Dr. Daniel D. Bankson

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Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Medicine
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Chemistry & STAT Laboratories
ChiefAppointed: 2001
Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
American Lake
Associate ChiefAppointed: 2005
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Associate ProfessorAppointed: 2002
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Nutrition Research Unit Laboratory Core
Associate DirectorAppointed: 1995
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Mailing Address

Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Pathology & Lab Medicine
1660 S. Columbian Way (S-113-Lab)
Seattle, Washington 98108
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 764-2720
Fax: (206) 764-2001
daniel.bankson@va.gov

Qualifications

M.B.A., Seattle University, 2004.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism, 1985.
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism, 1982.
B.Sc., University of British Columbia, Biochemistry, 1978.

Expertise and Research Interests

Endocrinology
Lipids
Tumor markers
Hepatitis
Trace element and vitamin measurements
Clinical laboratory testing
Laboratory management
Mentoring lab medicine/pathology residents
Instruction of medical students and medical technology students in clinical chemistry
Coordination of multi-hospital laboratory consolidations
Clinical laboratory equipment selection
Method development

Other Expertise

Academic Experience:
Teaching clinical chemistry to medical technologists, medical students, and residents

Consultant Experience:
Developing centralized hospital core laboratories
Supporting network testing sites

Multicenter Trial Support:
Directing core laboratory or aiding in laboratory component of trial design/subcontractor selection:
Carotenoid and Retinol Efficacy Trial
Women's Health Trial
Women's Health Initiative

International Nutrition:
Laboratory testing in lesser developed countries (CESSIAM, Guatemala)
International Eye Foundation, Bethesda, MD

Future Research

Trace element and vitamin status
Improvements in endocrine assays
New automated assays for hepatitis
Assays related to antioxidant status
Migration of research assays to clinical use

Industrial Relevance

Work with manufacturers to bring new clinical laboratory diagnostic products to market

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Antigens, Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Lipids, Biomarkers, Clinical Chemistry, Endocrinology, Gas Chromatography, Hepatitis, Immunochemistry, Ischemia, Laboratory Practice or Procedure, Metabolism, Nutrition or Dietetics, Pathology, Vitamins or Metabolic Role.

Additional Terms:

Beta-carotene, Blood Gas, Carotenoids, Clinical Chemistry, Complexed PSA, Core Lab, Fat-soluble Vitamins, Folic Acid, Gas Chromatography, HPLC, Hemoglobin A1c, Hepatitis C, Homocysteine, Hospital Laboratory, Hyperprolactinemia, Immunochemistry, Ionized Calcium, Ischemia Modified Albumin, Methylmalonic Acid, Microalbumin, Nutrition, Prolactin, Prostate Specific Antigen, Selenium, Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Trace Elements, Troponin T, Tumor Markers, Urinalysis, Urine Drug Screening, Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Water-soluble Vitamins.

Memberships

Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Institute of Nutrition (AIN)
American Society for Clinical Nutrition
American Society for Nutritional Sciences
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry

Previous Positions

1996-2001, Chief, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Diagnostic Services, Special Chemistry & STAT Labs
1993-2002, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine
1992-1996, Assistant Chief, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry
1992-1996, Clinical Chemist, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry
1989-1993, Associate, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences Division, Cancer Prevention Research
1986-1989, Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine & Medicine, Laboratory Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition
1986-1989, Senior Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine & Medicine, Laboratory Medicine/Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition
1982-1986, Senior Research Assistant, Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
1982-1986, Research Associate, Tufts-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
1979-1982, Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Applied Biological Sciences
1979-1982, Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Applied Biological Sciences
1978-1978, Research Assistant, University of British Columbia, Human Nutrition

Publications

  • Bankson, DD (2006) Vitamins and Trace Elements: Assessment of Micronutrient Status Through Laboratory Testing In Clarke W, Dufour R (eds), Contemporary Practice in Clinical Chemistry, Washington DC, AACC Press, Ch 35, 399-412 pages (bookchapter)
  • Drain PK, Baeten JM, Overbaugh J, Wener MH, Bankson DD, Lavreys L, Mandaliya K, Ndinya-Achola JO, McClelland SR (2006) Low serum albumin and the acute phase response predict low serum selenium in HIV-1 infected women, BMC Infect Dis, 6 (1), (2006)
  • Baeten JM, Wener MH, Bankson DD, Lavreys L, Richardson BA, Mandaliya K, Bwayo JJ, McClelland RS (2006) HIV-1 infection alters the retinol-binding protein:transthyretin ratio even in the absence of the acute phase response, J Nutr, 136 (6), 1624-9 (2006)
  • Abadie J, Bankson DD (2006) Assessment of Serum Free Light Chain Assays for Plasma Cell Disorder Screening in a Veterans Affairs Population, Ann Clin Lab Sci, 36 (2), 157-62 (2006)
  • Jin M,, Wener MH, Bankson DD (2005) Evaluation of automated sex hormone binding globulin immunoassays, Clin Biochem, 39 (1), 91-4 (2006)
  • Abadie JM, Blassingame CL, Bankson DD, Albumin Cobalt Binding Assay to Rule Out Acute Coronary Syndrome, Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science, 35(1), 66-72, 2005
  • Chapko MK, Sloan KL, Davison J, Dufour RD, Bankson DD, Dominitz JA, Evaluation of Hepatitis C Testing Strategies Using Decision Analysis, American Journal of Gastroenterology, 100(3), 607-615, 2005
  • Abadie JM, Allison KH, Black DA, Garbin J, Saxon AJ, Bankson DD (2005) Can an immunoassay become a standard technique for the evaluation of oxycodone?, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 29 (8), 825-829 (2005)
  • Bankson DD (2004) Selection and implementation of new equipment and procedures In Baselski VS, Burke MD, Garcia LS, Sewell DL, Steel JCH, Weissfeld A, Wilkinson DS, Winn WC (eds), Clinical Laboratory Management in the 21st Century, Washington, DC, ASM Press, Chapter 6, 433-445 pages (bookchapter)
  • Baeten JM, Richardson BA, Bankson DD, We, Use of Serum Retinol-binding Protein for Prediction of Vitamin a Deficiency: Effects of HIV-1 Infection, Protein Malnutrition, and the Acute Phase Response, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 79(2), 218-25, February 2004
  • Chapko MK, Sloan KL, Davison J, Dufour DR, Bankson DD, Rigsby M, Dominitz JA, Cost-effectiveness of testing strategies for chronic hepatitis C, Digestive Disease Week, 19 2003
  • Baeten JM, McClelland RS, Richardson BA, Bankson DD, Lavreys L, Wener MH, Overbaugh J, Mandaliya K, Ndinya-Achola JO, Bwayo JJ, Kreiss JK, Vitamin A deficiency and the acute phase response among HIV-1-infected and -uninfected women in Kenya, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 31(2), 243-9, 2002 Abstract
  • Baeten JM, McClelland RS, Overbaugh J, Richardson BA, Emery S, Lavreys L, Mandaliya K, Bankson DD, Ndinya-Achola JO, Bwayo JJ, Kreiss JK, Vitamin A supplementation and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 shedding in women: Results of a randomized clinical trial, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 185(8), 1187-91, April 2002
  • Lindner A, Bankson DD, Stehman-Breen C, Mahuren JD, Coburn SP, Vitamin B6 metabolism and homocysteine in end-stage renal disease and chronic renal insufficiency, American Journal of Kidney Diseases: The Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 39(1), 134-45, January 2002
  • Goodman GE, Schaffer S, Bankson DD, Hughes MP, Omenn GS, Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial Co-Investigators, Predictors of serum selenium in cigarette smokers and the lack of association with lung and prostate cancer risk, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention: A Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology., 10(10), 1069-76, October 2001
  • Frank EL, Hughes MP, Bankson DD, Roberts WL, Effects of anticoagulants and contemporary blood collection containers on aluminum, copper, and zinc results, Clinical Chemistry, 47(6), 1109-12, June 2001 Abstract
  • Baeten JM, Mostad SB, Hughes MP, Overbaugh J, Bankson DD, Mandaliya K, Ndinya-Achola JO, Bwayo JJ, Kreiss JK, Selenium deficiency is associated with shedding of HIV-1--infected cells in the female genital tract, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 26(4), 360-4, April 2001 Abstract
  • Mahomed K, Williams MA, Woelk GB, Mudzamiri S, Madzime S, King IB, Bankson DD, Leukocyte selenium, zinc, and copper concentrations in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnant women, Biological Trace Element Research, 75(1-3), 107-18, Summer 2000 Abstract
  • Hughes MP, Bankson DD, Wener MH, Landicho DG, Whisler T, Pre-analytical variables in the determination of plasma and serum selenium by atomic absorption spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Am J Clin Pathol, 114:, 298, 2000
  • Juneja R, Bankson DD, Gastrointestinal Disorders. In Handbook of Diagnostic Endocrinology. Eds. Jialal K, Chan DW, Winter WE, AACC Press, 189-214, 1999
  • Hughes MP, Bankson DD, Schwartz M, Sindelar DK, Comparison of the DSL murine leptin ELISA with the Linco RIA method, Clinical Chemistry, 45(S6), A85-86, 1999
  • Hughes MP, Carlson TH, McLaughlin MK, Bankson DD, Addition of sodium fluoride to whole blood does not stabilize plasma homocysteine but produces dilution effects on plasma constituents and hematocrit, Clinical Chemistry, 44(10), 2204-6, October 1998 Abstract
  • Brawer MK, Meyer GE, Letran JL, Bankson DD, Morris DL, Yeung KK, Allard WJ, Measurement of complexed PSA improves specificity for early detection of prostate cancer, Urology, 52(3), 372-8, September 1998 Abstract
  • Cheli CD, Marcus M, Levine J, Zhou Z, Anderson PH, Bankson DD, Bock J, Bodin S, Eisen C, Senior M, Schwartz MK, Yeung KK, Allard WJ, Variation in the quantitation of prostate-specific antigen in reference material: differences in commercial immunoassays, Clinical Chemistry, 44(7), 1551-3, July 1998 Abstract
  • Hwang HC, Audino N, Bankson DD, Haver VM., Evaluation of the Bayer Immuno 1 Assay for Troponin I, Am J Clin Path, 110(1), 113-114, 1998
  • Brawer MK, Bankson DD, Haver VM, Petteway JC, Comparison of three commercial PSA assays: results of restandardization of the Ciba Corning method, Prostate, 30(4), 269-73, 1997 Abstract
  • Hobbs CM, Hickey CM, Audino NJ, Bankson DD, Comparison of four intact parathyroid hormone assays, Am J Clin Path, 108(1), 110-11, 1997
  • Haver VM, Eng WE, Hussey JD, Bankson DD, Lakshminarayan S, Accuracy of electrolyte and blood gas determinations from samples collected in preheparinized syringes, Respiratory Care, 41(9), 805-808, 1996
  • Thomassen L, Toivola B, Haver VH, Bankson DD, Evaluation of an automated free thyroxine assay to replace the free thyroxine index, Am J Clin Path, 104(1), 228-229, 1995
  • Crookston KP, Delaney CJ, Bankson DD, Haver VM, Managing the integration of two hospital laboratories: A case study, Am J Clin Path, 106(1), 152, 1995
  • Whinna HC, Hutchinson K, Wener MH, Bankson DD, Comparison of enzyme immunoassay versus immunofluorescence assay for the detection of antinuclear antibodies, Am J Clin Path, 104(2), 223-224, 1995
  • Bankson DD, Lyon ME, Costales LV, Haver VM, The response of assays for total prostate specific antigen to changing proportions of "free" and alpha-1-antichymotrypsin bound PSA, Clinical Chemistry, 40(6), 1009, 1994
  • Bankson DD, Kestin M, Rifai N, Role of free radicals in cancer and atherosclerosis, Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 13(2), 463-80, June 1993 Abstract
  • Chen-Levy Z, Bankson DD, Burris S, Haver VM, Evaluation of the Helena REP method for the electrophoretic determination of CK-MB and LD1/LD2, Clinical Chemistry, 39(6), 1155, 1993
  • Forman DT, Bankson DD, Highsmith WE, Neonatal screening for biotinidase deficiency, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, 22(3), 144-54, 1992 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Nutrition. Chapter 13. in Clinical Chemistry. Ed. J.S. King. American Association for Clinical Chemistry and Health Education Resources, Bethesda, MD, 93-102, 1991
  • Bankson DD, Rifai N, Henderson M, Klein R, Raghunathun T, Dietary fat and the polyunsaturated/ saturated fat ratio influence serum lipids in old, female, non-human primates, Clinical Chemistry, 37(6), 929, 1991
  • Countryman C, Bankson D, Collins S, Mar B, Lin W, Lycopene inhibits the growth of the HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell line, Clinical Chemistry, 37(6), 1056, 1991
  • Bankson DD, Countryman CJ, Collins SJ, Potentiation of the retinoic acid-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells by lycopene, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53(3), P-13, 1991
  • Burri BJ, Bankson DD, Neidlinger TR, Use of free and transthyretin-bound retinol-binding protein in serum as tests of vitamin A status in humans: effect of high creatinine concentrations in serum, Clinical Chemistry, 36(4), 674-6, 1990 Abstract
  • Ribaya-Mercado JD, Bankson DD, Tom A, Russell RM, Dallal GE, Gershoff SN., Ocular lipid peroxides and galactose-induced cataracts in albino and pigmented rats raised under darkness or cyclic light, Nutrition Research, 335-41, 1990
  • Li XF, Dawson-Hughes B, Hopkins R, Russell RM, Jee WS, Bankson D, Li XJ, The effects of chronic vitamin A excess on bone remodeling in aged rats, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (new York, N. Y.), 191(2), 103-7, 1989 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Rifai N, Williams ME, Silverman LM, Gray TK, Biochemical effects of 17 beta-estradiol on UMR106 cells, Bone and Mineral, 6(1), 55-63, April 1989 Abstract
  • Prior TW, Chapman JF, Bankson DD, Sensitivity of serum fructosamine in short term glycemic control, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, 19(2), 107-13, 1989 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Ellis JK, Russell RM, Effects of a vitamin-A-free diet on tissue vitamin A concentration and dark adaptation of aging rats, Experimental Gerontology, 24(2), 127-36, 1989 Abstract
  • Prior TW, Friedman KJ, Highsmith WE, Bankson DD, Semroc G, Silverman LM, Confirmation of newborn creatine kinase screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy utilizing a multiplex polymerase chain reaction, Am J Human Genetics, 45(4), A213, 1989
  • Bankson DD, Semroc G, Hofman LF, Silverman LM, The application of the MagicR Lite immunochemiluminometric method for the measurement of creatine kinase-MB in blood spots, Clinical Chemistry, 35(6), 1123-1124, 1989
  • Bankson DD, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Roblis J, Hopkins RE, Russell RM, Vitamin E prevents iron- and light-induced dysfunction of the retina in rats, Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology, 3(3), A777, 1989
  • Bankson DD, Rifai N, Silverman LM, Immunoturbidimetric measurement of serum retinol-binding protein in renal and hepatic disease, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 25 ( Pt 3), 246-9, May 1988 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM, Protein energy malnutrition and taurine supplementation: effects on vitamin A nutritional status and electroretinogram of young rats, Journal of Nutrition, 118(1), 23-32, January 1988 Abstract
  • Silverman LM, Bankson DD, Hofman LF, Pericak-Vance MA, Gaskell PC, Aylsworth AS, Newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) using an immunologic CK MB assay, Am J Human Genetics, 43, A15, 1988
  • Bankson DD, Bankson AMB, Schlossman N, Underwood BA, The effect of vitamin A supplementation on the vitamin A nutritional status of middle-income alcoholics, Clin Chem, 34(6), 1308, 1988
  • Bankson DD, Martin RP, Forman DT, A qualitative assessment of biotinidase deficiency, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, 17(6), 424-8, 1987 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Rifai N, Silverman LM, Serum retinol-binding protein and creatinine in onset of and recovery from acute renal failure, Clinical Chemistry, 33(10), 1942, October 1987 Abstract
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM. Eds: R. Cash et al. Croom Helm, London., Vitamin A Deficiency and Immune Function: Effects on Morbidity and Mortality, Child Health and Survival, 9, 141-54, 1987
  • Bankson DD, Rifai N, McMurray RG, Silverman LM, The effect of personality type and acute exercise on indices of lipid and protein nutritional status, Clinical Chemistry, 33(6), 897, 1987
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM, Sadowski JA, Determination of retinyl esters and retinol in serum or plasma by normal-phase liquid chromatography: method and applications, Clinical Chemistry, 32(1 Pt 1), 35-40, 1986 Abstract
  • Verdon CP, Ellis AL, Bankson DD, Blumberg JB, Effect of low-protein diet on the stimulating activity of rat liver cytosol in liposome to mitochondrial membrane transfer of alpha-tocopherol, Federation Proceedings, 44(4), 1192, 1985
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM, Taurine supplementation fails to correct the abnormal electroretinogram produced by low protein diets, Invest Ophthalm Vis Sci, 26(3), 323, 1985
  • Krasinski SD, Russell RM, Bankson DD., Lack of an aging effect on the intestinal absorption and hepatic clearance of vitamin A, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 39(4), 691, 1984
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM, Ocular vitamin A stores are not altered by protein malnutrition although the electroretinogram becomes abnormal, Federation Proceedings, 43(4), 863, 1984
  • Mobarhan S, Bankson DD, Verdon CP, Russell RM, Dietary zinc deficiency produces electroretinogram (ERG) abnormalities without depleting total ocular zinc, Federation Proceedings, 43(3), 685, 1984
  • Krasinski SD, Russell RM, Bankson DD, Hartz S, Strauss JJ, The effect of vitamin A supplement use on serum retinol and retinyl ester levels in the elderly, Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2(3), 301-302, 1983
  • Bankson DD, Russell RM, Lahav M, Protein inadequacy results in retinal pigment epithelium changes possibly unrelated to an impaired transport of vitamin A, Federation Proceedings, 42(2), 810, 1983
  • Schlossman N, Solomons N, Guerrero A-M, Meija L, Pineda O, Bankson DD, Underwood BA, The rapid dark adaptation test (RDAT): Performance with relation to circulating zinc (CZ) levels, Fed Proc, 41(3), 349, 1982

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