Amy Saenger

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Credentials

PhD, DABCC

Bio

Dr. Saenger is Medical Director of Hennepin Healthcare’s Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, a highly automated, high-volume laboratory that provides STAT and routine testing 24 hours a day, seven days a week for HCMC hospital, Hennepin Healthcare clinics, and other Hennepin County Services. The laboratory testing menu includes automated chemistry, blood gases, cardiac markers, hepatitis, HIV, tumor markers, autoimmunity, infectious disease, allergy, and endocrine testing.

Research Summary

Dr. Saenger's clinical research interests are in cardiovascular biomarkers and lipids/lipoproteins, focusing on utilization and analytical aspects of cardiac troponin and natriuretic peptides. She currently serves on the IFCC Committee on Clinical Applications of Cardiac Biomarkers and the IFCC Standardization of Cardiac Troponin I Working Group. Dr. Saenger has authored over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, primarily related to cardiac biomarkers.

Aakre KM, Saenger AK, Body R, Collinson P, Hammarsten O, Jaffe AS, Kavsak P, Omland T, Ordonez-Lianos J, Apple FS. Analytical Considerations in Deriving 99th Percentile Upper Reference Limits for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays: Educational Recommendations from the IFCC Committee on Clinical Application of Cardiac Bio-Markers. Clin Chem. 2022 Jul 27;68(8):1022-1030. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac09

Saenger AK. Pick a Number, Any Number…Choosing Your Troponin Cutoff Wisely. J Appl Lab Med. 2019 Mar;3(5):753-755. doi: 10.1373/jalm.2018.027714.