Professionals in this field:

• Conduct health screening tests for diabetic and cardiac risk
• Examine patient specimens for the presence of infectious microorganisms
• Type and cross-match blood for transfusion
• Detect specific blood cells to reveal leukemia and measure a patient’s response to medications and therapies
• Develop and manage the highly complex technical systems that assist in performing these tests

Thomas Jefferson University is an academic health center, and offers a collaborative environment that includes basic science research, cancer treatment, biomedical research, primary care, nursing care and trauma care.

We help students gain a solid understanding of the principles of professional practice, laboratory outcomes management and laboratory administration. Students in our Medical Laboratory Science programs gain classroom, laboratory and practical experience in five key areas:

• Clinical chemistry
• Normal and abnormal hematology and serology
• Immunohematology (also called blood banking or transfusion medicine)
• Clinical microbiology, including parasitology, virology, bacteriology
• Research theory and quality control principles for clinical laboratory procedures