TAVESHA MAY
GA
Summary
Experienced Histotechnician trained by the US Air Force with over five years of expertise. I am seeking a new opportunity to contribute my skills and knowledge. Having served as a veteran, I bring technical expertise and a strong sense of discipline, commitment, and attention to detail.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Histology Technician
Histotechnician, SouthEastern Pathology
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Specializing in Special Stains, my role involved executing staining protocols with precision and accuracy
- Collaborating with pathologists to understand staining requirements for accurate diagnosis
- In addition to performing quality control measures to maintain consistent and reliable staining results.
Histology Supervisor
United States Air Force
04.2020 - 11.2021
Facilitated Immunohistochemistry section
- Optimized
- Researched
- Validated
Directed, supervised, and trained new Histotechs
- Embedding
- Microtomy
- Staining
- Cytology
Laboratory administrative Duties & Roles
- Auditing
- Invoices
- Planning & scheduling
- Phone calls
- Maintained Supply and medical records
- Safety representative for the Clinical and Pathology Lab
- Representative for the Chemical Hygiene and Respiratory programs
- SOP compliance and writing
- Quality Assurance
Histology Technician
United States Air Force, USAF
04.2018 - 11.2021
- Cut, mounted and stained samples from hospital patients suffering from acute and chronic concerns.
- Completed complex histological procedures to prepare slides for analysis.
- Troubleshot inconsistencies and identified errors to trace root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Prepared solutions, stains and reagents in accordance with standards.
Education
No Degree - Histologic Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL11.2021
No Degree - Histologic Technology
MILITARY EDUCATION TRAINING CAMPUS
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX04.2018
High School Diploma -
Kecoughtan High School
Hampton, VA06.2016
Skills
- Advance Histological processing skills (4yrs)
- Electronic Medical Record system (4yrs)
- Immunohistochemistry, Automated (4yrs)
- Frozen sectioning, Cryostat (4yrs)
- Special Staining, Automated & Manual (4yrs)
- Program management (3yrs)
- Departmental Operations Management
- Project management (2yrs)
- IT support (2 years)
Additional Information
- Open to Relocation: Yes
- Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- Active HT,(ASCP) Certification
- Previous Secret Clearance
Certification
- HT - Histotechnician (ASCP)
Timeline
Histology Technician
Histotechnician, SouthEastern Pathology
02.2022 - 05.2022
Histology Supervisor
United States Air Force
04.2020 - 11.2021
Histology Technician
United States Air Force, USAF
04.2018 - 11.2021
No Degree - Histologic Technology
Community College of The Air Force
No Degree - Histologic Technology
MILITARY EDUCATION TRAINING CAMPUS
High School Diploma -
Kecoughtan High School
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