AL SPEETLES CLS, MLS (ASCP) CM

P.O. Box ****

Torrance, Ca. 90505

310-***-****

adq94b@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Clinical Laboratory Scientist generalist seeking potential for pursuing ASCP hematology specialist, preferred. Neonatal, pediatric and adult oncology experience in acute care lab settings, with a foundation of acute and long term patient care experience as on-call Nurse Assistant, as well as complex biochemical setup, academic and commercial research and development, robotics and electronics maintenance, troubleshooting and repair.

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CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING

California Department of Public Health, Laboratory Field Services.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) Issue Date November 7, 2012.

License Number MTA 00044517. Expiration Date November 30, 2022.

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).

Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLSCM). Issued: October, 2012.

Certificate number 243806. Expiration Date, November, 2021.

EDUCATION

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, West Hollywood, California.

Cedars-Sinai Clinical Laboratory Science Scholar. July 2011 through June 2012.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Medical Technology Program. One year stipended internship of clinical rotations through all Clinical Laboratory Science benches required by The California Department of Public Health as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist Trainee. Assist CLS in daily bench and instrument maintenance, instrument calibration, running and evaluating control levels, patient sample preparation and testing, resulting in LIS, and documentation.

California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. July 2012.

3.7 Preclinical GPA.

California State University, Long Beach.

Bachelor of Science. Major: Microbiology. Minor: Chemistry. August 2008.

3.1 Cumulative GPA. President’s List, Fall 2003.

El Camino College, Torrance.

Associate Degree. Major: Electronics Technology.

CLINICAL LABORATORY INSTRUMENTATION TRAINING

Cell-a-Vision

Siemens Dimension

ADVIA Centaur CP, XP

Abbott Architect, Vitros 5600

Sysmex XT-4000i, XN 1000

Thermo Fisher Phadia 250

Roche COBAS 6000/8000

Iris IQ 2000

STAGO STAR Evolution, Compact Max

bioMerieux Vitek 2

Abbott ID NOW BioFire, Cepheid.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MRI Contract Staffing . August 2021 to present(current employment)

Atlas Genomics. Primary Department. Burbank, Ca.

Molecular Clinical Laboratory Scientist. RT-PCR for SARS-Cov-2. Capacity 1000 samples per day.

Prime Healthcare, Lynwood, CA. September 2020 to August 2021

St. Francis Medical Center. Hemathopathology Department.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Third shift general Hematology, Body fluids, UA, Coag.

MediQuest, Irvine, CA. Temporary (3 month) July 2020 to October 2020.

Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine, El Segundo, CA.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Hematology, UA, Coag, Chemistry, and blood infusion product preparation. Sysmex XN 1000, Ortho Vitros 5600, Stago, Clinitek UA strip reader. Maintenance, calibration, controls, QC records and lab compliance, laboratory clinical trial compliance, inventory and ordering.

MEDsearch, Long Beach, CA. Temp (September 2018) to hire (March 2019 to July 2020.)

MemorialCare Health Systems, Long Beach, CA.

Long Beach Medical Center. Hemathopathology Department.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Third shift general Hematology, Body fluids, UA, Coag, Chemistry, and coverage of STAT Microbiology Automated PCR tests, Wet mounts.

Manual microscopy for neonates less than 3 months, adult and pediatric oncology. Sysmex XN Line with slide maker for blood counts. Cell-a-Vision, to perform differential blood counts.

Iris IQ200 systems, with microscopy to provide urinalysis results.

Stago Sta-R systems for coag studies. Some automated platelet function testing.

Chemistry. Routine microbiology lab support including wet mounts, Cepheid, Biofire, Abbott ID NOW. Run controls, maintenance, and report patient results within turn around times for ED, Level 2 trauma center, Level 3 neonatal trauma center, Intensive care, Neonatal intensive care, Adult and pediatric oncology, and med-surg floors, among others.

ABC Laboratories, Los Angeles, CA. July 2016 to September 2018.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

Core laboratory, Days. Human and veterinary samples. Hematology, urinalysis, chemistry, immunochemistry, and immunology. Urinalysis microscopy, CBC microscopy, semen analysis. ANA Immunofluorescent manual slide preparation, reading, and reporting of patterns on Zeus HEp-2 and Crithidia luciliae.

Maintenance, some repair, calibration and controls to support Sysmex 4100X, Phadia 250, & Centaur CP.

Resulting, oversight of Cobas 5000/6000 lines.

Little Company of Mary Hospital at San Pedro, CA. March 2016 to July 2016.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist.

Full time training for part-time per diem position. Main laboratory. Hematology, Coagulation benches. Maintenance, some repair, calibration and controls to support Beckman Coulter LH 500.

Southern California Hospital at Culver City, CA. February 2014 to March 2016.

Clinical Laboratory Scientist. 400 bed hospital generally serving about 200 beds, emergency department, and OR.

Main laboratory. Sole CLS on graveyard managing three phlebotomists, hematology, urinalysis, chemistry, immunochemistry, special chemistry and blood bank with lowest turnaround times of any shift

Maintenance, some repair, calibration and controls to support Beckman Coulter LH 500, DXH 600, Dimension RXL, & Centaur CP.

Other instruments include Sysmex1500, Sysmex 560, Clinitest 1000, Triage (BNP), Ora-Quick HIV test, Osmolality, Ionic calcium, Urinalysis microscopy, CBC microscopy.

Blood bank: Type and antibody screens and ID (both tube and gel card methods), DAT, and crossmatches. Order products and screen packed cells from ARC. Provide products to nursing staff in a timely courteous manner.

BioPhase Solutions Incorporated, Long Beach, CA. April 2013 to July 2013.

BIO-RAD Unity Quality Control Program Support.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Irvine, CA. Offer top tier technical support and interpretation services for all Unity reports. Answer inquiries about Unity program participation and Unity reports. Responsible for program enrollment and Unity data submission. Maintain/data-scrub the central databases and manage all database coding schemes.

Quest Diagnostics, Nicholls Institute, San Juan Capistrano. Dec. 2012 to March 2013.

HP6890 Gas Chromatograph, HP5973 Mass Selective Detector & HP Chemstation. Quantitative analysis of over 40 metabolites in patient samples and controls requiring over 12 hours per sample of setup: Liquid chromatography bonding elutions, solid phase extractions, chemical derivatizations, and liquid phase separations. Maintenance and calibration. Integration and quantification of calibration standards, controls, and patient sample chromatograms. LIS reporting of quality controls, valid patient data. Daily communication of test run status with supervisor. Ordering supplies, reagents, and preparation of working solutions from vendor supplied compounds and reagents.

HOSPITAL DIRECT PATIENT CARE EXPERIENCE

California Certified Nursing Assistant. 2004 to 2009.

(Part-time while studying at CSULB. In-home & hospice care. 2004 to 2008.)

PHS Healthcare, Santa Ana. 2008 to 2009.

Respond to 24-hour calls from Nurse Registry with an affirmative attitude and report to any assignment on time and ready to work. Work in small teams with RN staff to provide excellent care to patients in ED, ICU, Telemetry, Step-down, Sub-acute, Medical-Surgical, Gerontology, and Psychiatric floors at a variety of major Orange County Hospitals.

ACADEMIC LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Carol Itatani. Hematology 423/523.

Student Teaching Assistant. Fall 2007.

Work closely with Professor Itatani in advance of laboratory sessions to plan clinical laboratory demonstrations, prepare solutions, and purchase supplies for 18-student undergraduate and graduate Hematology Laboratory. Provide individual assistance to students during laboratory, lead review sessions and help set up laboratory practical examinations. Prepare and present several brief introductions and assigned topics to lab class under guidance of Dr. Itatani.

California State University, Long Beach.

Undergraduate Research. Spring 2005.

Phage Transduction of E. coli. Plan, conduct, and keep careful, detailed records of experiments. Prepare agar media, bacterial and virus cultures, and serial dilutions of virus. Disinfect laboratory equipment and benches. Clean glassware. Operate autoclave. Wrote Review Paper.

COMMERCIAL LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

Raytheon, Formerly Hughes Aircraft Company, El Segundo, CA. 18 years.

Senior Electrical Engineering Technician. Electromagnetic Systems Laboratory.

Research and development of communication systems for aircraft and aerospace vehicles. Develop, build, and test hardware and software according to engineering prototype development requirements. Write data analysis software and prepare data presentations for engineers and customers. Document HP UNIX, FORTRAN IV, and assembly language software upgrades. Maintain electronic and electromagnetic control hardware. Perform calibration and controls for RF test instruments and test range precision optical alignment. Schedule maintenance and repairs.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & CONTINUING EDUCATION

American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). Member Clinical Chemistry trainee council.

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP). Membership Active through October 2018.

California Association for Medical Laboratory Technology (CAMLT), 2011 Annual Meeting.

As one of six Medical Technology Student Members from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, prepared a poster working as a team on Wiggio, and an accompanying 10-minute audience presentation on Emerging Bacterial Resistance in Gram Negative Bacteria. Sacramento, California. October 2011.

Authored synopsis about the 2011 meeting published in the CAMLT Newsletter, October 2011.

Continuing Education.

American Society for Clinical Pathology, Competence Maintenance Program

2013, 2014 Workshops for Laboratory Professionals. 26 CEU.

Online Courses. 8 CEU.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, California accrediting agency #0051

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Course #12-05-19. May 2012.

5th Annual “What’s new in Anatomic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine” Clinical Pathology Sessions.

Dale Carnegie Training, San Pedro

Time Management. May 2011.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Fairfax High School.

Science Career Day. Collaboration of the six 2011-2012 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Medical Technology Students and Abbott Laboratories to provide Clinical Laboratory Science career information to 9th Grade students interested in science.

Santa Monica City College.

Career Day. As one of six Cedars Clinical Lab Science Students, presented an overview of the everyday work of a Clinical Laboratory Scientist as a team. We also individually presented our personal journeys into the field of Clinical Science.

COMPUTER AND LIS EXPERIENCE

Acceptance to MS Computer Science Program.

California State University, Dominguez Hills. Spring, 2013

MISYS Healthcare Systems, LIS Systems.

Bio-Rad Laboratories. Unity Interlaboratory System Administration.

Quest Diagnostics. Unity, LIS, and Telnet systems for reporting quality and patient results.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. MISYS in all laboratory training rotations to result patient tests, to report outside donor source regroup in blood banking, and to enter special comments.

UNIX, OSX, & Windows Operating Systems.

MS Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Presentations, reports, and assignments for California State University at Long Beach, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Internship.

iWork Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Desktop and Mobile iOS System presentations and reports. C++ and JAVA in UNIX and Windows OS environments at CSULB for BS computer electives.

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