Hager Matar

• Applied extensive knowledge of various staining techniques to ensure proper differentiation between normal tissue structures and pathological changes.
• Supported cancer research through expertly prepared immunohistochemistry slides for analysis by pathologists.
• Conducted routine equipment maintenance, ensuring optimal instrument performance for accurate results.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, troubleshooting technical issues and implementing effective solutions to maintain laboratory operations.
• Expedited patient diagnoses by consistently meeting turnaround times for slide preparation without sacrificing quality or accuracy.
• Achieved accurate diagnosis results by performing precise tissue sample preparation and staining procedures.
• Cut, mounted and stained samples from hospital patients suffering from acute and chronic concerns.
• Documented routine laboratory instrument maintenance and corrective actions.
• Followed laboratory's procedures for specimen handling and processing, analysis and reporting to facilitate quality assurance.

Surgical pathology job details:

• Grossing of tissue according to types of specimen for which non-pathologist are permitted for gross examination with the supervision and evaluated on regular and periodic basis by the pathologist.
• Accurately prepared slides from tissue sections for microscopic examination and diagnosis with minimal requests for reprocessing, re-cutting or re-staining.
• Embedded tissue correctly within timeframes prescribed by the department.
• Processed specimen accessioning to include all manual and computerized entry.
• Evaluated the adequacy of stains and chemicals for the use and adjusted accordingly
• Reviews, modifies, develops, validates, and implements special stains, immunohistochemical stains, and other histology procedures including but not limited to feasibility studies, optimization of reagents in assay, determining sensitivity and specificity, comparison and harmonization of assays.
• Maintained records to demonstrate that proficiency testing samples were tested in the same manner as patient specimens.
• Prepare section for immediate examination, using frozen section technique to freeze, out, mount and stain tissue specimen received from surgery in acceptable turn –around time.

Cytopathology job derails

• Assist the pathologist or radiologist (ultrasound guided) for FNA procedure and good experience in identifying adequacy.
• Prepare conventional smears, cytocentrifugation and cellblock.
• Process Gyn and non-Gyn fluids by using Liquid base cytology machine and screen them.
• Stains routine PAP, HE, and Diff-kwik, mount and label cytology slides.

Quality management function

• Prepare and stablish the policies and SOPs of anatomic pathology by following the guidelines and standers of CAP,ISO and JCI.
• Set up new machines, calibrate, Validate, function.
• Monitor and manage inventory of chemicals, reagents, consumables and other supplied needed in anatomic pathology (Software RMS)
• Maintains specimen retention and archived (wet tissue, Frozen tissue ,Paraffin blocks ,Slides) includes filling of them.
• Prepare monthly and annual statistic of anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology, positive and unsatisfactory Gyne slides.
• Supervise, trained and evaluate MLT students.
• Managed complaints with calm, clear communication and problem-solving.
• Picked up additional tasks to aid team success.
• Troubleshot problems and diagnosed system faults.
• Supervised work of contracted employees to deliver work on schedule.

• Entered patient details into laboratory computer systems, in an accurate and timely fashion.
• Used the latest methodologies and best practices to design and conduct experiments.
• Accurately labelled and stored tissue and samples into correct storage units ready for testing.
• Disposed of chemical waste in designated areas appropriate disposal systems, following company guidelines.
• Kept updated with technical developments, specifically those which save time and improve reliability.
• Demonstrated technical procedures to junior technicians.
• Wrote reports, reviews and summaries for senior management.
• Coordinated lab inventory counts and ordering.
• Kept up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments