Medical Quality
Resume:
YELENA PASMAN
*** ******* ****, ******* ***** Il 60089
acqsg1@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION Bachelor of Science 1984-1988
Riga Medical College, Riga, Latvia, USSR
Doctoral Degree 1998-2005
Riga Stradina University, Riga, Latvia, USSR
WORK
EXPERIENCE • Senior Embryologist November 2010-present
Advanced Reproductive Health Canters, LTD
Chicago-IVF
3725 W.Touhy, Suite A, Lincolnwood, IL 60712
Perform general duties in ART laboratories including ICSI for fresh and
thawed oocytes, pronuclear assessment, embryo grading for Day 3 and
Day 5 Embryo Transfers, Assisted Zona Hatching, blastomere and
trophectoderm biopsy procedures, cell fixation and cell transportation,
oocyte / embryo vitrification and thaw procedures.
Assist Chicago-IVF Laboratory Director to oversee the Laboratory
Regulatory Compliance Operation governed by Illinois and Indiana
States Department of Health /CLIA, CAP, FDA, and SART.
Responsible for ART laboratory Quality Assurance and Quality
Improvement Programs including Single Embryo transfer and semen
evaluation using WHO 5th Edition manual.
Responsible for clinical and laboratory staff training for Embryo
Donation and My Egg Bank participation Programs.
Responsible for ART laboratory staff recruiting, training, performance
assessment, and laboratory staff rotations between five Chicago-IVF
locations.
Responsible for ART laboratory budget and vendor price negotiations.
Responsible for Andrology and Embryology report implementation using
eIVF according to Illinois and Indiana States Regulatory Compliance.
Assisted the architects, contractors, and Medical Director in new facility
design, laboratory relocation, equipment installation, and test validations.
Provide consultations to patients related to oocyte fertilization
and embryo selection for ET procedures.
• Senior Embryologist February 2008- November 2010
The Fertility Institutes
16030 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
Responsible for IVF and Genetics laboratory test validations, instrument maintenance, inventory, quality control, quality assessment, and statistics, CAP, and FDA compliance programs.
Responsible for general duties in IVF laboratory including sequential media preparation, egg retrieval procedures, sperm preparation, ICSI, oocyte fertilization assessment, embryo grading for Day3 and Day 5 transfers, assisted hatching using Zylos-tk System, embryo vitrification, cryo inventory, laboratory supply, AAB proficiency testing, SART data report and clinical pregnancy statistic outcome.
Performed embryo biopsy procedure, blastomere cell fixation, sperm preparation for interphase FISH analysis, and report interpretation for Aneuploidy testing using ThermoBrite System denaturation/ hybridization, Abbott Molecular Diagnostics probes and reagents.
• Technical Consultant July 2007- February 2008
The Advanced Fertility Services, Gurnee, IL
Responsible for quality control and quality improvement in IVF,
Andrology and Endocrinology laboratories.
• Senior Embryologist November 2005-June 2007
Aurora Medical Group, IVF Laboratory, Milwaukee, WI
Responsible for installation, monitoring and validation of clinical
laboratory equipment, price negotiation related to equipment and
supply, and validation for tissue culture technique/ media validation in
IVF Laboratory.
Performed general duties in IVF laboratory including sequential
media preparation, egg retrieval procedures, sperm preparation, ICSI
by Eppendorf, oocyte fertilization assessment, embryo grading for
Day 3 and Day 5 transfers, manual and Zylos-tk System Assisted
Hatching, embryo cryopreservation, SART data report and clinical
pregnancy statistic outcome.
• Technical PGD Consultant June 2005-June 2007
Reproductive Center of Sao Paolo
Sao Paolo, Brazil
• Embryologist January 2000-Nevember 2005
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine,
Department of OB-GYN, IVF/Reproductive Genetics Laboratories.
Performed general duties in IVF and Andrology laboratories
Including media preparation, egg retrieval procedures, sperm
preparation for IUI procedures and in –vitro fertilization, ICSI,
oocyte fertilization assessment, embryo grading for Day 3 and Day 5
transfer procedures, assisted hatching using Zylos-tk System, embryo
biopsy and cell fixation, gamete cryopreservation and semen analysis
using Kruger criteria.
Responsible for metaphase/interphase FISH analysis and report
interpretation for Aneuploidy and chromosome translocation using
HyBrite System denaturation, Vysis probes and reagents.
• Cytogenetic Laboratory Specialist February1993- December 2000
Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
Performed general duties in Cytogenetics Laboratory including
specimen preparation, cell culturing, slide preparation and
chromosome analysis for CVS, Amniocytes, Peripheral Blood,
and Bone Marrow samples.
Participated in Vysis Protocol 200/ 201 Direct DNA Probe test
validation and data collection for FDA regulation.
Performed FISH evaluation for prenatal diagnosis samples.
• RGI December 1988-February 1993
Chicago, IL
Assisted in investigation related to stem cells research.
RELATED
ACTIVITIES • Team Member for Reproductive Genetics Laboratories, CAP
• Member of Practice Committee, American College of Embryologists
CERTIFICATIONS • Embryologist Practitioner, EMB (ACE)
• Clinical Laboratory Specialist in Cytogenetics, CG (ASCP)
• Embryology Laboratory Director, ELD (AAB)-October 2015
• Certificate of Completion of Biomedical Research Modules in the
Protection of Human Research Subjects. Northwestern University,
Chicago, IL
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