Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Room 5113, Main Building
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Education
B.S. (Industrial Biotechnology), University or Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2013
Ph.D. (Pharmacology), University of Pennsylvania, 2020
Specialty Certification
National Registry of Certified Chemists, 2022
American Board of Clinical Chemistry, 2024
Postgraduate Training
Fellowship, Clinical Chemistry, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's' Hospital, Houston, 2020-2022
Awards and Honors
Southwestern Industrial Association (SWIA) Scholarship, 2008-2013
Dean’s List, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Puerto Rico, 2009-2013
FASEB MARC Summer Internship Funding, 2011
βββ National Biological Honor Society, 2011-2013
Best Poster Presentation Award, ABRCMS, 2011
FASEB MARC Travel Award, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2011
John C. Johnson Award for Excellence in Student Research, 2012
βββ Biological Honor Society Caribbean Regional Convention, 2013
John O’Brien Award for Best Poster, Pharmacology Graduate Group Annual Student Symposium, 2017
Best Oral Presentation, Med intro Grad Symposium: Harnessing Cellular Therapies, 2019
Best Oral Presentation, Trainee Research Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine, 2021
AACC Student Poster Competition Award, Honorable Mention, 2021
AACC Academy’s Distinguished Abstract, AACC Annual Scientific Meeting, 2021
AACC Texas Meeting Abstract Award, 2022
Memberships and Professional Organizations
Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), 2015 - 2020
Penn Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Chapter, 2016 - 2020
Scientist Mentoring and Diversity Program - Medical Technology Scholar, 2019 - 2020
Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine, 2020 - Present
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Selected Publications
Measurement of Urine Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphate: Preanalytical Considerations in the Elimination of the Acidification Step
Unsihuay D, Reust J, Bolte K, Poventud-Fuentes I, Patel K, Clin Chim Acta, 2025, PMID:39788343
Discontinuation of Phencyclidine Urine Drug Screen at a Northeast U.S. Children’s Hospital Due to Lack of Clinical Utility
Poventud-Fuentes I, Osterhoudt K, Polsky TG, Patel K, Accepted for PLUGS National Summit, 2025
Utilization and Performance Evaluation of Conventional and Ultrasensitive LH/FSH Testing
Barlev A, Poventud-Fuentes I, Patel K, AAPath Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, 2025
Steps toward CK-MB test discontinuation in a Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital
Abeykoon N, Butler W, Poventud-Fuentes I, Patel K, Accepted for PLUGS National Summit, 2025
A-127 Stability of Ionized Calcium in Blood Gas Specimens
Julie Reust, Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, Khushbu Patel, Clinical Chemistry 70(): , 2024
A-085 Comparing CO2 stability in patient samples and proficiency testing material
Kaitlyn Bolte, Julia Matthews, Khushbu Patel, Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, Clinical Chemistry 70(): , 2024
B-300 Fentanyl and Xylazine Positivity Patterns at a Northeast U.S. Children’s Hospital
Izmarie Poventud-Fuentes, Daisy M Unsihuay Vila, Kevin Osterhoudt, Khushbu Patel, Clinical Chemistry 70(): , 2024
Reticulocyte Hemoglobin Equivalent as a Marker to Assess Iron Deficiency: A Large Pediatric Tertiary Care Hospital Study
Poventud-Fuentes I, Chong TH, Dowlin M, Devaraj S, Curry CV, Int J Lab Hematol 46(1): 148-155, 2024, PMID:37850393
A-328 Urine Toxicology Screening: Tetrahydrocannabinol Positivity Patterns at an U.S. Urban Tertiary Care Children's Hospital
Unsihuay D, Poventud-Fuentes I, Osterhoudt K, Patel K, Clinical Chemistry 69(): , 2023
Pediatric Vitamin D: Pseudo-hypervitaminosis
Olayinka L, Poventud-Fuentes I, Garnett E, Devaraj S, J Clin Lab Anal 37(13-14): e24950., 2023, PMID:37526221
