Darci R Block

Darci Block PhD, DABCC completed her PhD in chemistry from North Dakota State University and clinical chemistry fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Since that time, she has been the co-medical director of the Central Clinical Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA. As it pertains to body fluid testing expertise, she has been the technical director of body fluid chemistry testing in a high volume core and reference laboratory, published in the peer reviewed...See more

Darci Block PhD, DABCC completed her PhD in chemistry from North Dakota State University and clinical chemistry fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Since that time, she has been the co-medical director of the Central Clinical Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA. As it pertains to body fluid testing expertise, she has been the technical director of body fluid chemistry testing in a high volume core and reference laboratory, published in the peer reviewed literature on the subject of validating body fluid tests, authored two book chapters on the subject, developed a learning module on body fluids for the Area9 Learning Lab (AACC initiative), presented numerous times over the past 10 years at AACC through workshops and brown bag sessions on this subject, and served as vice chair for the CLSI revision of C49 Body Fluid Testing in the Clinical Chemistry Lab published in 2018 See less