Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, PhD, DABCC, NRCC is assistant director to clinical chemistry and King of Prussia Hospital laboratories at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her clinical chemistry fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital and is board certified in clinical chemistry by the Americal Board of Clinical Chemistry. Dr. Poventud-Fuentes earned her PhD in pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania after completing her BS in Industrial biotechnology from the University of Puerto Rico. Her laboratory medicine interests include quality and process improvement, education, and pediatric toxicology testing.