Histology Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Histology Specialists include Histologic Technicians and Histologists. They both prepare tissue samples that are used by physicians to determine if a patient has a disease, dysfunction, or malignancy.  Histologists perform more advanced and complex procedures than technicians.  They also often perform management functions. Histology Specialists may work in hospitals, veterinary, pharmacy, or research laboratories.

Average Salary: $22,000-$35,000 (Histologic Technicians)

                        $30,000-$50,000 (Histologists)

Education:

Students who would like to become a histology specialist should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. To become a histologic technician you must earn an associate’s degree in the field and complete a one year internship.  They also must pass a national examination.  To become a histologist you must earn a bachelor’s degree in the field that includes a one year clinical internship, afterwards they must pass a national examination.

I think I would like to be a histology specialist because they work in a laboratory and I think I would be interested in this career.