A career that makes a difference
I graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1978 with a degree in Medical Technology. I have worked at several hospitals in my long laboratory career, but the 26 years I have worked in Collins h...
Helping Make the Diagnosis
Our practice is dedicated to helping people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoporosis, autoimmune diseases and other musculoskeletal conditions. We perform over 150,000 lab tests annually in Chemistry, Urin...
Saved By the Lab
I am the supervisor of a moderately complex lab in a busy physicians’ office. We work closely with patients and get to know them on a personal level. One of our avenues of patient care is providing POC- INR t...
Laboratorians: Healthcare’s Detectives
You don’t often see things out of the ordinary as a laboratorian, but every once in a while you encounter something unusual, and where you can really make a difference. Some years ago, I was working in Hemat...
Stories from the Front Lines of the Laboratory: Keeping our Children Healthy
Name: Patty Hopkins, MT, MLS
Title: Laboratory Director
Employer: The Pediatric Center LLC, Thomasville, GA We are a moderate complexity lab which supports six pediatricians, a nurse practitioner and a phy...
Stories from the Front Lines of the Laboratory: How going paperless improved patient care
Name: Nader Bigdeli, MS, Molecular Microbiology
Title: Clinical Laboratory Manager
Employer: University of California (Irvine) Student Health Center, Irvine, CA We provide non-urgent, preventive and suppor...
Stories from the Front Lines of the Laboratory: Helping patients take charge of their health
Name: Verna McGuire, MT(AMT)
Title: Laboratory Supervisor
Employer: Obstetrics & Gynecology of Indiana, P.C., Carmel, IN We’re a specialty group practice focused on Obstetrics and Gynecology. We offer...
Stories from the Front Lines of the Laboratory: The Patient behind the Sample
Name: Krisann Howell, MLT (ASCP)
Title: General Supervisor of Laboratory Operations
Employer: The Center for Hematology-Oncology, The Lynn Cancer Institute, Boca Raton, FL We’re a moderate complexity labor...
How a lab test literally saved my life
Name: Greg Clark, PhD
Title: Vice President, National Esoteric Reference Laboratory Services
Employer: Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories, Spokane, WA
I studied Chemistry in college and graduate schoo...
Simple Tests are Error Proof, Right?
“What’s wrong with your pregnancy test?” That was the question asked of me when I picked up my office phone one morning. I was early in my career as a lab director and was a bit flummoxed, both by the nature of...