Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
April 2021: Lead Author, Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Pregnant Women Using Automated Immunoassays. Clinical ChemistryNovember 2020: Lead Author, Improved Recognition of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D2 by 2 Automated Immunoassays, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
December 2018: Lead Author, ASCP Case Report CC1806 – Diabetic Ketoacidosis |
2019 - 2021 Bradley Poore, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
September 2021: Lead Author, A Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid and Spike Antibody Detection Using Three Commercially Available Automated Immunoassays, Clinical Biochemistry
October 2020: Lead Author, ASCP Case Report CC2005 – Antimullerian Hormone |
2020 - 2022 Michael Kelliher, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
January 2022: Lead Author “Comparison of Symptoms and Antibody Response Following Administration of Moderna or Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines”, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.August 2021: Lead Author, ASCP Case Report CC2104 – Pancreatitis |
2021 - 2023 Yasel Alvarez, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
August 2022: Lead Author, ASCP Case Report CC2204 – Preeclampsia |
Zahra Shajani Yi, PhD, Clinical Chemistry Fellow, Fellow, American Board of Clinical Chemistry
September 2017: Lead Author, Ready to Settle, Clinical Chemistry |
PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS: |
Educational Programs |
Fellow |
Creating Clinical Chemistry Rotation for First Year Endocrine Fellows |
Resident |
Creating Case-based Learning modules in Laboratory Medicine for trainees and medical students |
Clinical Programs |
Creating Clinical Decision Support for Autoimmune Neurology Sendout Panels |
Developing an eConsult program for patient-requested testing |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS : |
2010 - 2012 Pharmaceutical Product Development: Scientist |
2018 - Present Roche Advisory Board Member
Immunosuppressant Drugs |
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: |
2017 Yale School of Medicine Mass Spectrometry Assay Development Course |
