Dr. Lawrence de Koning is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and Clinical Biochemist with Alberta Precision Laboratories. He directs the pediatric clinical biochemistry testing laboratory at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. de Koning’s clinical interests are in pediatric clinical biochemistry as it relates to the acute and chronic care of children with cardiac, metabolic and endocrine disorders. His research interests are in laboratory quality improvement and in the epidemiology of childhood and adult conditions with significant morbidity and mortality.