About - ASCLS-Florida

Advocacy for our Laboratorians

Our primary goal is to advocate for our profession and our patients. We do this by representing the interests of the clinical laboratory and affiliated professions and members of the Society in all government and other forums that affect these interests and being involved in national and state legislation and promoting licensure for all medical laboratory professionals.

Educate

We want to provide educational opportunities to students, future students, non-laboratory professionals and patients.

Educational Events:

Spring Symposium
Joint Annual Meeting

We encourage our members to share their education and expertise by presenting at these and other professional meetings! Some of our accomplishments include:

Textbook: Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Techniques, and Correlations (8th Edition by members Michael Bishop and Carleen Van Siclen)

Textbook: Proficiency Examination Review Handbook, 10th Edition (Hematology & Hemostasis by Carleen Van Siclen).

Presentation: Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel Laws and Rules (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Carleen Van Siclen.

Presentation: City Lights and Country Nights: The Built Environment's Role in Access to Laboratory Services and Health (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium and the 2022 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Kyle Riding

Presentation: Oh, the places you will go: Infections of Leisure (for the 2022 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Aaron Odegard

Presentation: Mindfulness and the Medical Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Kyle Riding

Presentation: Epigenetics: Diagnostic Methods in the Clinical Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium), Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado

Presentation: Old Friends & New: Emerging and Re-Emerging Pathogens in the Microbiology Laboratory (for the 2023 FSCLS Spring Symposium and the 2023 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado & Emilia Marrero-Greene

Presentation: Diversity Panel on Respect (for the 2022 ASCLS Joint Annual Meeting), Ogechi Ohaeto & Emilia Marrero-Greene

Awards

Below is a list of previous National, Regional, and State award winners. Congratulations! We are very proud of our FSCLS All-Stars!

Scholarship Winners:

2024: Destiny Presley and Laura Gibson
2023: Evalis Wong (1st) and David Ecker (2nd)

Joint Annual Meeting Awards:

2024: Mark De Luna, Alpha Mu Tau Eleanor Parchman Memorial Scholarship and Katherine Guise, Alpha Mu Tau Dorothy Morrison Memorial Scholarship
2023: Katherine Guise, Rodak Scholarship (E&R), Undergraduate Poster Award

Ascending Professionals Leadership

2024: Emily Woten
2023: Ogechi Ohaeto

Developing Professionals Leadership

2024: Katherine (Katie) Guise

Voices Under 40

2024: Ogechi Ohaeto

2023: Kyle Riding

2021: Aaron Odegard
2020: Jenny Ford

Member of the Year

2024: Kyle Riding

2023: Carleen Van Siclen
2020: Halcyon St. Hill
2019: Aaron Odegard

Omicron Sigma

2024: Maridaliz Rodriguez-Rosado, Mark De Luna, Halcyon St. Hill, Ed Peterson
Past winners on the state, regional and national levels: Ogechi Ohaeto, Mark De Luna, Emilia Marrero-Greene, Tripat Kaur, Carleen Van Siclen, Halcyon St. Hill, Jasmine Kendrick

Keys to the Future