Dennis J. Ernst MT(ASCP) has been involved in phlebotomy for over 30 years as a medical technologist, educator, and legal consultant. As the Director of the Center for Phlebotomy Education, he conducts workshops, in-services, and conferences on phlebotomy across the U.S. and around the globe with the goal of protecting healthcare workers and their patients from injury while obtaining high quality specimens for laboratory testing.

• Director of the Center for Phlebotomy Education, Inc.
• Author of Applied Phlebotomy (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005).
• Author of Phlebotomy for Nurses and Nursing Personnel (HealthStar Press, 2001).
• Editor of Blood Specimen Collection FAQs (Center for Phlebotomy Education, 2008).
• Editor of Phlebotomy Today and Phlebotomy Today—STAT!, an online family of phlebotomy e-newsletters in publication since 2000.
• Chairperson/Participant in the revision of several CLSI specimen collection standards and guidelines.
• Internationally recruited speaker.