Mary Ellen Wedding is a Professor of Health Professions in the College of Health Science and Human Service at the University of Toledo. Her undergraduate work was taken at Siena Heights University where she earned a Bachelor of Science. She interned in Medical Technology at Providence Hospital in Detroit. She was granted Registration as a Medical Technologist (MT) by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP). 

Before she entered teaching, she was a hospital medical technologist and later was employed by Parke Davis, Co., as a biologist in virus vaccine development for polio and adeno potency and sterility testing. Professor Wedding began her teaching career at the University of Toledo in 1977 as an instructor in Medical Assisting Technology. 

In 1980 Ms. Wedding earned the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) credential from the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). In 1981 she earned a Master of Education with emphasis in Health Education from the University of Toledo. Professor Wedding served as the Program Director from 1988 until the program’s closure in 1994. In 1992, Professor Wedding earned the Certification as a Professional Coder (CPC) through the American Academy of Professional Coders. Ms. Wedding now serves in the Health Information Management Program. 

Professor Wedding has presented technical and professional papers at the national, state, regional and local levels on various topics. She is the co-author of an internationally accepted medical terminology text workbook, which is now in its sixth edition. She has also co-authored a text-workbook in medical laboratory procedures. In addition, she collaborated with a co-author on four monographs in basic microbiology. These monographs were published by the American Association of Medical Assistants and provide practitioners with an opportunity to earn clinical CEUs after completion of the monograph requirements. 

Professor Wedding enjoys computer-assisted educational tools. She developed a bacterial identification program called Micro-Mugshot that helps students identify unknown microorganisms. She is currently beta-testing a drill and practice visual basic program in medical terminology. This program has a database of over 800 medical terms, and requires 100% accuracy for competency verification. She is currently expanding this program to include basic pharmaceutical agents and their therapeutic use.