We talked to Dr. Joe Wiencek, Assistant Professor of Pathology at Vanderbilt University, about his path to clinical chemistry, what makes the specialty unique, interesting cases, his mentors and his advice for residents. He also talked about what new attendings want to learn once they are in practice.

Dr. Wiencek talked about this case on the pod:

https://www.aacc.org/science-and-research/clinical-chemistry/clinical-case-studies/2022/a-pediatric-patient-with-a-complicated-history-of-sickle-cell-trait