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Approved CLS Training School Programs & Affiliates June ā€‹2024

Abbreviations Used:
CLS=Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Generalist)
C-GMBS=Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist
C-Cytogen=Clinical Cytogeneticist Scientist
C-Histo=Clinical Histocompatibility Scientist
C-Chem=Clinical Chemist Scientist
C-Micro=Clinical Microbiologist Scientist
C-Hemo=Clinical Hematologist Scientist
C-Immunohem=Clinical Immunohematologist Scientis
 C-Toxic=Clinical Toxicologist Scientist

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Training Program Name​
Clinical Affiliates / Location Training Category​​

San Jose State University ​-
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Michael Bowling
Michael.Bowling@sjsu.edu
Adventist Health Bakersfield CLS 
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Adventist Health Hanford CLS 
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Adventist Health Lodi Memorial CLS 
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Adventist Health and Rideout Marysville CLS 
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Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster CLS 
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
CLS 
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Dignity Health Sacramento CLS
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Dignity Health Santa Cruz CLS 
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El Camino Hospital in Mountain View CLS 
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Enloe Medical Center in Chico CLS 
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Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka CLS 
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Feather River Hospital in Paradise CLS 
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Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach CLS 
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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara CLS 
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Kaiser Permanente San JosĆ© CLS 
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Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento CLS 
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Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria CLS 
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Mercy Medical Center in Redding CLS 
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Mercy Medical Center in Merced CLS 
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Natividad Medical Center in Salinas CLS 
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Oroville Hospital CLS 
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
CLS 
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​Riverside Community Hospital
​CLS
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Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital CLS 
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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San JosĆ© CLS 
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St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton CLS 
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Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding CLS 
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Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto CLS 
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Stanford Healthcare ValleyCare in Pleasanton CLS 
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CareDx, Brisbane C-GMBS
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Genomic Health - Exact Biosciences, Redwood City C-GMBS
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Guardant Health, Redwood City C-GMBS
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San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo  C-GMBS
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland C-GMBS
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Veracyte, South San Francisco C-GMBS
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 Washington Hospital Healthcare System
 CLS
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Sutter Health Shared Laboratory C-Micro
San Francisco State University ​​-
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Huy Le
huyle@sfsu.edu​
San Francisco: CLS
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - San Francisco CLS
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Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital CLS
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California Pacific Medical Center CLS
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San Francisco VA Medical Center CLS
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East Bay: CLS
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Kaiser Regional Laboratory (Berkeley) CLS
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Alameda County Medical Center - Highland (Oakland) CLS
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Permanente Medical Center - Oakland, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Antioch, San Leandro CLS
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John Muir Medical Center (Concord, Walnut Creek) CLS
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Peninsula and South Bay: CLS
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - So. San Francisco, Redwood City CLS
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El Camino Hospital (Mountain View) CLS
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Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto) CLS
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 VA Palo Alto Health Care System (Palo Alto) CLS
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North Bay: CLS
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vallejo, Vacaville, Santa Rosa, San Rafael CLS
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North Bay Medical Center (Fairfield/Vacaville) CLS
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St. Joseph Health – Queen of the Valley Hospital (Napa) CLS
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Adventist Health – Ukiah Valley (Ukiah) CLS
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Central Coast/Central Valley: CLS
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Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Sacramento, Roseville, Modesto, Fresno CLS
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St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno) CLS
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Marian Medical Center (Santa Maria) CLS
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 Kern Medical Center (Bakersfield) CLS
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​Adventist Health – Sonora (Sonora) CLS
Cal State University, Channel Island ​​-
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Amy Denton
Amy.Denton@csuci.edu
Adventist Health Simi Valley CLS
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Community Memorial Hospital CLS
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Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center CLS
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St. John's Regional Medical Center(Dignity Health) CLS
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Ventura County Medical Center CLS
Cal State University, Dominguez Hills ​​-
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Sarah Turkel
sturkel@csudh.edu
AHMC Garfield Medical Center CLS
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Alhambra Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CLS
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Centinela Hospital Medical Center CLS
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Children's Hospital of Los Angeles CLS
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Dignity Health Northridge Medical Center CLS
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Dignity Health Saint Mary's Medical Center Long Beach (Supplemental) CLS
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Good Samaritan Hospital CLS
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Huntington Hospital of Pasadena 
CLS
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​Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Memorial Medical Center, Loma Linda
C-​Micro
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Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group Regional Laboratory CLS
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Kaiser Medical Centers at Los Angeles, Downey, South Bay, Panorama City, and Baldwin Park (Supplemental) 
CLS
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​Kaiser Permanente- Chino Hills
​C-Micro
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Long Beach Memorial Hospital  CLS
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Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
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Providence Saint John's Medical Centery Santa Monica CLS
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Quest Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., Valencia CLS
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Torrance Memorial Medical Center (Supplemental)  CLS
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UCLA Health Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center CLS
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VA Healthcare System Long Beach CLS
Cal State University, Los Angeles ​​-
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Gloria Preza
Gloria.Preza@calstatela.edu
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles)  CLS
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)  CLS
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Children's Hospital of Orange
CLS
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​City of Hope (Duarte)
​C-GMBS
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Emanate Health: Queen of the Valley (West Covina)

CLS
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Fulgent Genetics (Roemead)
​C-GMBS
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​Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance)
​CLS
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​Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia)
​CLS
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​Illumina, Inc. (Foster City and San Diego)
​C-GMBS
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Intercommunity (Covina) CLS
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​Kaiser Permanente So Cal Medical Genetics Laboratory (Los Angeles)
​C-GMBS
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Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles)  CLS, C-GMBS
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Los Angeles County, Department of Health Services facilities CLS
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LAC+USC Medical Center (Los Angeles) CLS
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Martin Luther King, Jr Outpatient Center (Los Angeles) CLS
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Methodist Hospital of Southern California (Arcadia) 
CLS
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​Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (Sylmar)
​CLS
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​PacGenomics (Agoura Hills)
​C-GMBS
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PIH Hospital (Whittier and Downey)  CLS
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Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (West Hills and Sacramento)  CLS
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San Antonio Regional Hospital (Upland) 
CLS
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​Sterling Pathology (Seal Beach)
​C-GMBS
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St. Joseph Hospital (Orange)  CLS
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USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (Glendale) CLS
​College of the Canyons
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​Hencelyn Chu
Hencelyn.Chu@canyons.edu
​USC Verdugo Hills (Glendale)
​CLS
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​Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia)
​CLS
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​Community Memorial Hospital (Ventura)
​CLS
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Fountain Valley Regional Hospital (Fountain Valley)
​CLS
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​Whittier Hospital Medical Center
​CLS
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Kaiser Permanente (West LA)
​CLS
Loma Linda University ​​-

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Alicia M Triplett
​Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino
​CLS
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​Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Memorial Medical Center, Loma Linda
​CLS
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​Kaiser Permanente, Fontana Medical Center, Fontana
​CLS
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Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda CLS
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Loma Linda University-Murrieta CLS
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Lifestream, San Bernardino CLS
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Pomona Valley CLS
UC Davis Health System ​​-
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Sharon McGoldrick
skmcgoldrick@ucdavis.edu
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento  CLS
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Memorial Medical Center, Sutter Health, Modesto CLS
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Marshall Medical Center, Placerville CLS
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UC Davis Health, Sacramento C-Chem, CLS
UC Irvine Medical Center​
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Ellena Peterson
cls-training-program@uci.edu
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine , UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange County  CLS
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UCLA CLS Training School Program ​​-
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Jowin P Rioveros
jrioveros@mednet.ucla.edu​
UCLA Healthcare Clinical Laboratory C-Micro, C-GMBS
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UCLA Immunogenetics Laboratory C-Histo
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UCLA Medical Center Clinical Laboratory C-Cytogen
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Med Ctr C-Immunohem, C-Chem
UC San Diego Extension CLS Training School Program ​​-
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Judith Nocera
jnocera@ucsd.edu
Robert Fitzgerald
rfitzgerald@ucsd.edu
Nam Nguyen
nhn038@ucsd.edu
UC San Diego Health CLS
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Sharp Healthcare

CLS
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​Palomar Health
​CLS
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El Centro Regional Medical Center CLS
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Palomar Health CLS
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UC San Diego-Center for Advanced Lab Med C-Chem
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UC San Diego Health System
C-Cytogen
Ambry Genetics Corp ​ ​
Harneet Gandhi​
hgandhi@ambrygen.com​
Aliso Viejo, CA C-GMBS
Arrowhead Reg Med Center ​​-
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May Orf
orfmay@armc.sbcounty.gov
Colton, CA
CLS
​Billion To One

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​Riana Cayabyab
rcayabyab@billiontoone.com

​Union City
​C-GMBS
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​Menlo Park
​C-GMBS
​Biotheranostics, Inc.
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​Kate Church-Nguyen ​San Diego
​C-GMBS
Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr: Dept of Pathology ​​-
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Angela Melanie Aguiluz
Angela.Aguiluz@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CA CLS
Cedars-Sinai Med. Center, HLA/ Imnmunogenetics Lab ​​-
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Xiaohai Zhang
xiaohai.zhang@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CA C-Histo
Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
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Ruba Hsen
rhsen@chla.usc.edu
Dejerianne (Gigi) Ostrow    
dostrow@chla.usc.edu
Leung, Edward
edleung@chla.usc.edu
Los Angeles, CA C-Cytogen, C-Micro, C-GMBS, C- Chem​
​Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
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​Caleb Cornaby
ccornaby@chla.usc.edu
​Los Angeles, CA
​C-Histo
City of Hope Nat Med Center ​​-
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 Ketevan Genzekhadze
 kgendzek@coh.org​
David Eve
deve@coh.org
Duarte, CA C-Cytogen, C-Histo
Coalinga State Hospital ​​-
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Godwin Akubue
Godwin.Akubue@dsh.ca.gov
Coalinga, CA CLS
Color Genomics, Inc ​​-
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Scott Topper
scott@color.com
Burlingame, CA C-GMBS
Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Lab (CRMC) ​​-
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Claudia Soriano
csoriano2@communitymedical.org
Fresno, CA CLS
DermTech Operations ​​-
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Jane Bue
jbue@dermtech.com
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
Eisenhower Health ​​-
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Jamie Stypinski
jstypinski@emc.org​
Rancho Mirage, CA CLS
Esoterix, Inc ​​-
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Shilpa Purohit

purohis@labcorp.com​​

Calabasas, CA C-Chem
Genetics Center ​​-
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Robert Meyer
rmeyer@geneticscenter.com
Orange, CA C-GMBS, C-Cytogen
Genoptix Medical Laboratory​
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Li Cheng
lcheng@genoptix.com
Sujata Chakraborty                schakraborty@genoptix.com
Carlsbad, CA  C-GMBS, C-Cytogen
Helix ​​-
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Robin Vandergon
Robin.vandergon@helix.com
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
Illumina ​​-
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Christine Tran
MB-CGMBStrainingprogram@illumina.com 
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
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Foster City, CA C-GMBS
Kaweah Delta Medical Center Laboratory (KDMC) ​​-
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Carol Young
cyoung@kdhcd.org
Visalia, CA CLS

​LabCorp Genetics (San Fr​ancisco)​
Deanna Fisher 
Deanna.fisher@labcorp.com

​San Francisco, CA
​C-GMBS
Lucence Health ​​-
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Nicole Lim
nicole.lim@lucence.com
Palo Alto, CA
C-GMBS
​Sylvia Balsley
sylvia.balsley@lucence.com​
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Miradx Inc.  ​​-
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Jean Reiss
jreiss@miradx.com
Los Angeles, CA C-GMBS
Millennium Health LLC ​​-
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Rebecca Nitka
Rebecca.Nitka@millenniumhealth.com

Javier Velasco
Javier.Velasco@millenniumhealth.com
 San Diego, CA C-Toxic
Myriad Women's Health ​​-
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Gifty Hammond
gifty.hammond@myriad.com
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
Natera, Inc. ​​-
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Susan M. Zneimer
szneimer@natera.com
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
National Genetics Institute/LabCorp ​​-
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Amanda Douglas
douglaa@labcorp.com
Los Angeles, CA C-GMBS
Navigate Biopharma Services ​​-
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Sharmila Manjeshwar
sharmila.manjeshwar@navigatebp.com
Carlsbad, CA C-GMBS
NeoGenomics Laboratory Inc. ​​-
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Katherine Latorre
katherine.latorre@neogenomics.com          CAMOLtrainingprogram@Neogenomics.com
Aliso Viejo, CA C-Cytogen, C-GMBS
PacificDx - ResearchDx, Inc. dba PacificDx ​​-
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Philip D. Cotter
pcotter@researchdx.com
Irvine, CA C-GMBS
Pathnostics ​​-
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Caroline Mitias
Carolinemitias777@gmail.com​
Irvine, CA C-Micro
Personalis Clinical Laboratory ​​-
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Ayupe Obad
ayupe.obad@personalis.com
Fremont, CA C-GMBS
Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Clinical Laboratory ​ ​
Lisa Weir
Lisa.weir@stjoe.org
Napa, CA C-Chem
​Quest Diagnostics
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​Allan  W.Fraser ​San Juan Capistrano
​C-Hemo

Pacific Analytics LLC 
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Julee Gil
Julee@diagnosticsgroup.net​
Costa Mesa, CA C-Toxic
Precision Toxicology ​​-
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Agnes Cua
agnes@precisiondxlab.com
San Diego, CA C-Toxic
​Priva Path Labs
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 ā€‹-
Lia Cuevas
​Monrovia
​C-Chem
Quest Diagnostics West Hills Clinical lab
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Ross McEwan
Ross.M.McEwan@questdiagnostics.com
West Hills, CA C-Micro
Quest Diagnostics​
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Allan Fraser
Allan.W.Fraser@questdiagnostics.com
San Juan Capistrano, CA C-Hemo
Quest Diagnostics, Nichols Institute Valencia ​​-
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Shoghek  Jivalagian
Shoghek.X.Jivalagian@questdiagnostics.com
Valencia, CA C-Chem
San Francisco Gen Hospital ​​-
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Alan H. Wu
wualan@labmed2.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-Chem
Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp/ Pacific Diag Labs Core Lab ​​-
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Amy Luong

aluong@sbch.org

Santa Barbara, CA CLS
Scripps Health ​​-
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Winnie Carino
clsprogram@scrippshealth.org
San Diego, CA CLS
Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine, LLC ​​-
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Dr. Philip Cacheris
cacheris.p@gmail.com
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
Sierra View Medical Center ​​-
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Anthony Nungaray
Anungaray@sierra-view.com
Porterville, CA CLS
Stanford Hospital and Clinics  Histocompatibility Laboratory
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Gulpan Bains
gulpan@stanford.edu​
Palo Alto, CA C-Histo
Stanford Hospital and Clinics Cytogenetics Laboratory ​​-
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Liz Spiteri
Espiteri@stanfordhealthcare.org
Palo Alto, CA C-Cytogen
Sutter Health Laboratory Services - Immunohematology  ​​-
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Erica Nelson Padilla
PadillEN@sutterhealth.org
Sacramento, CA C- Immunohematology
TPMG Regional Genetics Lab, San Jose ​​-
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Jason N. Rosenbaum
Jason.N.Rosenbaum@kp.org
San Jose, CA C-Cytogen, C-GMBS
TPMG Regional Lab, Berkeley ​​-
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David T. Luong
David.T.Luong@kp.org
 Berkeley​, CA C-Chem
UCSF Immunogenetics & Transplant Lab ​​-
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Denice Kong
Denice.Kong@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-Histo
UCSF Clinical Cancer Genomics/Applied Genomics Lab ​​-
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Jessica Van Ziffle
jessica.vanziffle@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
UCSF  Dept. Of Lab Med. ​​-
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Shaun Arevalo
UCSFCLSProgram@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA CLS, C-Micro, C-Cytogen, C-Hemo, C-Immunohem
Valley Children's Hospital Laboratory (VCH) ​​-
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Laurie Madden
LMadden@valleychildrens.org
Madera, CA CLS
Veracyte ​​-
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Ambika Sopory
ambika@veracyte.com
 So San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
​Vitalant
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​Caleb Cox
CCox@vitalant.org​
​Mather
C-​​Immunohem
Vitalant​
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Cara Allingham ​Brisbane
​C-Immunohem
VRL Eurofins ​​-
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Carissa Tieu
CarissaTieu@VRL-Eurofins.com​
Los Angeles, CA C-Histo

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