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#IamASCLS Nathan Diogo

By Andrea Hickey posted 04-13-2016 00:31

  

-Name and hometown:
My name is Nathan Diogo, and my hometown is Westport, MA

-How would you describe yourself as a person?
I am friendly, driven, and an overall hard worker.

-Job title/specialization?
I am a Medical Technologist and my specialization is Hematology and Special Coagulation

-What got you into the field of Clinical Laboratory Sciences?
It was all by chance. I was looking for something to major in for my bachelor's degree to get me to medical school. I had seen a million biology programs and they were all pretty standard. When I visited UMass Dartmouth I was really intrigued with the CLS major. It also seemed like the perfect major to prepare me for medical school.

-What has been the highlight of your career thus far?
I recently helped bring up a whole blood platelet aggregometry test in the lab. Being a new graduate, I had never done that before. It was a big learning experience. I really got to see how much it takes to bring in a new test to a lab.

-What makes you diverse?
I think being deaf makes me diverse. There aren't many deaf people in healthcare, and even fewer in medical laboratory science. Being a user of ASL has helped me able to visualize 3D space since spacial recognition is a huge part of ASL. So I think I bring a different perspective when I look at things under the microscope because of It.

-How has ASCLS impacted you?
It made me realize how needed we are as a profession. Without us modern medicine really can't perform as it does today.

-What is your favorite part about the job?
When there is a difficult case and we are able to help the physician's figure out what is going on with the patient. I learn more about the clinical aspect of medicine and the physicians learn more about laboratory medicine.

-Your biggest achievements or proudest moments, both in your career and normal life:
Being a relatively recent graduate, my proudest moment would have to be graduating college.

-In your eyes, why should people join ASCLS?
ASCLS is the voice of everyone behind the doors that say "authorized personnel only." The more people that join ASCLS the louder, and more significant that voice will be to the outside world. It's the key to getting the tools we need to progress the profession forward
thanks,

Nate Diogo, MLS(ASCP)CM

Medical Technologist

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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