Dr. Benjamin Andress
Benjamin Andress, PhD,DABCC, MLS(ASCP)CM
Associate Director, Clinical Chemistry
100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA 17822-1930
800-695-6491
Dr. Andress is an associate of Geisinger Medical Laboratories at Geisinger Medical
Center, where he serves as the associate director of clinical chemistry.
Education:
Dr. Andress received bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science at Michigan State University, his Ph.D. in pathology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and completed a clinical chemistry fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Certifications:
Dr. Andress is board-certified in clinical chemistry.
Professional Committees:
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians
Research Interests:
Clinical chemistry, laboratory efficiency and utilization, and bioinformatics.
Honors and Awards
Academy’s Distinguished Abstract Award
Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine, July 2024
Lipoproteins and Vascular Diseases Division Abstract Award
Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine, July 2024
Endocrine Division Best Abstract Award
American Association for Clinical Chemistry, July 2023
Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Award
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, June 2023
MSACL Poster Award
Society for Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Laboratory, April 2023
Recent Academic Activity
Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:
Wang Q*, Andress B*, Pazdernik V, Coker J, Larson D, Dasari S, Rajkumar SV, Dispenzieri A, Murray D, Willrich MA. Comparison of two free light chain assays: performance of the free light chain ratio as risk factor for MGUS progression. Clin Chem 2024. *co-first authors
Andress B, Hoffman M, McNulty AL. Analytical Validation and Quality Control/Quality Assurance Practices for Improved Rigor and Reproducibility of Biochemical Assays in Orthopaedic Research. J Orthop Res 2022.
Andress B*, Irwin RM*, Puranam I, Hoffman BD, McNulty AL. A Tale of Two Loads: Modulation of IL-1 Induced Inflammatory Response of Meniscal Cells in Two Models of Dynamic Physiologic Loading. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022. *co-first authors
Andress B, Kim JH, Cutcliffe HC, Amendola A, Goode A, Varghese S, DeFrate LE, McNulty AL. Meniscus cell regional phenotypes: Dedifferentiation and reversal by biomaterial embedding.J Orthop Resh 2020
Arrigoni P, Ruprecht JC, Chasse D, Glass KA, Andress B, Guilak F, Weinberg JB, McNulty AL. Optimization of Meniscus Cell Transduction Using Lentivirus and Adenassociated Virus for Gene Editing and Tissue Engineering Applications. Cartilage 2021
Abstracts, Posters, and Invited Presentations:
Andress B. Data Analysis in R: Lowering the Barrier to Entry for the Clinical Laboratory (roundtable). Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM), 7/2024, Chicago, IL
Andress B, Vasile V, Jaffe A, Donato L, Meeusen J. “Lipids in the Afternoon: Effect on LDL-C, Triglycerides, and Collection Time When Removing Fasting Requirements for Lipid Panels”, ADLM Annual Meeting, 7/2024
Andress B, Lasho A, Donato L, Block DR, Meeusen J. “Clinical utility of pancreatic cyst fluid glucose for identification of mucinous cysts”, Association of Clinical Scientists (ACS) Annual Meeting, 4/2024
Andress B, Block D, Baumann A. “Pediatric Cortisol Reference Intervals (RI): Impact of Age-Specific RI on the Rate of Abnormal “Low” Cortisol Results”, American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, 7/2023
Andress B, Wang Q, Pazdernik V, Kalass S, Dispenzieri A, Murray D, Willrich M. “Comparison of two free light chain assays: performance of the free light chain ratio as risk factor for MGUS progression”, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists (ACLPS) Annual Meeting, 2023
Andress B, Miller S, Maus A, Kemp J, Ness K, Villont J, Grebe S, Bornhors J, AlgecirasSchimnich A. “Undetectable Serum Thyroglobulin (Tg) in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Antibodies, Assay Limitation, or Other?”, Association for Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab (MSACL) Annual Meeting, 2023
Andress B, Irwin R, McNulty AL. “A Tale of Two Loads: Regional Variation and Inflammation in Meniscus Mechanoresponsive Pathways Using Two Models of Mechanical Loading,” Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, 2022
Andress B, Hoffman M, McNulty AL. “Addressing Rigor and Reproducibility by Applying QC/QA Principles to Preclinical Laboratory Research,” American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting, 2021
Andress B, Varghese S, McNulty AL. “Biomaterials for Meniscus Cell Culture and Tissue Engineering: Phenotyping of Meniscal Cells,” Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, 2021