Leonardo Pangilinan, an Advanced Laboratory Technician at LMP, has embarked on a journey to fulfill his aspiration of becoming a Medical Laboratory Technologist through career laddering. Despite juggling two jobs and a family, he seized the opportunity to join the brand new Biochemistry Micro Credential Program at The Michener Institute. “The program is really well supported... Continue Reading →

Congratulations to the three recipients of the 2023 LMP Equipping the Future Scholarship, designed to support individuals pursuing graduate studies within the department. Geetthan Vairamuthu (Q&S Specialist, Specimen Management), Hansika Deepak (Technician III), and Nicole Smith (Q&S Specialist, Pathology) have showcased the alignment of their academic pursuits with LMP priorities. Their adeptness in leveraging new... Continue Reading →

Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do at the UHN, and it comes in many shapes and forms. Geetthan Vairamuthu, one of the first Quality Assurance and Service Specialists at UHN's Laboratory Medicine Program (LMP), plays a pivotal role in ensuring patient safety by overseeing the quality assurance efforts within Specimen Management.... Continue Reading →

The Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory at UHN hit a significant milestone in August, becoming the first laboratory in Canada to launch Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) for use in the genetic diagnosis of patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.  Optical Genome Mapping is a new technology that allows UHN’s Cytogenetics Lab to look for structural and numeric genome... Continue Reading →