PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Director (deputy chief)
Microbiology and Immunopathology
Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh
1400 Locust St.
Pittsburgh, P A 15219
Part time faculty
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, P A 15282
Teaching course: Clinical microbiology and immunology
Supervisor - Clinical Microbiology
Butler Memorial Hospital
Butler, PA 16001
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Courses taught: General Microbiology (3370),
Medical Microbiology (3380), and General Biology
Graduate Research Assistant
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Research was involved in Microbiology, Immunology,
Immunotoxicology, Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM),
and Microanalysis (EDX) techniques.
Supervisor (Clinical Laboratory)
Denton Regional Medical Center
Denton, TX
General Clinical Laboratory (chemistry, hematology,
Blood bank, urinalysis, serology, and microbiology)
Supervisor
Harris Hospital Northwest
Azle, TX
General Clinical Laboratory
Supervisor
Harris Hospital Northwest
Azle, TX
Clinical Microbiology
Bench Technologist
Harris Hospital Northwest
Azle, TX
General Clinical Laboratory
APPOINTMENTS
Present:
Active member of Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh Infectious Control Committee
Active member of sub-committee of antimicrobial therapy
Elected and active member of pay for performance committee
Active member of Infectious diseases work group
Past:
Active member of Butler Memorial Hospital Infectious Control Committee
Active member of Butler Memorial Hospital Safety Committee and Safety Officer Of the Laboratory
CERTIFICATION
Certified Medical Technologists - MT(ASCP)
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
PROFESSIONAL and SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
Active member of American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP)
Active member of American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
Past member of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
PUBLICATION and PRESENTATION
Evaluation of immune responses and cytological changes of Lumbricus terrestris and Eisenia foetideaes assays for xenobiotics.
Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
(The project was supported by NIEH and EPA grants)
paper presentations:
Antibacterial activity of Eisenia foetida coelomic
fluid: Suppression of induction after exposure to RDFF
Society of Environmental Toxicology
and chemistry - Cincinnati, OH
Inhibition of Macrophage-like Activity of Coelomocytes
Harvested from Earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris)
Exposed to hazardous Waste-Site (HWS) Soils
Texas Branch ASM
San Antonio, TX
INSTRUMENTATION and TECHNIQUES
Clinical microbiology (bacteriology, mycobacteriology, mycology, parasitology and virology)
General microbiology
Clinical hematology, immunology, immunohematology, and immunochemistry
Clinical chemistry
Molecular microbiology (direct probes and amplifications)
Clinical laboratory instrumentations
Biochemical techniques, including protein electrophoresis,
Scientilation counting, liquid chromatography, thin layer
Chromatography (TLC) and pigment extraction from bacterial membrane
Electron microscopy (SEM, TEM)
Microanalysis (EDX)
