MOORHEAD — Katelyn Ryvers Anderson of Charleston is a 2024 graduate of the Medical Laboratory Technology Program at Mississippi Delta Community College.
She was one of 11 individuals honored for completion of the program during MDCC’s Health Science Pinning and Graduation Ceremony on May 2.
In total, 83 students graduated from one of five health science programs.
The Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) Program prepares students for a career in the health care field.
In the laboratory, a highly skilled team of pathologists and medical technologists, MLT and specialists work together to solve the mysteries, put the puzzles together and answer the critical questions of medicine.
Seventy to eighty percent of medical decisions made by physicians are based on laboratory findings. In fact, the practice of modern medicine would be impossible without the tests performed in the laboratory. Every day, new advances in genetic testing, biomarkers and polymerase chain reaction technology are creating more challenges and job opportunities for clinical laboratory science professionals. It is a fast-growing field, and there will be great demand for clinical laboratory professionals in the future. Clinical laboratory professionals are the researchers, the investigators, and, some say, the real heroes of medicine.
Anderson is the daughter of Jamie and Lisa Anderson.
