Danyel H. Tacker, PhD, DABCC, FAACC, is the medical director of clinical chemistry & mass spectrometry laboratories, and CLIA medical director of blood gas laboratories at WVU Hospital & JW Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. In addition, she is an associate clinical professor of pathology at West Virginia University School of Medicine. Danyel is also CLIA medical director at WVU Hospitals – Fairmont Medical Center. Beyond these roles, she assists with specimen processing, outreach, point-of-care, and send-out functions of the WVUH laboratories.