Lab Literacy for Doctors: A Guide to Ordering the Right Tests for Better Patient Care

Christopher Naugler, MD, FRCPC, is a general pathologist and family physician with wide-ranging research, teaching, and clinical experience. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary, and the zone clinical section chief of general pathology with Alberta Health Services.

Ethan Flynn, MD, is an anatomic and clinical pathologist with extensive clinical, administrative and teaching experience. He served in the U.S. Navy as program director of the anatomic and clinical pathology residency program at National Naval Medical Center (“the President’s hospital”).  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry (DABCC), fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB), associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Calgary, and is currently the medical lead for clinical pathology, South Health Campus, Alberta Health Services.