Donald A. Giacherio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Campus Address:
UH 2G332 0054
1500 East Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0054
Phone: 734/936-6775
dgiacher.umich.edu
Annual Report | Biography | Clinical Interests | Research Interests
Departmental Annual Report
Brief Biography
Dr.
Giacherio received his undergraduate degree from Northern Illinois University
in 1974, after which he attended graduate school at the University of
Illinois, from which he earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1980. He then
went to the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,
Minnesota from 1980-1982 for a Postdoctoral Fellowship.
In 1982, Dr. Giacherio came to the Department of Pathology at the University
of Michigan as an Instructor, and was promoted to Assistant Professor
of Pathology and 1986. Since 1985, he has been the Director of the Chemistry
Laboratory at the University Hospital, and, since 1993, the Coordinator
and Technical Director of Ancillary Site Testing for the University of
Michigan Medical Center.
Dr. Giacherio's clinical and research interests are centered on clinical
biochemistry. They include the assessment of myocardial injury using serum
markers, the evaluation of risk factors for coronary artery disease, and
all aspects of point-of-care testing.
Clinical Interests
Pathology, Special and General Chemistry, and clinical
biochemistry.
Research Interests
Cardiovascular risk factors, and apolipoprotein assays.