Welcome to the Team

InFocus  •  Winter 2026 Issue  •  March 2, 2026

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

	Hailey Al-Radieh Medical Technologist PAH Blood Bank Pennsylvania Hospital			Diamond Alston Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital
	Erin Anderson Laboratory Assistant II Clinical Automation Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Stephanie Baptiste Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Bucks Outpatient Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Cassia Blenman Lead Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant Outpatient Laboratory - 3701 Market St.  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Christopher Bullock Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Jovan Caicedo Histotechnician I Surgical Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Lauren Cromer, MS, PA(ASCP) Pathologist Assistant I Surgical Pathology Pennsylvania Hospital
	Yalonda Davis Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Leah Delcollo Medical Technologist Microbiology Laboratory Chester County Hospital
	Rochelle Deriquito Medical Laboratory Scientist Core Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital			Megan Fisher, PhD Resource Technologist Penn Cytomics and Cell Sorting Core Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
	Seth Fleisher Technical Supervisor Cytopathology Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital			Aleksandr Fokin Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Elie Gallivan Phlebotomist  Inpatient Phlebotomy Chester County Hospital			Anazah Hall Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Shayla Hicklin Phlebotomist  Inpatient Phlebotomy Chester County Hospital			Michele Hinds Medical Laboratory Technician II Clinical Automation Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	El Hyun, MD Grants Coordinator B PLM Research Business Office Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania			Sang-Hoon Kim, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Laboratory of Dr. Saba Ghassemi Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
	Sangmo Lee, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Laboratory of Dr. Jina Ko Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania			Hassan Lott Medical Laboratory Scientist II Clinical Automation Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Yujie Ma Medical Technologist Women and Babies Hospital Lancaster General Health			Jackie Mack Medical Technologist General Laboratory Chester County Hospital
	Edward McCaffery Histotechnologist I Surgical Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Tysheema McDermott Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Outpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Grace McGrath Bone Marrow Processing Specialist Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Dhara Parekh Medical Technologist Microbiology Laboratory Chester County Hospital
	Taylor Pugh Phlebotomist Inpatient Phlebotomy Chester County Hospital			Jamilla Robinson Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant I Inpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Indi Savage Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant II Outpatient Phlebotomy Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Rajendra Singh, MD Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Associate Vice Chair of Digital and Computational Pathology Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
	Fernando Tatem Professional Tissue Type Technologist HLA Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Allison Terwilliger Phlebotomist Women and Babies Hospital Lancaster General Health
	Lynn Vespasiani, BS, MT(ASCP) Associate Administrative Director Division of Laboratory Medicine Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Valeriia Vysotskaia Cytotechnologist  Cytology Laboratory Lancaster General Health
	Devante Watson Phlebotomist Laboratory Assistant Central Receiving and Processing Laboratory Pennsylvania Hospital			Nassima Yahiaoui Blood Bank Medical Laboratory Scientist II HUP Blood Bank Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
	Jackie Yang Cytotechnologist Cytology Laboratory Chester County Hospital			Ziwei Zhao, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Laboratory of Dr. John Lambris Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
	Victoria Zoccoli-Rodriguez, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Laboratory of Dr. David Allman Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
...And in congratulating these Pathology and Laboratory Medicine team members on their new roles in the Department!
	Martine Boggs, PA(ASCP), MBA Associate Administrative Director Division of Anatomic Pathology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania			Donna Kirn, BHS, MLT(ASCP) Clinical Laboratory Integration Consultant Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Administration Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
	Stacy Ligato, MLS(ASCP) Blood Bank Medical Laboratory Scientist PAH Blood Bank Pennsylvania Hospital			Alexander McAnulla, BS Pathology Technologist Anatomic Pathology Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
	Sydney M. Shaffer, MD, PhD Associate Vice Chair for Basic Research Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Administration Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania			Lindsay Uva, MLS(ASCP) Blood Bank Medical Laboratory Scientist  PAH Blood Bank Pennsylvania Hospital
	Donn A. Van Deren, PhD Research Associate Abramson Family Cancer Institute Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania			Mei Yu, MS Clinical Laboratory Integration Consultant Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Administration Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania