[Histonet] RE:On the lighter side...

[Barry Rittman]

Well fixed in the histological sense I hope.
Barry


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Mayer,Toysha N <TNMayer <@t> mdanderson.org>
wrote:

> Tim,
>
> Just saw your post about the 'marketable skill'.  Funny those were my
> mother's exact words while I was in college.  She didn't care what I
> majored in, as long as I got a marketable skill along the way.
> The best advice I've ever gotten.
> Thanks Maria!!! (my mother)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dr.Toysha N. Mayer, D.H.Sc., MBA, HT (ASCP)
> Instructor/Education Coordinator
> Program in Histotechnology
> School of Health Professions
> UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
> 713.563-3481
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
> histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Morken, Timothy
> Sent: 08 August 2014 19:26
> To: 'Douglas Porter'; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> Subject: RE: [Histonet] On the lighter side...
>
> Wow, I feel like a newbie! 28 years, registered. HT 13663, 1988, HTL 1369,
> 1992. Electron Microscopy Technologist, #604, 1982.
>
> Like most, I never heard of "histology" until I walked into a hospital lab
> on my first day as  an EM tech. I had seen slides made in college, but no
> one ever mentioned it could be an actual profession. I was more taken with
> the electron microscope, and there was (is) a 2-year program at the
> community college in the town I grew up in (Delta College, Stockton, CA).
> So AFTER getting a BA in Zoology, I went there to get a marketable skill.
> At that time EM was still used for tumor dx, so when I started it was about
> half tumor, half kidney. I was lucky enough to get involved in histology
> and set up the IHC lab at the small community hospital I worked at (as an
> EM tech) and so ended up phasing myself almost out of an EM job. The IHC
> took over all the tumor dx from EM. Later I left EM altogether and did IHC
> exclusively for 15 years. But, like most, I learned Histotechnology on the
> job but was lucky enough to work for a pathologist who believed in
> developing his techs - to the point of paying for meetings out of his own
> pocket. Only now do I know how fortunate I was to work for someone like
> that. Because of him we had developed a culture in the small histo lab (4
> men!!) of learning. We studied together one night a week for the HT exam
> and all passed (and the practical!). Again, that was a fortunate
> experience, not very often seen in labs.
>
> Tim Morken
> Supervisor, Histology, Electron Microscopy and Neuromuscular Special
> Studies UC San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, CA
>
>
>
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