Lawrence T. Richards M.S., H.T (ASCP),QIHC (ASCP)

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Phone: 805-***-****

E-mail : ab4h35@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** ******* **** ****, ***:201, Carpinteria, CA 93013

Field of Routine Histology Lab specimen processing and staining.

Specialization Immuno Histochemistry / FISH / Special Stain / Histologist

Antibody characterization and optimization, patient sample

testing, specimen processing including grossing, blocking and

cutting. Staining slides for H & E, special stains and IHC and

FISH, CISH. Work flow and time management study and Histology

Lab equipment purchase consultant. Management of Histology

Lab.

Professional 2013 April 24 - 2013 July 5

experience Histology Technologist,

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital,

Ridgecrest, CA

(Contract job through Healthcare Connections, Boca Raton, FL)

Managed Histology Lab for the Hospital.

2012 Sep 24 - Dec 14

Supervisor, Histology Lab,

St.Francis Hospital and Medical Center,

Hartford, CT

(Contract job through AMN Healthcare, Staffing Agency,

Sandiago, CA)

Managed eight Histology Technicians in routine specimen

processing and staining, Special stains lab, IHC Lab and

co-coordinated work flow of Pathology Lab. Budget preparation

and trouble shooting and equipment purchase. Staff recruitment

and training. CAP inspection preparation including SOP and

Procedural Manual preparation and update. Reorganized a

dis-functional lab and hired Technician. Reassigned shifts and

duties and responsibilities. Conducted time management study

and Initiated productivity monitoring and work flow stream

lining.

2012 Jan 16 - May 4.

Histologist - Immuno-Histochemistry.

Naples Community Hospital Health Systems, Naples, FL.

(Contract job through AMN Healthcare, Staffing Agency,

Sandiago, CA)

In-charge of the Immuno-Histochemistry lab.

Run patient samples on automated IHC instruments and special

stains instruments. Trouble shooting staining quality and

optimizing diagnostic assays. Inventory and ordering supplies.

Documentation and preparation of procedural manuals. Overall

quality improvement of IHC lab. Routine Histology specimen

processing and staining. Supervision of Technicians.

2011 Sep 12 - Oct 14

Histologist ( contract job through Full Staff Temp Staffing

Agency)

Pathology Group of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA.

IHC, Special stains, routine H & E.

.

2011 July - August.

Histologist ( contract job through Full Staff Temp Staffing

Agency)

Covance Laboratories, Madison, Wisconsin.

Toxicology and safety assessment studies for pharmaceutical

industry. Performs histology of animal tissues.

2011 May 21 - May 28

Consultant Histologist: Pathology Consultant of New Mexico,

Roswell, NM. Vacation coverage and consultancy.

Specimen processing, special stain, IHC and work flow

consultancy.

(Temporary travel assignment through Healthcare Connections.

Staffing Agency.)

2011 Jan 7 - 2011 April 15

Consultant Histologist: Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West,

FL

Specimen logging, Grossing, Blocking, Cutting and Staining H &

E, Special Stains and IHC. New antibodies optimization.

(Temporary travel assignment through Club Staffing, Staffing

Agency)

2010 May 18 - September 17

Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West, Florida.

(Temporary Travel assignment with Club Staffing, Staffing

Agency, Florida.)

Specimen logging, Grossing, Blocking, Cutting and Staining H &

E, Special Stains and IHC.

2006 December - May 2010.

Quest Diagnostics (Clinical Trials), Valencia, California.

(Pathway Diagnostics, Malibu, CA)

(Quest Diagnostics acquired Pathway Diagnostics in Jan 2009,

during this transition period I worked as a Consultant for

Pathway and a Temp worker for Quest, through Full Staff Temp

Agency ).

Bio-Marker Development, Histology bench work.

Immunohistochemistry and FISH- Her2, PIK3, Bcl2

Bio-Marker assay development & clinical

trial, patient's

Sample testing. Assay Validation report

preparation and

SOP writing. During this time I developed IHC

assays

for more than 30 antibodies of novel and

specific IHC

Bio-Markers for various clients.

( IHC and FISH Assay development for custom/novel and specific

antibodies for their Clinical trials.

( List of Bio-Pharma clients I worked with: Astra-Zeneca,

Biogen-Idec, Pfizer, GSK, Merck, Schering, Sankyo, Agensys,

Array Bio-Pharma, DAKO.,etc.

Pathway Diagnostics, Malibu, California

Immunohistochemistry Specialist

Diagnostic assay development IHC and

FISH,

Bio-Marker Validation.

SOP and Validation Report preparations.

Frozen Tissue IHC staining. Image

analysis.(SPOT)

Histology

Processing, cutting, and H &

E staining, Special staining.

Tissue Bank / Tissue Microarray.

Cell culture: :Grow cancer cell lines,

and make

cytospins/cell pellets..

Cell Search (CTC) Veridex analyst.

(Certified)

Contd

2005 October November 2006

Celerus Diagnostics, Goleta, California.

IHC Specialist / Histologist

Design help and test new IHC instrument

'WAVE'

Optimization of antibodies and detection

systems

Review of slides for specificity and

sensitivity.

Histology:

Processing, embedding, cutting paraffin

and frozen

Tissue Bank set up and maintenance.

Frozen sections

Fixation and IHC staining. Paraffin

sectioning.

2002 Jan - 2005 October

Dako Corporation, Carpinteria, CA 93013

Instrumentation Technologist - IHC /

Instruments

Instrumentation Chemistry R & D

Optimizing antibodies and reagents for

the new

IHC stainer "ERIDAN", Special stain

platform 'Artisan',

and 'Hybridizer', Software: Testing

'Autostainer'

Development of panel /cocktail

antibodies.

Molecular Lab

HPV Probe development: High and low

risk probes.

CISH and FISH assays with GenPoint.

Cell culture: Grow cells on membranes,

cytospins/pellets

Tissue Bank set up and maintenance.

Histology:

Processing, embedding, cutting,

Image Capture and analysis: Scan scope

(Aperio)

2000 April - 2001 December.

Sakura Finetek USA, Inc.,Torrance, CA

Customer Support and Product Specialist

.Help customer in technical problems and

trouble

Shooting software and hardware

instrument problems.

Training: Instrumentation:

Factory trained in preventive

maintenance of all Sakura

Instruments.

Conducted training class on Sakura

products for customers

1980 - 2000

New York University- Mt.Sinai School of

Medicine at Sterling Forest, New York, New York 10010

2000 Assistant Research Scientist

NCI-Histology Core Facility

Management.

( IHC /FISH /EM and Histology

Labs)

Supervised technicians, Budget

responsibilities.

( Immuno Histochemistry optimization of Antibodies,

( Image Analysis with NCI software.

( Screening of Antibodies for research

Bench work, Grossing to QC and Lab management, Animal

Experimentations, Surgery, Results analysis.

Class Room Teaching - Graduate Students in

Histologic Technology, IHC, FISH and EM.

Professional American Society of Clinical Pathologist - Associate Member

memberships National Society for Histotechnology - Since 1984

Seminar Guest Speaker at the International Workshop on Immuno

Speaker Histo-chemistry at Dr.D.Y.Patil Medical College, Pune, India

Publications (on 9th & 10th Aug, 2008.

Guest Speaker, Dako Workshop on Immunohistochemistry, Manila,

Philippines.March 27,2009

(Please copy and paste as web address, if necessary)

http://www.slideshare.net/aalamaram/ihc-technology

http://www.slideshare.net/aalamaram/80508algorithm

https://www.slideshare.net/aalamaram/staining-steps3509-357278

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"IHC Biomarker, Development, Testing and Commercialization in

the United States: A personal Perspective" Pages 69 - 71

DAKO Connection Publication.

(Please copy and paste as web address, if necessary)

http://www.dako.com/us/index/knowledgecenter/kc_publications/k

c_publications_connection/kc_publications_connection12.htm/288

27_2008_conn12_ihc_bio-marker_development_and_commercializatio

n_in_us_richards.pdf

Education Master of Science (Biology) - University of Madras, M.Sc

1969

New York University, (Cancer Biology ) 1994 Graduate

curriculum

Certificate in Computer Programming, New York University 1992

American Society of Clinical Pathologists: H.T (ASCP) 1983 #

11138

American Society of Clinical Pathologists: QIHC (ASCP) 2008

Florida

License:

Histology Technologist - TN42188 Exp: Aug 2014

REFERENCES:

1)Chalise Thornton, Supervisor, Pathology Lab, Ridgecrest Regional

Hospital, Ridgecrest, CA

Tel: 760-***-****

2)Kathleen Luczyk, Chief Operating Officer, Collaborative Lab Services, St.

Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT. Tel: 860-***-****

3)Jodi Cooper, Manager, NCH Healthcare System, Naples, FL

Tel # 239-***-**** x 2031

4)Vicki Freeman, Manager, Quest Diagnostics/ (Pathway Diagnostics)

310-***-****/310-***-****/661-***-**** Cell

5)Patrice Waite, Manager, Lower Keys Medical Center, Key West, FL. Tel #

305-***-****

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