Medical Technology Faculty
University of the Sciences’ program is the only hospital-based medical technology program in Pennsylvania that has a certified medical technologist as director and advisor.
As a medical technology student, you'll learn alongside your professors in the laboratory, performing tests and gathering data as a professional clinical laboratory scientist would. The faculty members you'll learn and seek advice from are trained scientists and researchers.
You'll have access to faculty across the University for both teaching and mentoring. Faculty within Misher College of Arts and Sciences are available to share their professional experiences with you.
Margaret Reinhart, MS, MT (ASCP)
Lecturer in Biology
Director, Medical Technology Program
m.reinha@usp.edu | 215.596.8797
Ms. Reinhart holds an MS from Villanova University, an MMA from Pennsylvania State University, and a BS from Millersville University. She is a Medical Technologist certified by the American Society of Clinical Pathologist and is a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University, as well as an instructor in the Pennsylvania Hospital Medical Technology Program. Ms. Reinhart’s research interests are invertebrate immune responses; and reactions of earthworm coelomocytes to both naturally occurring and induced parasite infections.
Adjunct Faculty
Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, NJ
Perla Simmons BS, MPA, MT (ASCP)
MPA (Rutgers University)
Program Director
Brian S. Erler, MD, PhD
MD (SUNY Brooklyn)
Medical Advisor
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
John A. Mihok, MSEd, MT (ASCP)
BS (University of Maryland)
MS (Monmouth University)
Program Director
Louis J. Zinterhofer, MD
MD (Tulane)
Medical Director
Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Jean Buchenhorst, MT (ASCP)
MS (MCP/Hahnemann)
Program Director
Michael Husson, MD
MD (Boston University)
Medical Director
Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA
Brian Spezialetti, MA, MSEd, MT (ASCP)
BA (Mansfield University)
MS (Elmira College)
Program Director
Joseph T. King, MD
MD (State University of Buffalo, New York)
Medical Advisor
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Leah Beck, MT (ASCP)
MS (Thomas Jefferson)
BS-MT (University of Delaware)
Program Director
Judy Pascasio, MD
MD (University of the Philippines)
Medical Director
St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL
Lynnette Chakkaphak, MT (ASCP)
BS (University of Massachusetts)
MS (University of South Florida)
Program Director
Ricardo Ramos, MD
BS, MD (University of Florida)
Medical Director, Chief Pathologist
St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, New York, NY
Sr. Catherine Sherry, MT (ASCP)
MS, MPA, MT (ASCP) (New York University)
Program Director
John F. Gillhooley, MD
MD (Seton Hall University)
Medical Director
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Janet Devine, MT (ASCP)
EdD (Temple)
Program Director
Albert A. Keshgegian, MD, PhD
BA, MD, PhD (University of Penn)
Medical Director
WCA Hospital, Jamestown, NY
Michele G. Harms, MT (ASCP)
MS (SUNY, Fredonia, NY)
Program Director
William A. Geary, MD, PhD
PhD (Washington University)
MD (University of Virginia)
Medical Director