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Internship
The summer after your junior year, you'll begin a 50-week, 40-hour clinical internship with an accredited affiliated hospital program. This intensive internship experience enhances your education by providing a real-world learning environment.
Internship Locations
Our clinical partners are Accredited by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science
- *Sanford Health System, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Michael Geis, M.D., Medical Director
Meredith Loosbrock, M.S., M.L.S.(A.S.C.P.), Program Official - *St. Luke's College/UnityPoint Health, Sioux City, Iowa
James Quesenberry, M.D., Medical Director
Mary K. Smith M.S., M.T. (A.S.C.P.), SC Program Official - *MercyOne, Sioux City, Iowa
Askar Qalbani, M.D., Medical Director
Mary K. Smith, M.S., M.T. (A.S.C.P.) Program Official - University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Brooke Solberg, Ph.D., M.L.S.(A.S.C.P.), Program Official
*For those students electing to compete for an internship through Sanford Sioux Falls-South Dakota, MercyOne-Sioux City, Iowa, or St. Luke's College/UnityPoint Health-Sioux City, Iowa, please be aware of their admission requirements.
For more information regarding the internship, contact us at medlab@usd.edu or 605-658-6500.