Kim Thoa Merrigan

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New Brunswick, NJ 08901

732-***-****

Email: acate3@r.postjobfree.com

Education

New York medical college

**** - **** ***** ******* *******, St. Mary's Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.

Certificate of Completion, Jun 2002.

Universidad AutOnoma de Guadalajara SCHool OF MEDICINE

1995 - 2000 Physician-Surgeon Degree, Jun 2000.

Columbia University

1992 - 1993 Neurobiology, Developmental Biology, Cells &Tissues, Mammalian

Physiology.

University of Southern California

1987 - 1992 BS Degree in Chemistry, May 1992. Minor in Biology.

Work Experience

MEDIMEDIA HEALTH Carlstadt, NJ

2012 Physician Advisor. Provide educational information and media

to healthcare professionals.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DEPT OF PATHOLOGY New

York, NY

2005 - 2008 Senior Technician, Histology. Operated and managed Frozen

Section Room at

New York Presbyterian Hospital. Cut surgical specimens in

cryostat and stained

with H&E. Interacted with pathologists, surgeons, residents

and medical students.

Research

CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY

New Brunswick, NJ

2008 - 2012 KARINE COHEN-SOLAL, PhD, Principal Investigator, Medical

Oncology

Research Teaching Specialist. Study the role of Transforming

Growth Factor beta in the development and progression of

melanoma. Job duties include western blotting, bacterial

transformation and amplification, DNA gel electrophoresis, protein

extraction, nucleofection, migration and invasion, and

mammalian cell culture.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DEPT OF PATHOLOGY New

York, NY

2005 CHARLES A. POWELL, MD, Principal Investigator, Pulmonary

Critical Care

ALAIN C. BORCZUK, MD, Principal Investigator, Pulmonary

Pathologist

Research Technician. Identified mediators involved in invasive

lung cancer.

Performed western blotting, RNA isolation,

immunohistochemistry.

Cornell University Medical College New

York, NY

1993 - 1995 PETER R. MACLEISH, PhD, Director, Margaret M. Dyson Vision

Research Institute

Research Technician. Screened for monoclonal antibodies against

normal retina and retinoblastoma. Implemented molecular biology

(western blotting, PCR, RNA isolation, amplification, DNA & RNA

gel electrophoresis, transfections, molecular cloning) and cell

culture techniques (hybridoma production, cell cloning), IHC and

immunofluorescence microscopy.

USC Molecular Biology Los Angeles,

CA 1991 - 1992 MARIA C. PELLEGRINI, PhD, Director

Laboratory Assistant. Designed and created plasmid DNA

constructs in directed research project.

Publication

The Glutamate Release Inhibitor Riluzole Decreases Migration,

Invasion, and Proliferation of Melanoma Cells. Journal of

Investigative Dermatology (2010),130(9):2240-9.

Personal

Proficient in general and medical Spanish conversation.

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