Joseph W. Rudolf
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Joseph W. Rudolf, MD

Languages spoken: English

Specialties

  • Pathology, Clinical
  • Medical Informatics

Board Certification

American Board of Pathology (Sub: Clinical Informatics)
American Board of Pathology (Clinical Path)

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pathology -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
American Board of Pathology (Sub: Clinical Informatics)
American Board of Pathology (Clinical Path)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Biology; Minor: Chemistry - Concordia College B.A.
Doctoral Training Medicine - University of Washington School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Clinical Pathology - Massachusetts General Hospital Resident
Residency Clinical Pathology - Massachusetts General Hospital Chief Resident
Fellowship Clinical Informatics - Massachusetts General Hospital Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Nelson HA, Condie C, Doyle K, Rudolf JW, Pearson L (2025). On-Cell Stability of Digoxin, Lithium, Phenytoin, Valproic Acid, and Vancomycin for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 10(5), 1285-1291.
  2. Adegoke AO, Jackson AN, La'ulu SL, Anderson C, Rudolf JW, Boyd JM, Johnson-Davis K (2025). Immunalysis Tapentadol Assay Reformulation Resolves Tramadol Interference. Journal of analytical toxicology, 49(9), 713-718.
  3. Potter S, Rudolf JW, Pearson L (2024). Rainbow phlebotomy collection and urine aliquots for emergency department add-on testing in the era of pandemic-driven supply shortages. Laboratory medicine,
  4. Mathewson NJ, Baryeh K, Rudolf JW, Sundaresh V, Pandya (2024). Alkaline Phosphatase Activity Inconsistent with Patient's Clinical Presentation: A Cautionary Tale. Clinical chemistry, 70(12), 1411-1414.
  5. Schmidt RL, Moore RA, Walker BS, Rudolf J (2023). Precision quality control: a dynamic model for risk-based analysis of analytical quality. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine,
  6. Schmidt RL, Moore RA, Walker BS, Rudolf J (2023). Risk Analysis for Quality Control Part 1: The Impact of Transition Assumptions in the Parvin Model. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 8(1), 14-22.
  7. Moore RA, Rudolf JW, Schmidt R (2023). Risk Analysis for Quality Control Part 2: Theoretical Foundations for Risk Analysis. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 8(1), 23-33.
  8. Schmidt RL, Moore RA, Walker BS, Rudolf J (2023). Risk Analysis for Quality Control Part 3: Practical Application of the Precision Quality Control Model. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 8(1), 34-40.
  9. Schmidt RL, Walker BS, Moore RA, Rudolf J (2022). Impact of assay stability on the false negative and false positive rates in quality control. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 540, 117208.
  10. Uljon SN, Simmons DP, Rudolf JW, Baron JM, Dutta S, McEvoy DS, Murali M, Dighe AS (2020). Validation and Implementation of an Ordering Alert to Improve the Efficiency of Monoclonal Gammopathy Evaluation. Am J Clin Pathol, 153(3), 396-406.
  11. Klein ME, Rudolf JW, Tarbunova M, Jorden T, Clark SR, Khalifa M (2020). Real-Time Intraoperative Consultation Reporting in the Electronic Health Record. American journal of clinical pathology, 154(3), 387-393.
  12. Turbett SE, Anahtar MN, Pattanayak V, Azar MM, Coffey KC, Eng G, Rudolf JW, Lewandrowski KB, Baron J, Rosenberg ES, Branda J (2020). Use of Routine Complete Blood Count Results to Rule Out Anaplasmosis Without the Need for Specific Diagnostic Testing. Clinical infectious diseases, 70(6), 1215-1221.
  13. Rudolf JW, Baron JM, Dighe A (2019). Order Indication Solicitation to Assess Clinical Laboratory Test Utilization: D-Dimer Order Patterns as an Illustrative Case. Journal of pathology informatics, 10, 36.
  14. Lewandrowski K, Keegan A, Makarenko V, Maryamchak E, Mata DA, Palte MJ, Rudolf JW, Safdar N, Schmidt RJ, Stuart L, Xiong Y, Rao L, Melanson SEF, Michael Snyder L (2018). Development of a Commercial Reference Laboratory Elective Rotation for Residents in Clinical Pathology. Am J Clin Pathol, 150(6), 485-490.
  15. Rudolf J, Baron J, Branda J, Lee-Lewandrowski E (2018). Laboratory Testing for Tick-Borne Infections in a Large Northeastern Academic Medical Center: An 11-Year Experience. Am J Clin Pathol, 150(5), 415-420.
  16. Rudolf JW, Garcia CA, Hanna MG, Williams CL, Balis UG, Pantanowitz L, Tuthill JM, Gilbertson JR, Pathology Informatics Alumni Group (2018). Career Paths of Pathology Informatics Fellowship Alumni. Journal of pathology informatics, 9, 14.
  17. Kurant DE, Baron JM, Strazimiri G, Lewandrowski KB, Rudolf JW, Dighe A (2018). Creation and Use of an Electronic Health Record Reporting Database to Improve a Laboratory Test Utilization Program. Applied clinical informatics, 9(3), 519-527.
  18. Rudolf JW, Dighe AS, Coley CM, Kamis IK, Wertheim BM, Wright DE, Lewandrowski KB, Baron JM (2017). Analysis of Daily Laboratory Orders at a Large Urban Academic Center: A Multifaceted Approach to Changing Test Ordering Patterns. Am J Clin Pathol, 148(2), 128-135.
  19. Rudolf J, Jackson BR, Wilson AR, Smock KJ, Schmidt RL (2017). Organizational Benchmarks for Test Utilization Performance: An Example Based on Positivity Rates for Genetic Tests. Am J Clin Pathol, 147(4), 382-389.
  20. Lin DC, Straseski JA, Schmidt RL, The Thyroid Benchmarking Group (2017). Multi-Center Benchmark Study Reveals Significant Variation in Thyroid Testing in United States. Thyroid, 27(10),
  21. Yeh DD, Chokengarmwong N, Chang Y, Yu L, Arsenault C, Rudolf J, Lee-Lewandrowski E, Lewandrowski (2017). Total and ionized magnesium testing in the surgical intensive care unit - Opportunities for improved laboratory and pharmacy utilization. Journal of critical care, 42, 147-151.
  22. Rudolf JW, Lewandrowski EL, Lewandrowski KB, Januzzi JL, Bajwa EK, Baron JM (2016). ST2 Predicts Mortality and Length of Stay in a Critically Ill Noncardiac Intensive Care Unit Population. Am J Clin Pathol, 145(2), 203-10.
  23. Rudolf J, Douglass J, Baron J, Lewandrowski (2015). Evaluation of the i-STAT point-of-care capillary whole blood hematocrit and hemoglobin: Comparison to the Siemens RAPIDLab 1200, Sysmex XE5000, and manual spun hematocrit. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 446, 37-42.
  24. Garcia CA, Baron JM, Beckwith BA, Brodsky V, Dighe AS, Gudewicz TM, Kim JY, Klepeis VE, Lane WJ, Lee RE, Levy BP, Mahowald MA, Mandelker D, McClintock DS, Quinn AM, Rao LK, Riedlinger GM, Rudolf J, Gilbertson J (2015). Environmental components and methods for engaging pathology residents in informatics training. Journal of pathology informatics, 6, 42.

Review

  1. Bunch DR, Durant TJ, Rudolf J (2023). Artificial Intelligence Applications in Clinical Chemistry. Clinics in laboratory medicine, 43(1), 47-69.
  2. Rudolf JW, Dighe A (2019). Decision Support Tools within the Electronic Health Record. Clinics in laboratory medicine, 39(2), 197-213.
  3. Rudolf J, Lewandrowski K (2014). Cholesterol, lipoproteins, high-sensitivity c-reactive protein, and other risk factors for atherosclerosis. Clinics in laboratory medicine, 34(1), 113-27, vii.

Case Report

  1. Pandya V, Hunsaker JJH, La'ulu SL, Genzen JR, Frank EL, Johnson LM, Rudolf J (2021). Excessively low cholesterol and triglyceride levels in an apparently healthy patient. Clinical biochemistry, 96, 78-81.

Letter

  1. Hunsaker JJH, La'ulu SL, Zupan E, Patel D, Pandya V, Rudolf J (2024). Detection of a High-Dose Hook Effect and Evaluation of Dilutions of Urine Myoglobin Specimens Using a Serum Myoglobin Assay. Annals of laboratory medicine, 44(4), 367-370.
  2. Fink SL, Wener MH, Rudolf JW, Nwosu A, Tacker DH, Kadkhoda K, Tebo AE, Willrich MA (2023). A universal reference interval for serum immunoglobulins free light chains may be outdated. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine,
  3. Nelson HA, Genzen JR, Delgado JC, Rudolf J (2021). An Interference in an Automated HCO3- Assay Leads to an Unexpected IgG Monoclonal Gammopathy Diagnosis. The journal of applied laboratory medicine, 7, 622-625.
  4. Willrich MAV, Long TA, Bashleben C, Fink SL, Rudolf JW, Peterson D, Wener MH, Baltaro RJ, Genzen JR, Ansari MQ, Rhoads DD, Linden M (2020). Performance of perpendicular drop versus tangent skimming gating of M-protein in proficiency testing challenges. Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 59(1), e19-e22.