Each year, LMP formally recognizes outstanding leadership in laboratory staff through the program’s Laboratory Medicine Leadership Awards. Staff are nominated by their colleagues and coworkers, and three candidates are then chosen by the Awards Committee. Winners receive a certificate and an award of $350 at the annual Holiday Party. One of the three chosen winners... Continue Reading →
Leadership in the Lab – (1/3)
Each year, LMP formally recognizes outstanding leadership in laboratory staff through the program's Laboratory Medicine Leadership Awards. Staff are nominated by their colleagues and coworkers, and three candidates are then chosen by the Awards Committee. Winners receive a certificate and an award of $350 at the annual Holiday Party. One of this year's winners, Joanna Bartczak,... Continue Reading →
Teaching, learning and advancing practice abroad
For the majority of the last decade, LMP Pathologist, Dr. Andy Evans has made annual trips to the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica – to teach, learn, and help advance the country’s pathology practice. This year marked Dr. Evans’ seventh year as an external examiner for Jamaica’s board pathology certification. Similar to the... Continue Reading →
Working together to meet patients’ needs
Recently, LMP received a patient compliment expressing a deep appreciation for staff coming together on short-notice and fulfilling an oncologic tissue request. The request came in two days prior to the patient’s scheduled surgery, and asked LMP to perform a quick section of the patient’s removed tumour so a tissue sample could be sent to... Continue Reading →
The move to MaRS is finally over PT 1
The 4-week long hustle and bustle to move LMP’s Pathology and Advanced Diagnostics Labs to the MaRS West Tower has come to an end. Although the first day of the move kicked off with a code brown, the process as a whole was seamless. Team leads, vendors, service engineers, and staff members—everyone involved in the... Continue Reading →