Linda Schultz

Experienced and versatile, ASCP certified, Clinical Laboratory Scientist seeking a challenging opportunity where I can utilize my skills and expertise. I am committed to accuracy, proficiency, and being a team player. 1907 Constellation Drive Colorado Springs, CO. 80905 719-***-**** adzx7p@r.postjobfree.com WORK EXPERIENCE

Centura Health Penrose Hospital — Clinical Laboratory Scientist Cytogenetics Department Centura Health Penrose Hospital — Clinical Laboratory Scientist Flow Cytometry Department Memorial Hospital — Medical Technologist Hematology Department 08/2012 to Present, Colorado Springs CO.

Responsibilities include:

-Setting up cultures on bone marrow or blood specimens and harvesting white cells from the cultures when ready.

-Setting up cultures on Products of Conception tissues for aneupliody studies.

-Analysis of metaphase cells for chromosome abnormalities.

-Karyotyping using Cytovision software.

- Writing reports in EPIC.

- Scoring FISH slides using a uorescent microscope and writing up the results in EPIC.

-Useing a microscope for analyzing metaphase cells. 08/2006 to 08/2012, Colorado Springs

Responsibilities included:

- Processing of specimens (bone marrow, peripheral blood, tissue, CSF) to extract the white cells for analysis by the Flow Cytometer.

-Operation of the Flow Cytometer.

-Analysis of the resulting histograms using specialized software.

-Entering test results in Meditech.

-Troubleshooting the Flow Cytometer.

08/2005 to 08/2006, Colorado Springs CO.

Responsibilities included:

-Assisting Pathologists at the patients bedside during bone marrow biopsies.

-Processing bone marrow specimens for histology and made slides for the pathologists.

-Operation of the blood analyzers and coagulation instruments. Controls for Environmental Pollution — Analytical Chemist Arizona Commission of Agriculture — Chemist

Georgia Institute of Technology — Laboratory Manager EDUCATION

University of Georgia — BS Microbiology

Medical Technology Program Penrose Hospital

Michigan State

-Analyzing urine samples under the microscope and operation of the instrumentation on the urinalysis bench.

-Completing manual differentiation reads on peripheral blood slides. 11/1988 to 05/1990, Santa Fe NM

Responsibilities included:

- Testing environmental samples for pesticides, herbicides, volatiles, and semivolatiles.

- Operating such equipment as TOX, TOC, and GC/MS.

- Troubleshooting equipment, Following and updating procedures. 05/1987 to 11/1988, Mesa Arizona

Responsibilities included:

- Pesticide residue extraction from foliage, milk, and soils.

- Analysis of extracts using HPLC, and GC.

- Extraction of a atoxin from cottonseed.

-Utilizing Thin Layer Chromatography to measure a atoxin content. 06/1985 to 02/1987, Atlanta Georgia

Responsibilities included:

- Media preparation.

-Growing of microalgae cultures and monitoring the cultures; ash-free dry weight, pH, and optical density.

-Pigment extraction from microalgae, lyophilization, and CHN analysis.

- Utilization of autoclave, sonicator, pH meter, spectrophotometer, lyophilizer, CHN analyzer, TOC analyzer, GC, and microscope.

08/1981 to 06/1985

08/2004 to 08/2005

06/2006 to 09/2006

I completed an online course in Molecular Biology and completed a week long, hands on, molecular lab on campus.

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