Madhavi S. Patel

** ******* ******, (***) - *** - 5848

Piscataway, NJ 08854 smncgm@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

To obtain a position in a growth oriented organization where I can utilize my extensive experience in medical technology and skills in developing and testing emerging methodologies.

Summary

Highly talented clinical individual with diversified skills in performing difficult hematology testing, cross matching, ELISA testing, blood transfusion methods and blood component separation and storage methods by demonstrating professional behavior and laboratory expertise. Discover opportunities for and contribute to the improvement of quality, safety, cost, as well as patient, and customer satisfaction. Practical hands on experience with basic lab equipment: pH balances, viscometers, microbiology methods, MTS, ProVue etc.

Professional Background

MEDICAL LAB ASSITENT

Accurate Diagnostics, Edison, NJ 01/12 - Present

Support lab technicians as various departments: chemistry, urinalysis, hematology etc. Collect, handle and process patient specimens such as blood and urine. Prepare specimen before testing and use chemicals to examine patient result. Process laboratory paperwork and follow quality control procedures according to state law & regulations. Occasionally perform data entry in lab system.

SR. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

Indu Health Research Foundation Trust Blood Bank, Vadodara, India 08/09 – 06/11

Maintain a safe and professional environment by performing daily activities of the Patient Service Center/In-site Phlebotomy requests etc. Supervise phlebotomists and lab technicians to ensure compliance and safety for clinical specimen collections, hospital requirements, and lab procedures. Demonstrated organizational commitment and promoted a positive image to patients, clients, employees and the public in general. Provide orientation and training for patient service technicians.

• Contribute towards SOP & standards development, and establishment of business processes.

• Demonstrated apt understanding of compliance and safety, effectively communicated its importance to other employees.

• Consistently commend for the timely, high-quality completion of both routine and special lab assays of patient specimens.

• Streamlined lab requirements, improved specimen collection processes by training staff for special test indications (light, temperature, timed, fasting).

• Assisted with the gathering and analysis of laboratory data; entered, retrieved and processed computer generated lab reports.

• Executed and evaluated processed specimens, performed antibody identifications, cross matches & bacteriology tests to aid physician requests.

• Perform database registry for samples, completed QC & QA procedures for all laboratory assays, blood components and storage.

• Exhibit expertise in: blood collection by Venipuncture (routine, physician orders), capillary technique from diverse demographics: urine drug screen collection, alcohol testing etc.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST

Yogini Vasantidevi Hospital, Vadodara, India 5/08 – 6/09

Perform routine and non-routine activities pertaining to laboratory testing and the reporting of results. Execute assigned analytical testing procedures in an accurate, precise and timely manner. Document all corrective actions taken from lab’s established performance specifications.

• Perform complex lab tests and procedures on blood and other body fluids according to hospital operating procedures.

• Prepared samples and reagents for testing, utilized ELISA testing for transmitted diseases, hematological testing, blood component separations, etc.

• Aptly understood and reported all test results according to hospital guidelines, prepared slides of collection samples and other body fluid samples.

• Analyzed specimens using quality control policies, documented all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations.

• Provided all the necessary technical support to enable the lab operations run effectively, liaised with doctors and physiological scientists.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT – R&D INTERN

Alembic Pharma, Vadodara, India 2007 – 2008

Prepare diverse media types, patient culture samples - sensitive & resistance to existing antibiotics, and innovative staining types for microscopic check of new bacterial colonies. Examined physiological, morphological & cultural characteristics of microbes & created test reports for R&D documents. Created research reports for observation of microbes upon living plant tissues, other living material, etc. and made chemical analysis of substances such as: acids, alcohols, enzymes produced by bacteria.

Volunteer Experience

Civil Hospital & B.J. Medical College), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 2010 – 2011

Responsibilities: Active volunteer in “Training program for blood safety” at department of Immuno Hematology & Blood Transfusion as organized by Gujarat state AIDS Control Society (GSACS).

Apollo Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 2008 – 2009

Responsibilities: Actively volunteered in ISBTI-Gujarat State Council for Blood Transfusions on “Quality concepts in transfusion medicines’’. Took training for Apheresis & Stem Cell therapy in diabetic patients.

Education

M.S. Medical Laboratory Technology S.P. University, Gujarat, India, 2010

B.S. Microbiology S.P. University, Gujarat, India, 2008

WES Evaluation: 4-year B.S. degree & 1 year graduate study

Laboratory Skills

ELISA tests, MTS, ProVue, AFB & Gram staining, Agar & Isolation plating, Media preparation, Microorganism identification methods, cross matching and Hematological testing and knowledge about enzyme assay technices.

Computer Skills

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