Fred S. Apple PhD, DABCC, FACSM

Dr. Apple is medical director of clinical laboratories, clinical chemistry, toxicology, and point-of-care testing at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis and professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and of kinesiology at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. He is also a forensic toxicology consultant for the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office. Dr. Apple’s research has centered in the areas of cardiac biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome and heart failure; fetal protein expression in injured skeletal muscle, specifically addressing the biochemistry of exercise; and postmortem redistribution of drugs. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1979 and obtained a fellowship in Laboratory Medicine in 1982 from Washington University. He is board certified in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology.

Dr. Apple serves as a principal investigator at the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation. He is a consultant to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office. In addition to his investigative research, Dr. Apple is a Professor at the University of Minnesota Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Dr. Apple also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Clinical Chemistry and is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.