Leigh Groszek, MLS, CHS

Experience

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  Barnes-Jewish Hospital HLA Laboratory

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2019

  Medical Technologist

  Performed various analytical and technical testing procedures required to match donors and recipients involved in transplanting solid organ and bone marrow. - Self-managed on night shift. Trained new co-workers as acquired.- Collaborated with transplant team during deceased donor organ allocations. - Redesigned laboratory documentation- Routine operation, maintenance, calibration, quality control, and troubleshooting of various instruments.- On the team to build, validate, train, and integrate new resulting software into the laboratory.- Involved with process improvement of the patient/donor transplant experience at the hospital, including collaboration with surgeons, coordinators, phlebotomists. - Assays include: Single Antigen, PRA, SSO typing, SSP typing, gel electrophoresis, flow crossmatching, CDC crossmatching, virtual crossmatching.- Worked on call. Show less

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  Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2021

  Senior Medical Technologist

  Coordinated with team of technologists in performing daily testing, analysis, and review of histocompatibility results.- Managed laboratory maintenance, inventory, and improvement tasks.- Evaluated, reformatted, and revised written standard operating procedures.- Developed and validated in-house positive controls. - Compiled quality assurance documentation. - Performed routine operation, maintenance, calibration, quality control, troubleshooting, and documentation of various instruments.- Assays included: FlowPRA, FlowPRA Single Antigen HD, various Single Antigen assays, flow crossmatching, engraftment monitoring/chimerism.- Trained incoming technologists and directors-in-training. - Worked on-call. Show less