Michele B. Zitzmann, MHS, MLS (ASCP)
Email: mzitzm@lsuhsc.edu
Phone: 504-568-4269
LSUHSC Appointments:
Program Director of Medical Laboratory Science
Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Science
Licensure/Certifications:
Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Science
Licensure/Certifications:
- Board of Registry, American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), #182011, 1990
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, Clinical Laboratory Personnel Committee, Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Generalist, #G00795
Education/Degree(s):
Master of Health Science – Education track
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1995
Bachelor of Science of Medical Technology
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, August
1990
Teaching:
- MLS 3112 Professional Skills in MLS lecture & lab course – Course Director
- MLS 4102 Urinalysis & Body Fluids lecture & lab course – Course Director
- MLS 4105 Parasitology & Mycology lecture & lab course – Course Director
- MLS 4139 Review & Applications in Clinical Laboratory Concepts - Course Director
- MLS 4131 Clinical Hematology/Microscopy Practicum - Course Co-Director
- MLS 4135 Clinical Microbiology Practicum - Course Co-Director
- MLS 4120 Biochemistry Laboratory course - Instructor
- MLS 5101 Clinical Hematology II - Instructor
Research and Scholarship:
Most areas of research interest include curriculum design and instructional methods and topics in parasitology, mycology, urinalysis and body fluids.
Service (Departmental, School, Institution, Professional Organizations):
Departmental commitees
- Chair, Recruitment Committee, 2001-present
- Chair, Admissions Committee, 2018-present
- Chair, Awards Committee, 2019-present
- Co-chair, Curriculum Committee, 2020-present
- Member, Advisory Board Committee, 1994-present
- Member, Clinical Affiliate Committee, 1994-present
- Member, Search Committee for MLS Department Head position, 2019
School committees
- Member, Recruitment Committee, 2001 – present
- Chair, SAHP Recruitment Committee, 2011 - 2022
- Co-chair, Recruitment Committee, 2022-2023
- Co-chair, Student Recruitment Specialist Search committee, 2022-2023
- Member, Copping Award for Excellence committee, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Member, SAHP Honors Committee, 2018 - present
- Member, Admissions Committee 2022- present
- Member, Student Affairs Committee 2022- present
- Member, Student Ambassador Committee 2022- present
- Chair, Grade Appeal Committee, Fall 2024
Professional Organizations
- American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 1990 - present
- Louisiana Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, 1990 - present
- Clinical Laboratory Personnel Association, 1991 - present
Other Professional Service
- Member, Advisory Committee, Tulane Medical Laboratory Microbiology/MSM program, 2025
- Member, Advisory Committee, Tulane Pathologists’ Assistant program, 2025