Elma Cortinas is the Laboratory Manager for Anatomical Pathology at Children’s’ Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Elma received her master degree from Texas Tech University in El Paso, Texas and her bachelor in Biology from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. As the manager, she is responsible for the department of Anatomic Pathology and a staff of 13. Other responsibilities include the supervision of operations, development, validations, and implementation of new clinical testing based on patient and clinician needs, while seeking out new technologies to maintain the laboratory’s status of cutting edge expertise and development.
