Additional Titles
- Co-Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
- Medical Director, Point of Care Testing, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Education
- BA, Biology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1974
- MS, Biology: University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 1977
- PhD, Immunology: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1982
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Chemistry: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1984
Board Certifications
- Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Chemistry, 1990
Recognition
- President, American Board of Clinical Chemistry, 1998-2000
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry Award for Outstanding Contributions in Education, 2000
- President, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 2005
- President, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, 2009
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry/Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, Trans-Atlantic Lectureship Award, 2010
- Associate Editor, Clinical Chemistry, 2006 – Present
Clinical Interests
- Glucose Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients
- Cardiac Biomarkers
- Clinical Trials of New Diagnostic Markers
- General Clinical Chemistry
- Point of Care Testing
Research Interests
I have been the principal investigator on over 60 industry-sponsored or investigator-initiated clinical studies of new laboratory tests and biomarkers.
Publications
| Farnsworth CW, Bailey AL, Jaffe AS, Scott MG. Diagnostic concordance between NT-proBNP and BNP for suspected heart failure. Clin Biochem 2018;59:50-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.07.002 |
| Brown, JC, Samaha, E, Rao, S, Helwani, MA, Duma, A, Brown, F, Gage, BF, Miller, JP, Jaffe, AS, Apple, FS, Scott, MG, Nagele, P High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Improves the Diagnosis of Perioperative MI. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2017;125 (Nov):1455 – 62. https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000002240 |
| Zhang R, Isakow W, Kollef MH, Scott MG. Performance of a modern glucose meter in intensive care unit and general hospital inpatients: Three years of real-world paired meter and central laboratory results. Crit Care Med 2017;45:1509–1514. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000002572 |
| Sudarshan S, Novak E, Hock K, Scott MG, Geltman, EM: Use of Biomarkers to Predict Readmission for Congestive Heart Failure. Am J Cardiol 2017:119:445-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.10.022 |
| Schindler EI, Szymanski JJ, Hock KG, Geltman EM, Scott MG: Short- and long-term biologic variability of Galectin-3 and other cardiac biomarkers in patients with stable heart failure and healthy adults. Clin Chem 2016;62:360-6. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2015.246553 |
| Szymanski JJ, Otrock ZK, Patel K, Scott MG: Incidence of humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy among hypercalcemic patients with cancer. Clin Chim Acta. 2016 Jan;453:190-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2015.12.017 |
| Wilen CB, Szymanski JJ, Hung S, Rajan A, Lavigne PM, Char DM, Geltman EM, Scott MG. Impact on patient management and outcome of switching between 2 contemporary sensitive cardiac troponin assays. Clin Chem 2015;61:870-876. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2015.238089 |
| Nagele P, Brown F, Gage BF, Gibson DW, Miller JP, Jaffe AS, Apple FS, Scott MG. High-sensitivity cardiac Troponin T in prediction and diagnosis of myocardial infarction and long-term mortality after non-cardiac surgery. Am Heart J 2013;166:325-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.018 |
| Finfer S, Wernerman J, Preiser J-C, Cass T, Desaive T, Hovorka, Joseph JI, Kosiborod M, Krinsley J, Mackenzie I, Mesotten D, Schulz M, Scott MG, Slingerland R, Van den Berghe G and Van Herpe T. Consensus recommendations on measurement of blood glucose and reporting glycemic control in critically ill adults. Critical Care 2013;17:229-40. https://doi.org/10.1186/cc12537 |
| Scott MG, Bruns DE, Boyd JA, Sacks DB. Tight Glucose Control in the Intensive Care Unit: Are Glucose Meters up to the Task? Clin Chem 2009 55:18-20. https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2008.117291 |
Assistant
Julie Shafferkoetter
314-362-3186
shafferkoetterj@wustl.edu
Lab Phone: 314-362-1475