Rod Markin

Rod Markin

Dr. Rodney Smith "Rod" Markin, M.D., Ph.D., (born 1956) is an American pioneer and leading authority in the field of laboratory automation. In 1993, he designed and created one of the world's first automated clinical laboratory specimen, device and analyzer management systems. In the mid 1990s, he chaired a standards group called the Clinical Testing Automation Standards Steering Committee (CTASSC) of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, which later evolved into an area committee of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.

A hepatic pathologist by training, Markin continues to be a leading researcher in the field of clinical systems automation. Currently he is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Business Development and Chief Technology Officer at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and serves as the David T. Purtilo Professor in the Department of Pathology and Microbiology in UNMC's College of Medicine. Prior to his current position he was the Interim Dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, Board Chairman and President and CEO of UNMC Physicians, an academic medical practice which includes more than 500 physicians, and has held several other positions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

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