Geoffrey Baird, MD, PhD

I am an assistant professor in the department of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. I am also an adjunct assistant professor in the department of Pathology at UW, the director of Clinical Chemistry at Harborview Medical Center, and the Laboratory Director of Airlift Northwest. My clinical interests include rational utilization of routine laboratory testing, clinical toxicology including comprehensive drug screening and chronic opioid therapy monitoring, and immunohistochemistry.

In my laboratory, I am interested in developing novel methods for clinical laboratory tests. One technology of particular interest is the Luminex Platform, a system for performing multiplex, bead-based immunoassays, which I am using on tissue homogenates. The goal of this project is to provide quantitative information that complements histomorphologic examination in the diagnosis of diseases in solid tissues. A second technology of interest concerns the use of oligonucleotide aptamers. Developed through the SELEX process, aptamers are short strands of DNA that can form very selective binding reagents. We are attempting to develop novel tissue diagnostics with these reagents.

• Degrees

• Residency/Fellowship

• Keywords

Clinical Chemistry, Oligonucleotide Aptamers, Immunoassays, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

• Languages

English, German