Jonathan R. Genzen, MD, PhD, MBA

Senior Director of Governmental Affairs
Professor (Clinical), University of Utah

Education

• Medical Degree—University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
• Doctorate Degree—University of Chicago, Committee on Neurobiology
• Master’s Degree—Cornell University, SC Johnson College of Business/Queen’s University, Smith School of Business
• Residency—Yale-New Haven Hospital and VA Connecticut Healthcare System
• Research Fellowship—Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine

Certification/Affiliations

• American Board of Pathology
• Utah State Medical License
• New York State Medical License
• Fellow, American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Fellow, College of American Pathologists
• Member, American Association for Clinical Chemistry
• Member, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists

Research Interests

• Laboratory automation and process improvement
• Clinical chemistry

Recent Publications

• Smith L, Carricaburu LA, Genzen JR. The US FDA’s proposed rule on laboratory-developed tests: impacts on clinical laboratory testing. Pract Lab Med. 2024;40:e00407.
• Genzen JR, Moser KA. The FDA’s proposed rule on laboratory-developed tests: what happens next? Lab Med. 2024;55(2):109-110.
• Rychert J, Schmidt RL, Genzen JR. Laboratory-developed tests account for a small minority of tests ordered in an academic hospital system. Am J Clin Pathol. 2023;160(3):297-302.
• Genzen JR, Souers RJ, Pearson LN, et al. Reported awareness and adoption of 2021 estimated glomerular filtration rate equations among US clinical laboratories, March 2022. JAMA. 2022;328(20):2060-2062.
• Allison TR, Hunsaker JJH, La'ulu SL, et al. Evaluation of an adenosine deaminase (ADA) assay in serum, pleural, pericardial, peritoneal, and cerebrospinal fluids on the Roche cobas c501 analyzer. Clin Biochem. 2022;109-110:57-63.
• Genzen JR, Rychert J, George TI. Integrity of SARS-CoV-2 laboratory-developed tests. JAMA. 2022;328(5):478.
• Brown K, Duzan D, Fong K, et al. ASCP Board of Certification Survey of medical laboratory science education 2020 programs. Lab Med.  2022;53(6):e159-e163.
• Genzen JR, Nwosu A, Long T, et al. An international survey of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase laboratory reporting practices: implications for tafenoquine eligibility assessment. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2022;146(10):1211-1217.
• Hunsaker JJH, La'ulu SL, LaGrave D, et al. Tobacco and cannabis use during pregnancy. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022;157(1):146-152.
• Patel MK, El-Khoury JM, Simundic AM, et al. Evolution of blood sample transportation and monitoring technologies. Clin Chem. 2021;67(6):812-819.