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Nebraska Medicine highlighted the rare laboratory discovery by Zankhana Amin, a medical laboratory scientist who is a 2011 graduate of the Medical Laboratory Science Program in the UNMC College of Allied Health Professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nebraska Medicine’s Kara Haworth described the case:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t open my eyes I was in so much pain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how Taylor Billion described how she felt when she arrived at the Emergency Department at Nebraska Medical Center one day in March.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was suffering from abdominal pain, vomiting, and nausea. Despite her experience as a medical student at Creighton University Medical School, she had no idea what was wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s when one of our laboratory scientists went to work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click this link to watch Nebraska Medicine’s video about Amin\u2019s rare discovery.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Honeycutt, PhD, program director of UNMC’s Medical Laboratory Science Program, offered her kudos to Amin. Dr. Honeycutt also is an associate professor and chair of the UNMC Department of Allied Health Professions Education, Research and Practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Zankhana, thank you for your dedication to the medical laboratory science profession and quality patient care. You make an incredible impact to patient lives with each and every specimen result. Excellent work on this rare find.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin McGuire, an assistant professor in the Medical Laboratory Science Program\u00a0and a former classmate of Amin, said Amin\u2019s meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to patient care always have stood out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly heartening to see her contributions being recognized and her work shedding light on the vital, often unsung, role of medical laboratory scientists. With 14 years of dedicated service in laboratory medicine at Nebraska Medicine, Zankhana continues to exemplify the precision, compassion and professionalism that define this critical field.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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