Allan S. Jaffe, M.D., has spent his long academic career investigating the use of biomarkers to characterize the pathobiology of acute cardiovascular disease. For that reason, he is the chair of the Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic.
He is a member of most of the major cardiology and clinical chemistry editorial boards and sits on most of the major guidelines committees for the use of these biomarkers.