New Team Members & New Roles

InFocus  •  Winter 2025 Issue  •  March 24, 2025

Join us in offering a heartfelt welcome to the newest members of the Penn Medicine Pathology and Laboratory Medicine team... 

	Catriana Accino Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Tempest Adams Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Esther Baranov, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Division of Anatomic Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Demetria Batts Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Central Specimen Receiving & Processing / Outpatient Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital
	Patric Byra Anatomic Pathology Technical Assistant I Division of Anatomic Pathology Pennsylvania Hospital			Danielle Cameron Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Shamira Colquitt Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Darnella M. Copper Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Valley Forge Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Kelly Cordell, MT (ASCP) Technical Supervisor Valley Forge Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Amy Ewing Medical Technologist Hematology Laboratory Chester County Hospital
	Sarah Fenicle Medical Technologist Women and Babies Hospital Lancaster General Health			Sarah Fisher Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Ashley Foote Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Cedar Avenue			Greer N. Paul Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Central Specimen Receiving & Processing / Outpatient Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital
	Mo Haj Dezfulian, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Cancer and Immunobiology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania			Zhi Huang, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Diagnostic Innovation Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
	Alaura Johnson Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Jonasia Lee Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Radnor Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Yang Li, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PSOM) Assistant Director, Immunogenetics Laboratory Children's Hospital of Philadelphia			Destiny Luna Medical Technologist Core Laboratory Lancaster General Health
	Rahniesha Mitchell Anatomic Pathology Lab Coordinator Division of Anatomic Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Cassidy Paige Mulroy Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Kayle Nguyen Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Radnor Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Andrew O'Keefe Medical Laboratory Scientist I Toxicology Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Niki Patel, MT (ASCP) Medical Technologist Reference Testing Laboratory Lancaster General Health			Christina Colette Pierre, PhD, DABCC, FADLM Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology & Laboratory Medicine  Director, Coagulation Laboratory & Point-of-Care Testing  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Paige Robinson Medical Laboratory Scientist II Coagulation Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Jasmine Rowley Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Suhayla Saley Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Bhaswati Sen, PhD Clinical Genomics Laboratory Technologist II Center for Personalized Diagnostics Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Leah Way Phlebotomist  Outpatient Phlebotomy Penn Presbyterian Medical Center			Wenjie Wei Technical Specialist Electron Microscopy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
...And in congratulating these Pathology and Laboratory Medicine team members on their new roles in the Department!
	Alexa Devers Lead Medical Laboratory Scientist Microbiology Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital			Nathaniel Lee Lead Anatomic Pathology Technical Lab Assistant Division of Anatomic Pathology Pennsylvania Hospital
	Deborah Mincarelli, MBA, FACHE, MT (ASCP) Senior Director of Lab Systems, Implementation and Standardization Pathology and Lab Medicine Administration Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Leah Nady Manager, Laboratory Remote Services and Outreach Laboratory Remote Services Lancaster General Health
	Emilie Rabut Quality & Compliance Technical Manager of Clinical Pathology  Division of Laboratory Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Brennan Resetar Administrative Coordinator School of Medical Laboratory Science Pennsylvania Hospital
	Jacquelyn Roth, PhD Associate Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety Pathology and Lab Medicine Administration Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Michael Scott Lead Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant Central Specimen Receiving & Processing / Outpatient Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital