ABOUT

Professional Relations Committee

Eric Konnick
Eric Konnick,
M.D., M.S. (Chair) 
University of Washington Medical Center

The AMP Professional Relations Committee is the primary liaison between AMP and other organizations.

Responsibilities

Major responsibilities include:

  • Communicating and coordinating activities with the appropriate government, patient, and professional organizations to inform policy and reimbursement discussions that influence the practice of molecular pathology
  • Developing AMP positions on emerging issues affecting molecular pathology.
  • The PRC educates relevant government agencies, legislators, and the public on policy issues of importance to the field of molecular pathology.
  • The Patient Engagement Subcommittee of the PRC develops patient-facing materials that help inform and educate patients on a wide range of topics that fall within the practice of molecular pathology

The Professional Relations Committee interacts with a wide variety of entities, including other professional associations, Congress and U.S. Federal Agencies such as FDA, CDC, DHHS.

More information about the activities of the Professional Relations Committee can be found in the Committee Report section of the AMP Newsletter.

Committee Members — 2026

If you are interested in serving on the Professional Relations Committee, please see the various roles available and the responsibilities of each role by clicking here.

Chair
Eric Konnick, M.D., M.S.
University of Washington Medical Center

Vice-Chair
Karen Weck, M.D.
University of North Carolina

Members
Heather Blankenship, Ph.D. 
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

David Bosler, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic

Betsy Bove, Ph.D.
Consultant/Laboratory Director (PGx, oncology)

Emilia Calvaresi, M.D., Ph.D.
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Andria Del Tredici, Ph.D.

Jennifer Dien Bard, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles; University of Southern California

Xiaoli Du, Ph.D.
Natera

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Virginia Commonwealth University

Samuel Harvey, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Bryan Iorgulescu, M.D.
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Esther Otete, Ph.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Thuy Phung, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Texas

Pamela Robertson, Ph.D.
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Daniel Sabath, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Washington

Ryan Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Rosalie Sterner, M.D., Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic

Laura Tafe, M.D.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Thao Truong, Ph.D.
University of Washington

Oana Vele, M.D.
Northwell Health/Lenox Hill Hospital

Yaolin Zhou, M.D.
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Ex Officio Committee Members

Jay Patel, M.D.
University of Utah/ARUP Laboratories

Advisers
Jordan Laser, M.D.
Everlywell

Jill Murrell, Ph.D.
Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania

President
Aaron Bossler M.D., Ph.D.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Past-President
Jane S. Gibson, M.S., Ph.D.
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

Chief Executive Officer
Lauren S. Menser, CAE

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