Manager Project

ANITA M. MATTERO

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Silver Spring, MD 20902

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SUMMARY

Medical Technologist with management experience in various laboratory settings. Hands on

troubleshooter with solid background in all aspects of laboratory including certification, instrumentation

and administration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM ASSOCIATES, Wheaton MD FEB 2011 to OCT 2013

Laboratory Manager

Management of 3 employees for a 15 physician rheumatology practice to perform laboratory testing.

• Perform/coordinate testing in the areas of chemistry, hematology, microbiology, ELISA,

electrophoresis

• Project expenses for budget process

• Assure quality control/quality assurance meets CLIA/CAP/COLA guidelines

• Provide advice on testing and operational procedures to increase efficiency and productivity

WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, Washington DC 2009 to 2011

Project Manager, Division of Viral Diseases (Clinical Research Management)

Management of programs for the Emerging Infectious Disease Research Unit in the Division of Viral

Diseases. Work in collaboration with lead scientists. Input for contract negotiations, budget and progress

reports.

• Facilitate information flow between program member, scientific directors and the division for 3

projects – Global Influenza surveillance, gene sequencing and pathogen discovery

• Coordinate the decision-making process between all program participants and external customers

• Project expenses for new proposals

• Managed budgets for 2 fiscal years and have successfully operated above margin by 3%

• Developed a cost analysis spreadsheet that captures all expenses for each lab procedure

• Provide advice on manpower utilization, work flow and operational procedures to increase efficiency

and productivity

CHILDRENS NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Washington DC 1999 – 2009

Manager of Support Services

Direct management of 36 employees in the Clinical Support Services area, which encompassed specimen

collection, processing and use of 121 reference laboratories. Executive Assistant for Medical Director.

• Reduced expenses by decreasing overtime, FTE attrition and adjusting standing orders ($234K

saved)..

• Served as a liaison between regional outpatient, inpatient and clinical sites to provide customer

service for parents and patients; time of problem recognition to resolution less than 48 hours.

• Provided test information (Specimen collection/handling, CPT codes, test fees) to hospital staff

by adding 1200 test pages to CNMC intranet and Sunquest additional test information;

completed in 3 months.

NYMOX CORPORATION, Rockville, MD 1997 – 1999

Laboratory Manager

• Initiated quality control/quality assurance programs, certification of laboratory (CLIA, State of

Maryland) and training / competency of 7 employees resulting in the opening of a new clinical

lab for Alzheimer’s disease testing.

• Evaluated instruments and tests that allowed the technology to be transferred to the clinical

laboratory.

• Worked in the research area performing protein purification and antibody analyses resulting in

background reduction of a crucial test component

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

CLIA certified the following laboratories in the State of Maryland – Arthritis and Rheumatism

Associates, Dr Dan Esposito, Nymox Pharmaceutical

PROVIDENCE LAB ASSOCIATES, Rockville, MD

Supervisor, Flow Cytometry

Technical Supervisor, Automation

Research and Development Medical Technologist

Technical Laboratory Manager, MEDLink Hospital, Washington DC

Temporary Immunology Supervisor

Client Services Manager

EDUCATION

MS, Technology Management, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

BS, Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

AA, Medical Lab Technician, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS

Project Management Institute - Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) - Diplomate in Laboratory Management, Medical

Technologist in Chemistry, Medical Lab Technician

PAPERS / ABSTRACTS

H. A. Ghanbari, K. Ghanbari, I. Beheshti, M. Munzar, and P. Averback, (1998), “Biochemical Assay

for AD7C-NTP in Urine as an Alzheimer’s Disease Marker”, Journal of Clinical Laboratory

Analysis, 12: 285-288.

H.A.Ghanbari, K. Ghanbari, A. Vasauskas, A. Mattero, and M. Munzar, “Urinary AD7C-NTP as a

Marker for Alzheimer’s Disease”, American Psychiatric Association, May, 1999, Washington, DC.

F. Roberts, J. Sethness, A Gropman, J. Rosenfeld, S. Aradhya, N. Kadom, A. Vanderver, (2009),

“Utility of Array Based Technology in the Diagnosis of Malformations of Cerebral Development”,

Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC.

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