About Our Program
Through the sophisticated scientific tests technologists perform on blood, tissue, and body fluids, medical laboratory scientists aid pathologists and physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. As a student in our fully accredited Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) program, you’ll receive extensive mentoring and hands-on experience to be prepared to perform complex analyses and make important decisions that affect patient treatment. You will learn how to see the interdependence of the test and know the physiological conditions affecting test results. Our students spend the first 18 weeks of the full academic program year in the classroom, then participate in a wide range of experiences within four different sections of area hospital labs. Our program partners with various hospitals to serve each of our campuses.
You will have a variety of career paths to choose from, as our students are often recruited and placed in jobs due to the incredible demand for certified technologists. Additional career opportunities could include education, sales, research, the military (officer) or even on to medical school.
The MLS program at Heritage is accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Medical Lab Sciences (NAACLS).