Pinal Gandhi
****,****** **, ******* ****, IL-***33
Cell# 224-***-**** email: ac1oz4@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE:
As two years of experience in laboratory technician, I am seeking a full time position in professional team which will enable me to apply my educational techniques and creative skills and have the opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of the Microbiology profession.
Skills:
●Culturing and Asceptic Technique
1.Inoculating agar plates
2.Inoculating broths
3.Using pipette aseptically
4.Growth media
5.Growth on selective media
6.Isolating an organism from the environment
●Enumerating Bacteria Technique
1.Serial dilution
2.Plate counts
3.Most probable number
4.Using spectrophotometer
●Identification of Pathogen
1.Using a microscope
2.Gram’s staining
3.Motility
4.Biochemical tests
5.Serotype
Education
MSc. Microbiology
Graduated – May 2015
Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya University
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
BSc. Biotechnology
Graduated – 2013
Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University
Patan, Gujarat, India
Professional Training/Certification
Research and Dissertation on TB disease
Training and NHA certified in phlebotomy technician
Plant Tissue Culture Certificate Course
P.S.Science & H.D.Patel Arts College
Course period – Aug’2012 to Jan’2013
Department of Biotechnology
Kadi, Gujarat, India
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
OMNI Family Medical Clinic 10/2016 – 04/2017
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Medical Assistant
Responsibility
Took patient’s blood pressure, weight, temperature
Asked patient’s medical and drug history
Worked with pharmacist and other duties asked by provider
I had performed follow tests: Pregnancy, UTI, Swab and breathing treatment
After patient’s blood draw, I centrifuged it and packed in transfer bag for LabCorp.
Skills
Lab performed venipuncture
Medical diagnostic coding
Transferring lab samples
JCM Institute 04/2016 – 08/2016
Chicago, Illinois – Phlebotomy Technician
Collected blood samples from patients, labelling them and dispatching them for analysis and testing
Performed laboratory tests
Collected laboratory specimen in a safe and accurate way
Assembled medical equipment, such as blood collection devices, tourniquet, needles, cotton, and trays
Entered data into laboratory and hospital data systems
Obtained appropriate medical information from patients
Identified and preparing patients
Monitored patient glucose levels by performing bedside glucose tests
Collected blood specimens through venipuncture and skin puncture
Maintained neat, organized records and work station area
Health Care 24*7 Pathology & Endocrine Lab 11/2014 – 12/2015
Ahmedabad, India – Laboratory Technician
Responsibility:
Experienced in quality control of all Biochemistry parameters
Performed staining like Gram’s stain, ZN stain, Giemsa stain, Monochrome and AFS stains in microbiology procedures
Collected and prepared specimens
Verified record and report lab results on all performed tests
Ensured compliance with government requirements, hospital polices and laboratory procedures, including maintaining the cleanliness of lab equipment, instruments and work area
Skills acquired:
Preparing stock solution buffers
Effectively conducting isolation of colonies
Used sterile methods to perform procedures
Making various media for cell-culture growth
Lysate preparation
Civil Hospital 02/2015-05/2015
Ahmedabad, Gujarat – MSc Dissertation Internship
Primary focus of the dissertation worked on Confirmation of Rifampicin Sensitivity/Resistance by Liquid Culture DST after Indeterminate LPA Test in Mycobacterium Patients.
Performed laboratory procedures used in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease
Worked on bacteria of Mycobacterium tuberculosis TB disease and performed on drug sensitivity tests, line probe assay and created liquid cultures and tested of DST for further examinatio
Plant Tissue culture
Kadi, Gujarat, India – Biotechnology Department
Prepared of tissue culture media.
Autoclaved glasswares and media for sterilization.
Prepared explant for growing plant in media.
Inoculated explant in culture media.
Got resulted in few weeks.