Histotechnologist / Immunohistochemistry
Resume:
Lawrence T. Richards M.S., H.T (ASCP),QIHC (ASCP)
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Phone: 805-***-****
E-mail : ****************@*****.***
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 #
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