Amy Saenger

Dr. Saenger is responsible for supervising and advising on clinical laboratory protocols, including specimen collection, processing, assays, and biobanking. She is currently an Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Minnesota and Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories, Director of Clinical Chemistry, Point-of-Care, and the Toxicology Laboratory at Hennepin County Medical Center based in Minneapolis, MN.

Prior to joining Hennepin County Medical Center, she was Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Director of the Cardiovascular Laboratory, Central Clinical Laboratory, and the Clinical Chemistry Fellowship Program Director at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Her laboratory has served as the central biochemistry laboratory for numerous large epidemiology research cohorts, clinical trials, studies, and analytical evaluations. In addition, the laboratory has reference lab capabilities for in-vitro diagnostic manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and commercial vendors.

She currently serves as Chair of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry Insulin Standardization Committee and a Member of the Committee on Clinical Applications of Cardiac Biomarkers and Standardization of Cardiac Troponin I.

She has been honored with the American Association for Clinical Chemistry Young Investigator Award and the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry George Grannis Young Investigator Award and authored over 80 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.