Gerald Joseph Kost

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1965 Electrical Engineer, Bechtel Corporation 1967-69 Teaching Assistant, School of Engineering, Stanford University 1976 Faculty, Clinical Blood Gas Educational Program, San Diego 1976-77 Laboratory Assistant, Dept. of A.M.E.S. Bioengineering, Univ. of California, San Diego 1978-79 Resident, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of California, Los Angeles 1979-80 Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of California, Los Angeles 1980-81 Resident, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Washington 1981-82 Chief Resident, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, Univ. of Washington 1982-83 Cardiopulmonary, Bioengineering, and Clinical Chemistry Research, Univ. of Washington 1983-87 Assistant Professor of Medical Pathology, School of Medicine, Univ. of California, Davis 1987-93 Associate Professor (tenured) of Medical Pathology and Faculty, Biomedical Engineering 1990-current Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge OptimizationTM, Davis, CA 1993-2014 Professor (tenured) of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Faculty, Biomedical Engineering 1983-2014 Director of Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing (2003), UCD Health System 1995- current Founding Director, POCT•CTRSM (Point-of-Care Testing Center for Teaching and Research) 2003-04 Fulbright Scholar, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand 2004-17 Affiliate Faculty, College of Populations Studies, Chulalongkorn Univ., Bangkok, Thailand 2007, 2022 Visiting Professor, Guest Lecturer, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand 2007-08 Interim Director of Clinical Pathology, UC Davis Health System 2007-14 Director & Principal Investigator, UC Davis POC Technologies Center [U54, NIBIB, NIH] 2014-19 Faculty in Comparative Pathology Graduate Group 2014-current Emeritus Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis 2007, 14- Visiting Professor/Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, current Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand