Medical Technology Professional Advisory Group Update Submitted by LCDR Julie Morris, USPHS and LT Cara Nichols, USPHS MTPAG Communication Subcommittee. National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, 2009 The Medical Technologists of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) work hard everyday in clinical and research laboratories across the Nation to deliver quality healthcare by performing testing and analysis on patient samples that have a substantial impact on the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Please join the MTPAG (Medical Technology Professional Advisory Group) in recognizing our Medical Technologists for their dedication and excellence in their field during National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 19-25, 2009. MTPAG Update The MTPAG functions in a resource and advisory capacity to assist in the development, coordination, training, and evaluation of activities related to Health Services officers in the Medical Technology professional discipline in the Corps with specific objectives. The Health Services Officer (HSO)/Medical Technology discipline of the Corps is pleased to announce the reformation of the MTPAG leadership and members for 2009. Chair: LCDR Janet Cliattm Vice Chair: LCDR Michael Clay Secretary: LCDR Jeri Weatherly Members:  CAPT Astrid Szeto CDR Todd Alspach CDR Clarence Smiley LCDR Clyde Darrah LCDR John Welch LCDR Robin Goodwin LCDR Cindy Flacks LCDR Lesley “Jane” Preston LCDR Shah Khan LCDR Pham Chauha LT Camille Mitchel LT Cara Nichols LT Matthew Rendahl LT Andrea Peay LTJG Alfred Lugo LTJG Lane Vause Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Indian Health Service (IHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Centers for Disease Promotion and Prevention (CDC) IHS IHS Department of Homeland Security (DHS) IHS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) IHS Bureau of Prisons (BOP) National Institutes of Health (NIH) BOP IHS IHS BOP BOP CMS If you are a Medical Technologist in the Corps and have not joined the MTPAG or the MTPAG Listserv, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to do so. Please check out our Web page at the HSO Web site http://usphs-hso.org/pags/mtpag/mtpag_main.shtml and join the MTPAG Listserv at https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mtpag&A=1 to keep up-to-date on all that is going on in your MTPAG.

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