Read the Lehigh Valley Economic Development's story on HNL Lab Medicine's new President and CEO, Martin K. Till, who plans to focus on broadening the organization's reach in Life-saving Work. 

By Nicole Radzievich Mertz on November 10, 2021

​Martin Till Focuses on Broadening the Reach of HNL Lab Medicine’s Life-saving Work

The work done by the people at HNL Lab Medicine is deeply personal for new President and CEO Martin Till.

Nearly 20 years ago, when Till was a Lehigh Valley newspaper publisher, his mother fell ill while flying in from Australia for a visit. Fearing a heart issue that ran in her family, Till drove her to Lehigh Valley Hospital’s Cedar Crest emergency room. The test her doctor ordered pointed instead to a rare lung disease that, if not treated quickly, would have killed her.

“This place literally saved my mother’s life and instilled in me a lasting recognition of the deep connection between what health care professionals do and the patients they serve,” Till said. “Every time I walk through one of our labs and look at the tubes being processed, I don’t just see tubes—I see every one of those tubes as the person they will help. In many cases, these tubes end up saving lives.” Read View Full Article Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) - https://lehighvalley.org

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