UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

Gerald J. Kost, M.D. , Ph.D.

Title: Director of Clinical Chemistry
Professor

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Residence:	Davis, California, USA
Undergraduate Education:	Stanford University Palo Alto, California B.S.\|M.S. 1967
Medical Education:	UC San Francisco School of Medicine San Francisco, California M.D. 1978
Other School:	University of California, San Diego San Diego, California 1977
Residency:	University of Washington Seattle, Washington 1980-82 Laboratory Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 1978-80 Neurology
Fellowship:	University of Washington Seattle, Washington 1982-83
Board Certifications:	American Board of Pathology, 1983
Professional Memberships:	Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists American Association for Clinical Chemistry American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology American Heart Association Biomedical Engineering Society National Board of Medical Examiners Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Clinical/Research Interests: Gerald J. Kost provides strategic planning and resource utilization assistance for emergency departments and critical care and transplant centers. Kost directs the Point-of-Care Testing Center for Teaching and Research. His research focuses on myocardial injury, ionized calcium, point-of-care testing, critical limits, and knowledge optimization to improve outcomes. He has served as an editorial reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association and other publications.
Publications: Kost, G.J. Preventing medical errors in point-of-care testing: Security, validation, performance, safeguards, and connectivity. Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. 125:1307-1315, 2001. Louie, R.F., Z. Tang, J.H. Lee, K.J. Somsanith, and Kost, G.J. Clinical evaluation of heparin and EDTA effects on four glucose meters for point-of-care testing. Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing and Technology. Preview Issue: 10-11, 2001. Tang, Z., R.F. Louie, J.H. Lee, D.M. Lee, E.E. Miller, and G.J. Kost. Oxygen effects on glucose meter measurements with glucose dehydrogenase- and oxidase-based test strips for point-of-care testing. Critical Care Medicine. 29:1062-1070, 2001 Jahr, J.S., B. Driessen, F. Lurie, Z. Tang, R.F. Louie, and G. Kost. Oxygen saturation measurements in canine blood containing hemoglobin glutamer-20 (bovine): In vitro validation of the NOVA CO-Oximeter. Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 30:39-45, 2001.