MUHAMMAD F. DURRANI, Ph.D *** Hicksville Road,

Bethpage, NY 11714

Phone 516-***-****; 516-***-****, Email: ab2lr5@r.postjobfree.com,

ab2lr5@r.postjobfree.com

Career objectives

Expand expertise in clinical laboratory operation/Quality management,

Point-of-Care Testing, and clinical/genetics/molecular diagnostics,

research/impact assessment, teaching/planning/policy making, data

analyses and interpretation/report writing

Degree Year of Completion Years of CGPA/Grade

Education

Ph.D 2002 05 3.92/A

M.Sc. (Hons) 1995 04 3.74/A

B.Sc. (Hons) 1991 04 3.21/B

F.Sc. (Premedical group) 1988 02 B

Secondary School (Science 1985 12 A

group; S.S.C)

Academic Qualification

Licenses Held/Certificates

Laboratory Director (Certificate of Qualification in Bacteriology,

Diagnostic Immunology, Molecular Diagnostics/detection) and Restricted

Virology, New York State Department of Health.

Eligible for obtaining five CLIA Waiver certificates for Point-of-Care

testing centre or facilities in Chemistry, Microbiology, Virology,

immunology, Molecular diagnostics and hematology.

Clinical Lab. Technologist (New York State Education Department)

Charge of Chemical laboratory (Fire Department NYC)

Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 & Dry Ice ( Certified National Lab.

Training Network, MD)

Introduction to Quality Management (Qualitygurus.com)

Introduction to Risk Management (Qualitygurus.com)

Introduction to Six Sigma (Qualitygurus.com)

Introduction to Internal Auditor Course (Qualitygurus.com)

Membership:

ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology)

ASM (American Society for Microbiology)

System knowledge and Statistical Data analysis packages

SAS (Statistical Analysis System), SPSS (Statistical Package for the

Social Sciences), MS-office, Gene-Mapper, Gene-Sequencer, Window-path,

Seacoast, Mysis, Sunrise, Smart-term and Quadramed.

Awards

2008 Ameristar award, Amerigroup community care, Virginia Beach, USA.

2002 Pride of performance, Department of Poultry Science, NWFP, Agri.

University, Peshawar, Pakistan

2000 Associate Editor Asian-Canadian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

1995 Best graduate at Master Level

1985 First position at Associate level

1985 First position in Secondary school Examination

Publications: 55 research articles published in various scientific and

community journals

Work history and Professional Experience

November 2012-Present (Point of Care Testing and Quality System

Manager, Interfaith Medical Center)

August 2012- Oct 2012 (Assistant Director Microbiology, Dart Medical

Laboratory, Brooklyn, NY)

Jan. 2006 - Present (Clinical Lab. Technologist II, Kings County

Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY)

July 2011-Sep. 2012 (Med. Technologist I, Nassau University Medical

Center, East Meadow, NY)

Dec. 2009 - July 2011( Lab. Technologist, ENZO Clinical Labs.

Farmingdale, NY)

Work Experience:

Quality System management, Point-of-Care testing and Laboratory Operation

management

Staff supervision, managing, coordinating, assuring compliance,

monitoring, training, employees skill assessment, Quality Assurance,

Quality management, proficiency testing coordination, review of patient

results and Quality controls/calibration monitoring/reviews, establishing

means, assessing reportable ranges across the assays, Peer group

comparisons for quality controls using Bio-Rad TrinityNet work,

negotiation with vendors and overseeing/managing/coordinating Point of

care testing program. Developed/executed and successfully completed

projects on quality controls/assays monitoring, inventory, validation,

reporting system, management review and CPT codes on Point of Care

testing. Writing and updating policies/Procedures, quality control

procedures/manuals, infection control procedures, Scheduling, Inventory

Management, developed special computer Spreadsheet programs for quality

indicators and inventory management. Bio-safety and disinfection

procedures, in-charge of chemical and biosafety. Implementation of

quality assurance policies/procedures, developing quality indicator,

executing Performance Reviews (PR)and internal audits, reports review,

monthly and yearly statistics, member of quality assurance, infection

control, patient care and safety committees. Monitoring,

educating/training, skill assessment of Point-of-care testing

personnel/coordinators, nurses, Managers and Physicians on glucose

testing, Blood Gases and pH, Tropnin I, Activated Clotting time and rapid

tests (HIV, Strep Group A, Stool Occult Blood, Urine Analyses and

Pregnancy testing). Validation of instruments/equipment/analyzers, assays

and testing procedures, Precision/correlation studies,

linearity/calibration verification studies, reproducibility, validation

studies, Statistical analysis, cross testing assays, analyses and

preparation corrective action reports, calibration/maintenance/trouble

shooting, checking reliability of the generated clinical data,

investigating trends, decision making on critical values, reporting

communicable/infectious diseases to the Department of health, educating

physicians/health care professional on proper use of medium, specimen

collection, and handling, releasing results, send outs, batch reviews,

environmental monitoring, handling critical calls, multi-skilled

laboratory/support functions, waste disposal, autoclaving, sterility

testing and assisting with workflow/management,

receipt/delivery/inventory, records' management/statistics, data

analyses/calculating incidence and interpretation/report writing.

Directed microbiology department and Wrote Quality Management System

Manual, Quality Manual, SOPM(s) and Quality control Manual for

microbiology and Point-of-Care testing, Validation procedure manual,

Proficiency testing manual and Biosafety manual.

Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology and Diagnostic Immunology procedures

Clinical/invader chemistry, Special/immuno Chemistry, A1c, Blood Gases

and pH, Drug abuse/toxicology, Therapeutic Drug monitoring (TDM), General

and Reproductive Endocrinology, Thyroid function tests, Qualitative and

quantitative hCG, diagnostic immunology, Activated Clotting time (ACT),

allergies, Anaemia tests, Metabolic tests (Cortisol &

Homocyseine),Troponin, CK, CK-MB, Microalbumin, Prealbumin, UIBC, Urea

Nitrogen, Uric Acid, Rheumatoid Factor, Hepatitis, antigen and antibody,

Rubella IgG & IgM, Toxo IgG & IgM, IgE, Oncology/Tumour Marker assays

(CEA, CA 125 II, CA 15-3, AFP and PSA), Osmolarity, flow cytometry, HIV

Ag/Ab Combo and HIV-1/2 OraQuick, Quantitative antibiotics

detection/monitoring assays, CSF/Serum/Urine chemistry,

Comprehensive/Basic metabolic panels, Lipid panels, liver, kidney and

hepatic/enzymatic function tests, ammonia, Littithium, CRPS,

electrophoresis, Vitamins, electrolytes/trace minerals detection. Ketone,

direct antigen detection tests (influenza A and B) and other rapid

biochemical/serological tests and urine analyses.

Clinical Microbiology procedures

Bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, diagnostic immunology,

Serology, STDs, mycobacteriology, sterility/testing (water/dialysates for

bacterial contamination), Sterilization and Biological indicator testing,

Bacterial, viral and Yeast/fungal cultures, harvesting assimilation,

fermentation and organism identification to specie level, disk diffusion,

confirmatory tests for Multi Drug resistant pathogens, Microscan/Vitak2,

API(s), BBL Crystal, DNA probe, direct immunofluorescence Assays, Enzyme

Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Screening, diagnostic and confirmatory

tests for HIV, HCV, HBV, Syphilis, pregnancy and Tuberculosis (ELISA,

Western Blot, RPR, VDRL, FTA, TPPA and Quantiferon-TB Gold). Direct

antigen detection and rapid serological tests for Mononucleosis,

Cryptococal species, C. difficile, Stool Oclt-blood, giardia, Affirm

VPIII Microbial Identification Test (for candida species, Gardnerella

vaginalis, Trichomonas vaginalis), Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test, OraQuick,

ACE test, influenza, RSV and other respiratory infections. MicroScan

Walkaway and API system Validation on antibiotic susceptibility and

organism identification to the species level.

Genetics, Molecular diagnostics and onco-assays

Extraction of DNA/RNA, invader chemistry, Gene mapping procedures, Gene

Sequencing (Antenatal Panel Tests for CT/GC, Gardnerella Vaginalis,

Trichomonas Vaginalis, Group B; Strep, Herpes 1&2 and Thrombophilia

Panel), Fragile X Syndrome, Fragment Analysis, Cystic fibrosis, factor

II, factor V, HIV, HCV, HBV, H1N1 (PCR, RT-PCR, viral load). Strand

Displacement Amplification (SDA; XTR & Non-XTR) and Transmission-Mediated

Amplification (TMA; APTIMA Combo 2 Assays) for Chlamydia trachomatis

(CT), Gonorrhoea (GC) and Trichomonsis. Loop-Mediated Isothermal

Amplification ( LAMP) for detection of a specific tcdA region in the

pathogenicity locus (PaLoc) of Toxicogenic C. Difficile toxin A & B, Cell

fixation, hybridization and Flow cytometry on T-cells, and Cervical

cancer (Oncotech E6/E7) and Hybridization Assays for Human Papillomavirus

(HPV; High/low risk assays using Thinprep, Viro-Pap, Surepath and

Diagene).

Operation/maintenance of equipment;

Roche Modular Analytical System, MPA, ADVIA Centaur and ADVIA Centaur XP

(Immuno-assay system), DXC800 and DXI800 (Clinical chemistry, Special

Chemistry, Toxicology, TDM and immune-assays analyzers), Premier Hb9210

(A1c ANALYZER), Triage MeterPro (Troponin I, CK and CK-MB analyser), EPOC

(Blood Gas Analyzer), ABL800 (Blood Gas Analyzer), i-STAT (Activated

Cotting Time) analyser, Precision Xceed Pro, CLINITEK hcg, CLINITEK Urine

analyser,, IncelDx-Goldfish Cytometer, BD FACSCalibur flow cytometer, BD

FACS Sample Prep Assistant III (SPA III), Evolis, Autoblot (Western

Blot), Attest 3M Biological Indicator, BD Micro Probe Processor, VITEK2,

MicroScan walkaway, AutoScan, Bact-Alert, BacTec, Previ (color-gram),

Illumipro-10, Ampli-prep, Taqman, Ampli-cor, Cobos, BD Viper, Tigris,

TECAN, DTS/TCS, Genprob-luminometer, Genprob-Leader, MagNA-Pure, Light

cycler, Nanodrop-2000, QIAcube, Rapid Capture System (RCS), Diagene

Hybrid Capture System, Genprob-AccuProbe and Genetic Analyser 3500Xl.

June 2005-Dec. 2099 (Marketing Rep. III, Amerigroup Community Care, New

York)

Customer services, training field staff, outreach/community

relation/coordination/linkages development, eligibility

assessment/enrolments and educating clients about NYS Medical assistance

programs/policies, HIPA rules and consumer rights.

Mar. 2005-Oct. 2005 (Customer Service Rep. /Cashier, Walgreens

Pharmacy, New York)

Customer services, sale, coordination, delivery/arrangement of goods

and cash handling.

Jan. 2001-Dec. 2003 (Supervisor/Lab. Technologist; Allied Clinical

Laboratory, Peshawar, Pakistan)

Lab. Operation, supervion, writing policy and procedure

manuals/documents, preanalytical, analytical and post analytical

procedures on chemistry, bacteriology/virology/mycology/parasitology,

assays and results validation, quality indication/assurance/control,

biosafety/infection control procedures, operation/maintenance of

equipment and teaching/training personnel.

Jan. 2003-Dec. 2003 (Lab. Manager/Research scientist/Asst. Professor,

NWFP Agric. Uni. Pak.)

Sep. 1995-Jan. 2003 (Lab/Poultry Manager/Lecturer/Researcher, Agric.

Uni. Peshawar, Pakistan)

Supervising operations/personnel in lab/research units/farms,

budgeting/scheduling and instrumentation,

Writing procedure/policy manuals, quality assurance, inventory

management, validating clinical/other assays and results, bio-chemical

composition analyses, running/developing research projects of academic,

community and industrial interest in collaboration with Departments of

health, livestock, population, economics and community organizations,

Planning/monitoring/evaluation of research projects/strategies,

conducting research/impact/epidemiological studies, surveys/need

assessments, quantitative and qualitative data collection

(primary/secondary), data analyses (using various statistical

techniques like univariate, bi-variate, multivariate, frequency

distribution, reliability, General-Linear-Model procedures, analysis of

variance, cross-tabulation, Chi-square, correlation, partial

correlation, simple, and multiple regressions, quadratic/prediction

equations and econometrics models) on SAS/SPSS, report writing and

interpreting/publishing results.

teaching courses in the disciplines of animal/biological sciences, lab.

techniques, genetics, nutrition, research methods, sociology,

marketing, extension-education/rural development, curriculum

development and imparting training to in-service staff, farmers and

extension agents,

linkages development and arranging/conducting

meetings/seminars/admissions/exams,

Jan. 1994-Sep. 1995 (Dairy Manager/Breeding Scientist, Cattle

Breeding/Dairy Farm, Pakistan)

Supervising personnel/dairy units, maintaining large-sized herds, dairy

plants/machines/equipment, breeding, reproduction control, heat

detection/insemination, clinical/pregnancy diagnosis and diagnostic

tests, animal care, ration formulation, cleanliness, milk quality

testing, quality control management, staff training, planning,

budgeting, inventory/records management, data collection/analysis and

report writing.

Apr. 1993-Jan. 1994 (Instructor/Community-Specialist, In-service

Training Institute, Pakistan)

Apr. 1993-Dec. 2003 (Consultancy services for various organizations)

community/needs/impact assessments, situation analysis, conducting

surveys on health/family planning issues, agricultural/animal production,

data collection/analysis, report writing, planning, executing and

monitoring activities, organizing groups/members and marketing products,

addressing issues, curriculum/extension messages development, economic

feasibilities for running viable business and processing loans/credits,

policy formulation/recommendations, providing on the

spot/institutionalized training, package development, follow up visits,

feedback and on the spot services.

Training/Short courses

A1c, Premier Hb9210 A1c Analyzer, Trinity Biotech (July 2013).

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification ( LAMP), Meridian Bioscience,

Inc. (Mar. 2013)

i-STAT Activated Clotting Time testing (January 2013)

Triage MeterPro analysis system for Troponin I testing (December 2012)

EPOC Arterial Blood Gas analysis System (December 2012)

Qualitative detection of Strep "A" antigen (November 2012)

Precision Xceed Pro glucometer for glucose detection (November 2012)

Modular Analytics SWA, Computer based training, Roche Diagnostics

(April 2012)

Flow Cytometry, Chemistry Laboratory, Kings county Hospital Center,

Brooklyn, NY (2001)

Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 & Dry Ice, NLTN, Silver Spring, MD.

(2011)

OncoTech (HPV E6/E7), Goldfish Cytometer, IncellDx Inc. Menlo Park, CA

(April 11-13, 2011)

Fragile X Syndrome, Asuragen Inc. 2150 Woodward St., Suite 100, Austin,

TX 78744 USA

GeneMapper 4.1 & Genetic Analyser 3500 Xl, training Applied Biosystems

(March 2011)

3500 Data collection e-Learning & Genetic Analyser 3500 Xl, Applied

Biosystems (March 2011)

STD/HIV Clinical Issues Update (March 2011, Weill Cornell Medical

College, NY)

Gene Sequencing (Antenatal Panel Test for CT/GC, Gardnerella Vaginalis,

Trichomonas Vaginalis, Group B; Strep, Herpes 1&2) and Thrombophilia

Panel, MultiGEN Diagnostics Inc. CA

TIGRIS DTS System Training (March 15-18, 2010), San Diego, CA

BD VIPERTM and XTRTM Technology (Jan. 18-22, 2010) BD Diagnostic

System, MD

TECAN DTS, AptimaTM Combo 2 Assay Training (Jan. 11-14, 2010), San

Diego, CA

HBV (PCR), Roche Diagnostics (April 2010)

HBV (PCR), Cobas Ampliprep/Taqman 48 HBV V2.0, Roche Diagnostics

(November, 2010)

HPV (High and low risk; Rapid Capture system; RCS & Manual), Qiagen,

Dec. 29-31, 2009

HIV (PCR), Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas Tagman 48, Roche Diagnostics

(December, 2009)

HCV (PCR), Roche Diagnostics (December, 2009)

Packaging/Shipping & handling of 6.2 biohazardous material, NYC Dept.

of Public Health Lab. (2009)

BLS3 practices for BL2 laboratories, NYC Department of Public Health

Lab. NY (May 14-15, 2008)

Cobas Ampliprep/Cobas Tagman 48 Operator training (Roche Diagnostics,

November, 2007)

AID Education & Training Series "Syphilis Update" (Dec. 2006, Weill

Cornell Medical College, NY)

Online Trainings and continuing Education Courses

Hazardous Chemicals, Competency assess. Program, College of American

Pathologist (May 2012)

Respiratory cultures, Competency assess. Program, College of American

Pathologist (May 2012)

Monitoring the testing process in Immunology, Competency assessment

Program, CAP (April 2012)

Urine and body fluids, Competency assess. Program, College of American

Pathologist (April 2012)

Confirmatory and Secondary Urinalysis Screening Tests, MediaLab, Inc.

(Jan. 2012)

Diagnostic approach to low thyroid stimulating hormone (Univ.Alabama,

School of Medicine, Jan 12).

Quality Control, MediaLab, Inc. (Jan. 2012)

Fire and safety, College of American Pathologist (Jan. 2012).

Introduction to Quality Control, MediaLab, Inc. (Jan. 2012)

Population Genetics and statistics for Forensic analysts, President's

DNA Initiative, (Oct. 2011)

Western Blot Procedure Laboratory Training Course, Johns Hopkins Center

(Oct. 2011)

DNA Extraction and Quantification for Forensic Analysts, President's

DNA Initiative, (Nov. 2011)

Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Cryopreservation, Johns Hopkins

Center (Oct. 2011)

Mastering the Role of Supervision, NYNJ, Public Health Training Center

(Oct. 2011)

DNA Amplification for Forensic Analysts, President's DNA Initiative,

(Oct. 2011)

Terrorism, Preparedness and Public Health, School of Public Health,

Uni. At Albany (Oct. 2011)

Laboratory Safety Programs, President's DNA Initiative, (Oct. 2011)

FEMA EEO Supervisor Course, Emergency Mangt. Instit. US Dept. of

Homeland Security (Oct. 2011)

Microbiology: An Introduction, School of Public Health, Uni. At

Albany (Oct. 2011)

Leadership and Influence, Emergency Mangt. Instit. US Dept. of Homeland

Security (Oct. 2011)

Workplace Violence Awareness, Emergency Mangt. Instit. US Dept. of

Homeland Security (Oct. 2011)

Shipping of Category A and B Infectious/Biological Substance, MAYO Med.

Lab. (Oct 2001)

Fraud awareness-Professional Compliance, Nassau University Medical

Center (Sep. 2011)

HIPPA Compliance, Nassau University Medical Center (Sep. 2011)

Microbiology/Serology Question Bank, MediaLab, Inc. (Apr. 2011)

Case studies in Clinical Microbiology, MediaLab, Inc. (Apr. 2011)

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