JDL Nolen, MD, PhD, MSPH, works in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Children’s Mercy Hospital where he is the director of the Biorepository (CRIB) and the director of the Limited Services Laboratories. He is licensed in Kansas and Missouri, and is certified by the American Board of Pathology in clinical informatics, clinical pathology, and transfusion medicine. Dr. Nolen is co-chair of the Orders and Observations Working Group at HL7 and participates in the CLSI and the DICOM Workgroup. At Children’s Mercy Hospital, he chairs the Lab Utilization Committee and serves on the Genetic Appropriate Testing Committee (GATE).