Judith S. Walent
Palatine, Illinois 60067
Objective To seek a challenging position that will allow me to continue using my educational
background, technical skills and expertise in a clinical laboratory and
expand my personal and professional experience in the health care industry.
Work Experience
1/1997 – Present Clinical Laboratory Scientist, ACL Laboratories
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois
Core Lab and Flow Cytometry
Performs routine and moderate to complex assays in the various sections of the
clinical laboratory and specialized tests in Flow Cytometry which includes
immunophenotyping of T and B cells to classify Leukemia/ Lymphoma, CD4/CD8
analysis, and enumeration of progenitor stem cells using Beckman Coulter FC 500
(5 color analysis) and Becton Dickinson FACS CANTO II (8 color analysis).
Recognizes the clinical significance of each test performed, troubleshoots problems
with instrumentation and reports results within established time frames.
5/1993 -1997 Medical Technologist, Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories,
Schaumburg, Illinois
Responsible for running daily quality control, routine drug testing and complex
assays in Toxicology. Rotated in other areas of the laboratory performing tests in
Immunology, Serology and ABO typing and Antibody screening in Blood
Bank, interpretation and reporting of test results.
1/1991- 5/1993 Medical Technologist, Michael Reese Hospital,
Chicago, Illinois
Worked in Cellular Immunology and Flow Cytometry doing immmunophenotyping
of T and B cells. Performed evaluation and validation of procedures for new
methodologies.
1986 – 1990 Laboratory Technologist, Sci- tek Laboratories, Sara Lee Corp,
Northbrook, Illinois
Worked in quality control to ensure food products are safe for consumers. Prepared
reagents utilized in performing tests. Responsible for specimen processing, test
performance in Microbiology and reporting of results.
Education University of Sto. Tomas, Manila, Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology