Alverno Laboratories
Richard Tants has a strong background in laboratory management and technology. Richard started their career at Alverno Clinical Labs-St Anthony in 2008 as a Medical Technologist, where they worked until 2012. From there, they joined PCL Alverno Clinical Laboratories as a Research and Development Tech in 2012. In 2013, Richard returned to Alverno Laboratories as the General Lab Manager- Support Services, a position they held until 2018. In the same year, they were promoted to Laboratory Director, a role they currently hold at Alverno Laboratories.
Richard Tants completed their Bachelor's degree in Biology, General from Purdue University in 2007. Richard later pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Purdue University Northwest, which they completed between 2010 and 2012.
Alverno Laboratories
Alverno Laboratories manages 32 hospital laboratories and provides laboratory services to two free standing emergency departments and thousands of physician offices and other clients in the Midwest. Alverno has been providing outreach laboratory services in the northern Indiana communities since the laboratory was originally built in 1999. Alverno has more than twenty-five patient service centers, with the number expected to grow. Alverno has a state-of-the-art central laboratory and is one of the largest regional laboratories in the Midwest. Alverno exhibits a culture of customer service, highly reliable clinical and anatomic pathology testing with a focus on providing excellent laboratory service for the communities we serve. In addition to the more than 350 laboratory professionals at the Hammond facility and over 2,100 laboratory professionals system wide, Pathology Consultants, Inc. has five full time M.D. Pathologists providing anatomic pathology service and medical directorship at the central laboratory and about twenty pathologists throughout the Alverno system. The Alverno central laboratory became ISO 15189:2012 certified in 2015. We are proud of this accomplishment and credit our exceptional employees for achieving this certification.