Mayo Clinic

Program Director	Associate Director	Program Admin
Maria Alice V. Willrich, Ph.D., DABCC	Jeff W. Meeusen, Ph.D., DABCC	Ann M. Mairose
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology	Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology	Program Coordinator
Willrich.MariaAlice@mayo.edu	Meeusen.Jeffrey@mayo.edu	Mairose.Ann@mayo.edu
(507) 266-4909	(507) 284-9939	(507) 293-2866

About the Program

Training in the Clinical Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellowship is divided into two phases. The first phase is a highly structured eleven-month introduction to clinical laboratory systems and services. Through one-on-one interaction, lectures, case presentations, and laboratory exercises, trainees learn the basic principles of analysis, the pathophysiology of disease, and the application of clinical chemistry to diagnosis. There are multiple rotations through the different laboratories in the divisions of clinical core laboratory services and clinical biochemistry and immunology. The curriculum is aligned with the ABCC/ComACC core competencies expectations for clinical chemists. Content is shared and taught by specialized faculty experts in clinical chemistry, hematology, immunology, cell kinetics, and laboratory genetics. In the second phase, or the final 12-13 months, trainees select one of the clinical laboratories they rotated through during first year and assume increasing responsibility serving in an “acting laboratory directorship” role. Laboratory and patient problems help prepare for the ultimate role as a clinical laboratory director, assistant director, or developmental scientist or manager in a diagnostic-related company. During the second year of fellowship, senior fellows will serve as mentors to junior fellows. Translation research projects started on the first year of fellowship are expected to be fully completed and published in the second year. Second year projects are generally more complex, longer-term projects. There are opportunities for an elective four-week rotation to the Mayo Clinic campus in Phoenix, Arizona, or Jacksonville, Florida, during training.

Program Requirements

To be considered for the program, prospective fellows must have:

1. a PhD or MD degree by the program start date, with strong background in chemistry or biochemistry.

Eligibility of candidates to enter the program aligns with the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (ABCC) pre-requisites.

To Apply

The deadline for applications is August 15 of the year prior to the anticipated start date. The Program Director and the Associate Program Director each review application files independently, choose the top candidates respectively and subsequently meet to narrow their choices to 6-8 candidates for a Zoom call. These initial video interviews may be conducted with prime candidates in an effort to narrow the field, so that 3-4 would be invited to be on campus in person. The Program Director contacts each of the top candidates to extend an invitation to interview. Upon acceptance of an offer to interview, the Education Program Coordinator will contact the candidate via email to arrange the interview date. Mayo Clinic provides lodging for the night prior to the interview. Applicants are responsible for travel arrangements and associated costs. On-campus interview days may consist of panel interviews, candidate research presentation, campus tours and meetings with current fellows. Interviews will happen September 1st onwards. Offers will be made October 1st onwards and stand valid for a maximum of 2 weeks.

The application packet must include:

1. Recruit electronic application
2. Three letters of recommendation (one must be from current advisor or supervisor)
3. Copy of diploma from graduate school or medical school
4. Dean’s letter (if candidate is MD)
5. Official final transcripts
6. Official test transcripts for all applicable examinations
7. Personal statement of professional goals and interest in Clinical Chemistry
8. Curriculum vitae

Training Level

Postdoctoral Training Level
Number of positions available per year: 2 per year
Duration of program: 2 years
Approximate annual salary or stipend: PGY Scale
Source of funding: Supported by Mayo Foundation and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Current number of trainees: 4
Number of past graduates: 91

Faculty

Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, PhD, DABCC	Tumor Markers, Endocrinology, Alzheimer’s Disease
Aneel Ashrani, MD, ABIM	Coagulation
Irina Bancos, MD, ABIM	Endocrinology, Adrenal Tumors
Linnea Baudhuin, PhD, ABMGG	Cardiovascular Genomics, Pharmacogenomics
Nikola Baumann, PhD, DABCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Quality Assurance, Laboratory Automation
Darci Block, PhD, DABCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Informatics, Body fluids
Joshua Bornhorst, PhD, DABCC	Tumor Markers, Endocrinology, Alzheimer’s, Heavy Metals Testing
Leslie Donato, PhD, DABCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Point-of-Care Testing, Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine
Stefan Grebe, MD, PhD, DABCC	Endocrinology, Mass Spectrometry
Jennifer Herrick, MD, ABP-AP/CP	Metabolic Hematology, Non-neoplastic Red Blood Cell Disorders
Nicole Hoppman, PhD, ABMGG	Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Allan Jaffe, MD, ABIM	Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine
Paul Jannetto, PhD, DABCC	Mass Spectrometry, Toxicology, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, Heavy Metals Testing
Brad Karon, MD, PhD, ABP-CP	General Clinical Chemistry, Electrolytes, Leadership and Education
Brooke Katzman, PhD, NRCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Preanalytical Interferences, Laboratory Test Utilization
Attila Kumanovics, MD, ABP-CP, ABMGG	Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Genetics
Loralie Langman, PhD, DABCC, DABFT, CACB	Toxicology
Timothy Larson, MD, ABIM	Renal Laboratory Medicine
John C. Lieske, MD, ABIM	Renal Laboratory Medicine
Dietrich Matern, MD, ABMGG	Biochemical Genetics
Andrew McKeon, MBBCh, MD, DABMLI	Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory Testing
Jeff Meeusen, PhD, DABCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine, Data science
John Mills, PhD, DABCC, ABMGG	Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory Testing, Autoantibody Discovery
Ann Moyer, MD, PhD, ABP-AP/CP, MGP	Genetics, Pharmacogenomics
David Murray, MD, PhD, ABP-AP/CP, FASCP	Special Protein Testing, Monoclonal Gammopathies, Mass Spectrometry
Sean Pittock, MD, ABPN	Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory Testing
Ross Rowsey, PhD, ABMGG	Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
Amir Sadighi Akha, MD, PhD	Cellular and Molecular Immunology
David Sas, DO, ABP, NBME	Renal Laboratory Medicine
Melissa R Snyder, PhD, DABCC	Autoimmune Disease Testing, Monoclonal Antibody Therapies
Anne Tebo, PhD, DABMLI	Autoimmune Disease Testing
Elitza Theel, PhD, DABMM	Microbiology Serology
Silvia Tortorelli, MD, PhD, ABMGG	Biochemical Genetics
Patrick Vanderboom, PhD, DABCC	Autoimmune Disease Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Mass Spectrometry
Vlad Vasile, MD, PhD, ABIM	Cardiovascular Laboratory Medicine
Maria Alice Vieira Willrich, PhD, DABCC	General Clinical Chemistry, Monoclonal Gammopathies, Monoclonal Antibodies, Complement System
Joseph Yao, MD, ABIM, ABMM	Microbiology Serology, COVID, HIV and Hepatitis Testing
Anastasia Zekeridou, MD, PhD, SGKN, ECFMG, FMH	Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory Testing