Medical Center Laboratory Scientist

Benedict Castro, CLS (ASCP)CM

email: ********.******@*****.*** 9050 Albarino Way, Sacramento, CA 95829 mobile:619-***-****

ASCP Certified Clinical Laboratory Scientist experienced in Blood Banking, Microbiology, Hematology, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular BIology. Six Sigma Green Belt. Experience in various Leadership Roles. Willing to relocate as needed. SPECIALIZATION

Transfusion Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Pathology Clinical Chemistry, Hematology

SOFTWARE

EPIC Beaker Laboratory Information Management Systems Safe Trace Meditech Wellsky MS Office Applications Cerner Millennium Sunquest RELEVANT FULL TIME AND TRAVEL (REGISTRY CLS) EXPERIENCE Permanent and Part time Positions

Kaiser Permanente Regional Laboratory

Berkeley, CA

09/2022 - Present

Saint Mary’s Medical Center San Francisco, CA

01/2023 - 4/2023

Sutter Health Shared Laboratory Services, Collier Canyon, Livermore, CA 05/2022 - 09/2022

Kindbody (Full time/Part time), Sutter Street, San Francisco 11/15/2021- 02/2022

Kentfield Hospital (Per Diem)San Francisco, CA

12/2018 - 03/2022

Natera Inc. Molecular Pathology Lab, San Carlos, CA 10/2018 - 02/2020

Lambda Therapeutic Research, Toronto, Canada

06/2013 - 11/2015

Dynacare Laboratories, Brampton, Ontario, Canada

02/2012 - 05/2013

AMN MedTravelers / Healthsource Global / Club Staffing Agency Contract traveler assignments at:

UC Davis Sacramento Medical Center

01/31/2022 - 03/26/2022

Kern Valley Healthcare District, Lake Isabella, CA 05/2021-11/2021

UC Davis Medical Center Hematology Department, Sacramento, CA 02/2021 - 05/2021

UC Davis Medical Center Transfusion Medicine Department (Blood Bank) Clinical Laboratory Scientist - Registry CLS

04/2020 - 12/2020

Kaiser Permanente-San Rafael, CA

Registry CLS

10/2019-11/2019

Stanford Hospital Blood Bank, Palo Alto, CA

01/2018 - 10/2018

Cottage Health Hospital, Microbiology Department, Santa Barbara, CA 11/2017 - 01/2018

Quest Diagnostics Laboratories, AFB Department, Los Angeles, CA 06/2017 - 10/2017

Michener Institute, Toronto, Canada (Contract)

Molecular Pathology, Flow Cytometry and Cytogenetics Lab 01/2016 - 03/2017

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

● California Department of Public Health - Licensed CLS

● American Society for Clinical Pathology, CLS (Certified May 2009) EDUCATION

● Integrated Medical Laboratory Science Program (2015) Michener Institute, Toronto, Canada

● Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology (1997) University of Baguio, Baguio City, Philippines

INSTRUMENTATION / EQUIPMENT PROFICIENCY

Siemens Dimension EXL 200 Chemistry Analyzers

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Vitros, Fusion 5.1 Vitros 7600 Vitek 2 Microbiology Analyzer

Biofire Filmarray Torch

Bacterial Analysis by DNA Probe,

Mass Spectrometers (MALDI-TOF)

Nanodrop UV-Vis Spectrophotometers,

Bactec MGIT, Cepheid GeneXpert Infinity

2.0 Sysmex, 600 Sysmex XS1000i, DxH

Coulter 800 Hematology Analyzers

ACL TOP 700 and 750 Coagulation Analyzers

TEG System Haemonetics

Fluorescent Microscopes

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Provue and Vision Blood Banking Analyzers Immucor Echo Lumena and Neo Iris Blood Banking Analyzers BD FACSCANTO Flow Cytometer

PCR Thermocyclers (Sanger Sequencing)

Access2 Immunoassay System Analyzer

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