About ASCLS-OR

Mission & Vision


ASCLS serves as the voice of all medical laboratory professionals, creating a vision for the advancement of the medical laboratory practice field, and advocating the value and the role of the profession ensuring safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient centered health care.

Purpose

  1. To promote higher standards in Medical Laboratory methods and research
  2. To elevate the status of those specializing in the field of Medical Laboratory Science
  3. To create mutual understanding between the medical laboratory personnel and physicians and all others who are employed in the interest of individual and public health.
  4. To promote the mutual aid and benefits of its members; In general, to do anything and everything necessary and proper to the conduct of a society of this nature, for the purpose of attaining and furthering any of its objectives and to exercise any and all other powers which now or hereinafter may be authorized by law.

Goals

  1. To assure patients and their physicians, as well as those persons concerned with health and research, the highest quality laboratory service that modern science affords.
  2. To expand and improve its service.
  3. To encourage intelligent and capable individuals to enter the educational path that leads to service in this profession.
  4. To establish and maintain high standards for the profession and for the services performed by its practitioners.
  5. To provide a forum for discussion of matters pertaining to the profession of medical laboratory science and for action thereon.
  6. To promote programs of continuing education, research, and development.
  7. To represent the profession of clinical laboratory science, to safeguard its standards, and to protect the professional interests of its members.
  8. To evaluate constantly the role and function of medical laboratory science.
  9. To interest candidates in choosing medical laboratory science as a career and to assist them in their evaluation of the requirements, opportunities, and activities of the profession of medical laboratory science.
  10. To encourage devotion to professional service and to our country, respect for our fellow man, the rule of the majority, the needs of the minority, and the will of God.

CURRENT LEADERSHIP

2025-2026 Board Members:

President: Jessie VanBlaricum

President-Elect: (Open)

Past-President: Mariah Alanis

Ascending Professional: Kylie Mons

Developing Professional: Jessica Doan

Secretary: Susan Holmes

Treasurer: Tiffany Mach

Board Member At-Large: (Open)

Board Member At-Large: Maja Chloupkova

2024-2025 Standing Committee Members: 

P.A.C.E Chair: Rachelle Barrett

GAC Chair: (Open)

Membership Development Chair: Katrina Holcomb

Nominations/Awards Chair: Laura Sage

Bylaws Chair: Maja Chloupkova

Public Relations Chair: Mariah Alanis

Scholarship Chair: Laura Sage

Publication Chairs: Susan Holmes & Jessie VanBlaricum

Continuing Education Committee Members:

NWMLS General Chair: Mariah Alanis

Joint Spring Seminar General Chair: Leonard Kargacin

What is Medical Laboratory Science?

Medical Laboratory Science is the application of physical, chemical, and biological principles to the performance of laboratory procedures. Scientists perform complex testing on patient samples using sophisticated equipment. It is a discipline encompassing research, development, teaching, supervision, and performance of these procedures and services. Medical Laboratory Science is an independent profession which participates in interprofessional collaboration with other healthcare professionals to provide health services to the community.  

What is ASCLS?

ASCLS is an inclusive, culturally relevant community of people acknowledging their differences and unique characteristics; it is an organization where all persons can engage and participate in a meaningful way empowering everyone to grow and learn.

Advocacy

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

Education

We provide educational opportunities to students, future students, non-laboratory professionals and patients. We continually provide continuing education opportunities to current medical laboratory professionals on a bi-yearly basis.  

Check out our event pages to see current continuing education opportunities.