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Maetchen MacLeod

Cincinnati

Summary

Pathologists' assistant with 6+ years of experience in both surgical and autopsy pathology including processing a variety of simple and complex surgical pathology specimens in both academic and regional trauma I medical centers. Efficient and independent in performing macroscopic surgical pathology specimen evaluation and appropriate selection of tissue for diagnosis by the pathologist for both intraoperative consultation and permanent microscopic evaluation.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pathologists' Assistant

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
09.2023 - Current
  • Performs macroscopic examination and dissection of surgical pathology specimens. Independently selects appropriate tissue for diagnosis
  • Selects appropriate tissue for frozen section. Cuts, stains, and prepares slides for frozen section evaluation
  • Procures appropriate tissue for research studies, biobanking, and ancillary studies including microbiology, PCR, genetics, flow cytometry, and electron microscopy
  • Assists in the preparation and performance of human postmortem examination with subsequent dissection, submission of samples and dictation of gross findings
  • Assisting in fellow and resident gross surgical pathology examination
  • Routine quality control and maintenance including specimen storage and disposal and equipment maintenance
  • Viewings with heart transplant recipients and their families to view their explanted heart

Pathologists’ Assistant

Denver Health
08.2019 - 06.2023
  • Perform gross examination of simple and complex surgical specimens independently selecting appropriate sections for diagnosis
  • Select tissue for frozen section and assist by freezing, cutting, staining, and preparing slides.
  • Adequacy assessment of renal biopsy specimens
  • Procure tissue for ancillary studies which include flow cytometry, cytogenetic analysis, and microbiology
  • Prepare decedents for release to the medical examiner or appropriate funeral home
  • Perform routine quality control and assurance including specimen storage and disposal, medical coding, and equipment maintenance
  • Train lab personnel in the gross examination of biopsies, small, and simple large specimens
  • Educate and supervise rotating pathologists’ assistant students in the gross examination of surgical pathology

Research Assistant

Duke University BioRepository & Precision Pathology Center
08.2018 - 06.2019
  • Organized and updated tissue sample inventory to ensure that storage records are compliant within CAP guidelines
  • Input invoices and histology data into Duke's laboratory information management system

Laboratory Technician II

ViaCord by PerkinElmer
07.2015 - 06.2017

Laboratory Technician I

ViaCord by PerkinElmer
07.2015 - 04.2017

Education

Master of Health Science -

Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC
07.2019

Bachelor of Science - Biology – Cell And Molecular Concentration, Medical Sciences

University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
05.2015

Skills

  • Nuance Dragon Medical one
  • Voicebrook VoiceOver PRO
  • EPIC EMR
  • Gross photography and specimen mapping including SPOT Imaging

Certification

American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 01/01/20, Present

Timeline

Pathologists' Assistant

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
09.2023 - Current

Pathologists’ Assistant

Denver Health
08.2019 - 06.2023

Research Assistant

Duke University BioRepository & Precision Pathology Center
08.2018 - 06.2019

Laboratory Technician II

ViaCord by PerkinElmer
07.2015 - 06.2017

Laboratory Technician I

ViaCord by PerkinElmer
07.2015 - 04.2017

Master of Health Science -

Duke University School of Medicine

Bachelor of Science - Biology – Cell And Molecular Concentration, Medical Sciences

University of Cincinnati

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