Responsible for development, implementation, and continuous compliance of clinical and environmental test methodology in accordance to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA), New York Department of Health (NYDOH), New York Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NY ELAP), and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) guidelines.Organizes and manages daily operation of both Environmental and Microbiology departments which includes scheduling, inventory, equipment maintenance, quality control and quality assurance, staff education and competencies, and updates of standard operating procedures (SOP).Competent and maintains bench level skills in Microbiology department as well as trace metal analysis, anion analysis, endotoxin assay, and Standards Methods for plate count assay in Environmental department. Experienced with verification and validation procedures of instruments and methods utilized in Microbiology and Environmental departments. Interprets laboratory data for dialysis clinics and microbiological diagnosis for clients or medical staffs. Provides consultation and recommendation within the scope of practice as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Improved efficiency, turn-around-time, quality control, and reduced labor costs of high volume testswith the use of robotics and automation from United Kingdom, Germany, and the U.S. Proficient in the use of automated and high complexity instrument, including maintenance and troubleshooting of Agilent Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Dionex Ion-Chromatography, Lonza Endotoxin Assay, Hamilton Robotics, AID colony counter, Microscan Walkaway, BACTEC 9200, Nanosphere nucleic acid test, and Biofire Filmarray PCR. Experienced with Softmic/SoftLab LIS. Implemented Softmic module, test build, reports, organism database, rules, automation, test system, and personnel training.

Performed and demonstrated proficiency in areas including aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, mycobacteriology, and fluorescent microscopy.Responsible for routine isolation, identification, and interpretation of organisms from clinical samples such as urine, wound, blood, spinal fluid, respiratory samples, stool samples, and tissue samples.Provided antibiotic susceptibility results via Kirby-Bauer method or Beckman-Coulter Walkaway based on bacterial ID.Performed daily, weekly, or monthly quality control per SOP and troubleshoot and maintenance of instruments.