Patrick C. Mathias, MD, PhD
Pathology and Medical Informatics, Medical Editorial Board
Biographical Information
Dr. Patrick C. Mathias, MD, PhD is a third year Clinical Pathology resident at the University of Washington. He completed his MD/PhD training at the University of Illinois in 2012, where he applied nanotechnology to develop more sensitive technologies for detecting DNA and proteins. Currently he practices at the intersection of Pathology Informatics, Clinical Chemistry, and Molecular Diagnostics. He has combined his background in engineering with specialty training in Laboratory Medicine to develop clinical mass spectrometry assays for opioid monitoring and to design novel quality control techniques for clinical genomic testing based on next-generation sequencing. He also works on applying analytics to improve the processes of laboratory test ordering and interpretation.
Contribution To DoveMed
Dr. Mathias creates and reviews DoveMed content related to laboratory medicine and new medical technologies.
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Dr. Mathias believes that the public should have online health information resources that deliver valuable and reliable information when patients, caregivers, and medical professionals need it. DoveMed provides a wide variety of useful content that has been created and evaluated by expert medical professionals for a lay audience, without bias from commercial entities.