Eklund returns to Tucson as Pharos medical director
Dr. Diane Eklund joined Pharos Diagnostics as medical director.
Eklund completed her residency in pathology, then earned her clinical pathology certification from University of Arizona in 1996. She was division chief, transfusion medicine, at the University of Arizona Health Science Center until 2001. Before joining Pharos Diagnostics and returning to Tucson, Eklund held medical director positions at several large blood banks. Most recently she was chief medical officer at the San Diego Blood Bank.
Pharos Diagnostics recently announced the opening of its high-complexity laboratory, which operates under the guidelines of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, in central Tucson.
The laboratory leverages mass spectrometry technology to provide diagnostic services to clinicians, researchers and drug development companies.
