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"New Beginning Award" at Sacred Heart & St. Joseph's Hospitals
July 6, 2010— Deb Bloom, MT(ASCP), laboratory director, Western Wisconsin Division of Hospital Sisters Health System – which represents Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire & St. Joseph's Hospital in Chippewa Falls – received the hospitals' "New Beginning Award" on June 22 at the Western Wisconsin Leadership Academy. Ms. Bloom received the award for her dedicated work helping the lab perform more than one million tests annually while improving efficiencies.
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Michele D. Raible, MD, PharmD, FASCP, 1956 -2010
June 21, 2010— Michele D. Raible, MD, PharmD, FASCP, member of ASCP since 1994, passed away on June 21, 2010 while undergoing treatment for leukemia. She served as deputy head of pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. More recently, she served as associate dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in Rochester, Michigan. Dr. Raible was deeply committed to the laboratory medicine profession and had also been an active member of PRODS, the Pathology Residency Program Directors Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs.
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William G. Finn, MD, FASCP, Discusses Lab Automation with San Bernardino Sun
June 23, 2010— ASCP board member William G. Finn, MD, FASCP, discusses lab automation as well as the continued need for laboratory professionals to perform new, specialized tests, in an article in the San Bernadino Sun. |
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Dr. Katz Highlighted in Wall Street Journal Health Blog
June 14, 2010— ASCP Teleconference presenter Louis M. Katz, MD, was highlighted on June 14 in a Wall Street Journal health blog. His recent teleconference examined XMRV – a retrovirus that some researchers believe may be responsible for chronic fatigue syndrome. |
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ASCP Letter about Gene Patenting Appears in Boston Globe
February 13, 2010— ASCP President Mark H. Stoler, MD, FASCP, shares the Society's position opposing gene patents in response to a recent Boston Globe editorial on the subject. Dr. Stoler's letter was printed in the major daily publication and can be viewed here. |
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ASCP members speak to ADVANCE about disaster preparedness
November 16, 2009—ASCP members Irina Lutinger, MPH,MASCP, H(ASCP)DLM,FACHE, and Tom Williams, MD, FASCP speak to ADVANCE about disaster preparedness. |
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Short-staffed? Tips to keep lab quality from deteriorating
September 2009— ASCP spokespeople Lucia Berte, MA, MT(ASCP), SBB, DLM and Irina Lutinger, MPH, FACHE, MASCP, MT(ASCP)DLM discuss how to streamline a short-staffed laboratory. |
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PBS's 'Online NewsHour' Features ASCP Work in Tanzania
Sept. 15, 2009— PBS NewsHour interviews Past President Lee H. Hilborne MD, MPH, DLM(ASCP)CM and Global Institute volunteer Perthena Latchaw, MS, MT(ASCP) on ASCP’s PEPFAR efforts as reporter Talea Miller highlights the shortage of healthcare workers in Tanzania. |
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Africa Gears Up for Five-Star Laboratories
Aug. 18, 2009—Anna Murphy, MT(ASCP) talks to tropIKA.net about the accreditation process launched in Kigali, Rwanda last month. |
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Swine Flu Highlights a Hot Job: Medical Laboratory Scientist
July 31, 2009—ASCP members Winston Williams and Lindsey Graham discuss the importance of the lab in this Tampa Tribune article. |
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African Medical Labs to Adopt Highest Standards
July 27, 2009—Lee Hilborne, MD, MPH, FASCP, DLM(ASCP) is quoted in this Voice of America piece about ASCP’s role in helping labs in Africa adopt the highest standards. |
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ASCP in Wall Street Journal - Staff Shortages in Labs May Put Patients at Risk
May 13, 2009—Three ASCP leaders are quoted in this Wall Street Journal article reporting on the laboratory workforce shortage and its impact on laboratories’ ability to keep up during the swine flu crisis. |
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ASCP in US News and World Report
April 30, 2009—Irina Lutinger, MPH,MASCP, H(ASCP)DLM,FACHE, speaks to U.S. News and World Report about career opportunities in the laboratory. In the article, Lutinger says an impending worker shortage has been slowed by the recession, but there is still a minimal number of incoming lab technologists compared with the retirement rate. |
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Jette M. Arenas, MT (ASCP) Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who
April 9, 2009—Jette Arenas, MT(ASCP), technical solutions specialist at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., is recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who Executive, Professional and Entrepreneurial Registry for his dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of immunoassay diagnostics and protein-based problems. |
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PMC-GE partnership aims to digitalize tiny tissue samples
March 6, 2009—Lisa Duncan, MD, FASCP, associate professor of pathology, weighs in on digital technology in this Pittsburgh Business Times article. |
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Trumbull Laboratories was born with future growth in mind
March 6, 2009—Michael Laposata, MD, PhD, FASCP, the 2009 Leadership Exchange keynote speaker, was recently tapped by the Memphis Business Journal to give insight into the practice of pathologists and laboratories moving out of hospitals and opening free-standing laboratories. |
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Students get Cord Blood Lesson
March 2, 2009—Maliha Hassan, MT(ASCP)CM, a medical technologist with Xytex Cord Blood Bank, processes a cord blood donation. A.R. Johnson students Stephen Brown (from left) Nand Patel, Nicholas Rouse and Brandon Hudson look on. The students visited Mrs. Hassan to learn about cord blood for an upcoming debate. |
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Jobs in a Tough Economy
February, 2009—One of the tell-tale signs of a recession are dips in the gross domestic product, or GDP, the total market value of goods and services produced by a country’s economy. Kathleen Doyle, PhD, MT(ASCP)CM, this year's ASCP Member Excellence in Education Award recipient, was quoted in this story that appeared in the AABB News. |
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Students Gain Insight into Science of Death
February 23, 2009—Christopher Cold, MD, FASCP, is captured in an article aimed at showing local students the science behind autopsies. He explained to the Marshfield, Wisc.-area visitors that the hit show “CSI” can get results back in an hour, whereas real autopsy results can take up to six weeks. |
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Nathan H. Johnson, Lt. Col. (USAF), PhD, MASCP, MT(ASCP) DLM, SC, SLS highlighted in Military Feature
January 26, 2009—Many members of ASCP serve a dual role of serving their country and serving patients – in some cases the tasks are one in the same. ASCP Master Nathan H. Johnson, along with Ellis Frohman, Major, USARET, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, CLS(NCA) and Paul Kulvi, SFC, USAR, M(ASCP), CLS(NCA) spoke to ADVANCE magazine about their journeys in laboratory science and the military. (Registration required). |
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2000 Mile Ride for Life
September 9, 2008—Dawn D. Wolf, MT(ASCP) blood donation trip will be a ride for life. It's a 2,000-mile trip starting in Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 1, and ending in Cedar Key, Fla., around Nov. 5. |
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BOC #10,779 and Proud of It
August 7, 2008—Jeanette Rubin, MT(ASCP), is very proud of her low ASCP Board of Certification number—#10,779—and well she should be. Today, at the age of 84, she looks back with great satisfaction over a laboratory career that spanned more than 50 years. |
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A Consummate Professional Retires
June 24, 2008—After more than three decades on the job and 10,000 autopsies, Charles Garrett, MD, FASCP, the state's southeastern regional medical examiner, is hanging up his scrubs. |
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As Seen on TV
April 2008—Jan Garavaglia, MD, unravels the mysteries of life and death each day, helping investigators and families alike answer questions about unexpected or suspicious deaths. As chief medical examiner for Florida’s District Nine in Orlando and inspiration for the Discovery Health Channel’s hit series Dr. G: Medical Examiner, Garavaglia is shedding new light on forensic pathology. |
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2008 ASCP Member Lifetime Achievement Award
March 1, 2008—Marian J. Cavagnaro, MS, MT(ASCP)DLM received the ASCP 2008 ASCP Member Lifetime Achievement Award on March 1, 2008 at the ASCP Leadership Exchange in San Francisco. The award honors an ASCP laboratory professional member who has demonstrated a commitment to the profession through work, attitude, and Society activities. |
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Forensic Pathologist Inspired Best-Selling Crime Writer
May 27, 2008—From the first time she stepped inside the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Coroner’s Office as a medical resident, Marcella F. Fierro, MD, FASCP, was captivated by forensic pathology. For her, it was a chance to see classic natural disease unaltered by medical treatment. |
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Honored as a 2008 Piper Professor
June 17, 2008—Vicki S. Freeman, PhD, MT(ASCP)SC, was honored at a reception on June 17, 2008, at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas, for receiving the 2008 Piper Professor Award. The Piper Professor program seeks to bring recognition to outstanding achievement in the teaching profession in colleges and universities in Texas and is sponsored by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. |
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2008 SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence
May 8, 2008—Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, PhD, SI(ASCP) helped to found the undergraduate biotechnology program, earning a Dean’s Award for her pivotal contributions during the planning and implementation stages. She is the recipient of the Teaching Award from the 2006 graduating class of the Biotechnology Program and a Certificate of Excellence from the class of 2005. |
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ASCP Fellow Receives Lady Bird Johnson Award
April 18, 2008— In addition to starting Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL), Charles F. Pelphrey, MD, FASCP also established the first blood bank in Austin. His interest in developing a blood bank came largely from his introduction of the Rh factor and replacement transfusions to Austin. |