De'oni Chandler

Chemistry Lead Supervisor | Oct 2025–Present
• Lead daily chemistry operations, overseeing personnel training, quality control, instrument troubleshooting, maintenance, and workflow to ensure accurate, timely results.
• Review calibration and maintenance records, coordinate preventive service, and manage reagent/supply inventory to maintain compliance and minimize testing disruptions.

Shipping Lead Supervisor | May–Sep 2025
• Supervised and trained 3 personnel responsible for daily specimen shipments to 5 reference laboratories, ensuring proper handling, documentation, and timely delivery.
• Managed inventory, shipping funds, turnaround times, patient records, competency files, specimen logs, and equipment maintenance.

Apheresis Technician | Sep 2024–Apr 2025
• Served as Lead Phlebotomist, Donor Recruiter, and Supply Coordinator; trained personnel in donor screening, whole-blood phlebotomy, and apheresis platelet collections.
• Coordinated donor recruitment, inventory, supply procurement, and blood product transportation to meet collection goals and prevent operational disruptions.

Microbiology Lead Supervisor | Apr 2023–Oct 2024
• Supervised and trained 11 personnel in culture workups, biochemical identification, Gram stains, microscopy, and rapid diagnostic testing across diverse specimen types.
• Reviewed testing documentation, quality control, and maintenance records; identified performance gaps and implemented corrective actions to improve competency and compliance.
• Conducted CAP compliance assessments, identified deficiencies, and supported corrective actions to maintain accreditation standards.

Medical Laboratory Technician / Generalist
• Performed high-complexity testing across Chemistry, Hematology, Microbiology, Urinalysis, and Blood Bank; operated, maintained, calibrated, and troubleshot laboratory instrumentation.
• Validated and reported patient results while maintaining quality, safety, regulatory, and HIPAA standards.

Lead Supervisor of Covid Clinic and Molecular (January 2022- April 2022)

• Led daily COVID-19 molecular testing operations, supervising laboratory workflow and diagnostic testing to consistently meet high-volume testing demands and turnaround-time requirement
• Performed molecular testing for SARS-CoV-2 while overseeing quality control, result accuracy, specimen processing, and compliance with established laboratory procedures and regulatory standards.
• Managed preventive maintenance, quality control, and troubleshooting of molecular testing equipment, minimizing instrument downtime and maintaining continuity of patient testing.
• Balanced personnel, equipment, inventory, quality, and documentation requirements as lead supervisor, ensuring efficient molecular testing operations throughout periods of rapidly changing COVID-19 testing demand.

• Generalist (Hematology, Chemistry, Urinalysis)
• Phlebotomist
• Conducted laboratory tests and analyses to support patient diagnosis and treatment plans.
• Implemented quality control measures to uphold laboratory standards and enhance reliability of results.
• Assisted in the training of new staff members, ensuring proper knowledge transfer and adherence to safety protocols.

• Honor Roll
• Honoree of Magna Cum Laude
• 3.796 GPA

• Awarded Distinguished Graduate