Training Years Experience

VARSHA GANDHI

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Bridgewater, NJ 08807

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OBJECTIVE: A position in Cytology/Histology environment

SUMMARY: Certified Cytotechnologist with 20+ years experience in GYN & NON-GYN Cytology in Hospital and Commercial Laboratory settings. Trained in THIN-PREP and Sure-Path.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Summit Medical Group – Berkeley Heights, NJ

Senior Cytotechnologist

April 2009 – September 2010

• Screened GYN SURE-PATH smears;

• Updated computer records

• Maintained staining records

Capital Health System – Fuld & Mercer Campuses, Trenton, NJ

Laboratory Supervisor

September 2007 – March 2008

• Cytology & Histology Supervisor

• Organized laboratory records in preparation for CAP inspection

• Prepared and processed FNA smears; prepared cell blocks

• Screened Thin-Prep Gyn & Non-Gyn smears

• Updated computer records

Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, NJ

December 2001 – August 2007

• Processed FNAs and report adequacy of FNA smears at site of CATSCAN & ULTRASOUND.

• Handled CAP Inspections

• Processed body fluids, prepare THIN-PREP and cytocentrifuge smears, and cell blocks.

• Established procedures for non-GYN Cytology.

• Screened air-dried and alcohol-fixed smears.

• Maintained computer records.

University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, NJ

Temporary position; May – November 2001

• Screened GYN and non-GYN cases.

• Prepared smears and needle aspirations.

• Update computer data.

VARSHA GANDHI

Laboratory Corporation of America, Raritan, NJ

1986 – 2000

• Screened GYN and non-GYN cases.

• Non-GYN samples included urine, breast and thyroid aspirations and other body site aspirations.

• Duties included updating computer files with diagnosis information.

• Prepped samples when necessary.

Sir H.N.Hospital, Bombay, India

1983-1984

• Collected and prepped GYN samples.

• Screened and correlated with histology findings.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Cytyc Corporation:

Trained as Primary Cytotechnologist in evaluation of Thin-Prep smears. November 2000

UMDNJ, Newark, NJ:

Retraining in Cytotechnology 1991

Completed Training in Sure-Path 2009

K.E.M. Hospital & G.S. Medical College, Bombay, India

Training in Cytotechnology, 1981 – 1982

EDUCATION:

Certificate in Flow Cytometry – Online Coursework and On-Campus laboratory training – Michigan State University, 2007.

Master of Science, Applied Biology, University of Bombay, 1984; Master’s Thesis Topic: CSF Cell Cytology in the Diagnosis of Intracranial Tumors.

Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Bombay, 1971.

PUBLICATION:

Co-Presented a paper on CSF Cytology at the 4th Asian Cancer Conference, Bombay, 1984.

LABORATORY SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:

Soft-Path & Co-Path Plus.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

ASCP, 1991

NYS License - Current

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