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Approved CLS Training School Programs & Affiliates 2023

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 ​ ​
Michael Bowling
Michael.Bowling@sjsu.edu
Adventist Health Bakersfield CLS 
​ Adventist Health Hanford CLS 
​ Adventist Health Lodi Memorial CLS 
​ Adventist Health and Rideout Marysville CLS 
​ Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster CLS 
​ Bakersfield Memorial Hospital CLS 
​ Dignity Health Sacramento CLS
​ Dignity Health Santa Cruz CLS 
​ El Camino Hospital in Mountain View CLS 
​ Enloe Medical Center in Chico CLS 
​ Fairchild Medical Center in Yreka CLS 
​ Feather River Hospital in Paradise CLS 
​ Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach CLS 
​ Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara CLS 
​ Kaiser Permanente San JosĆ© CLS 
​ Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento CLS 
​ Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria CLS 
​ Mercy Medical Center in Redding CLS 
​ Mercy Medical Center in Merced CLS 
​ Natividad Medical Center in Salinas CLS 
​ Oroville Hospital CLS 
​ Ridgecrest Regional Hospital CLS 
​ Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital CLS 
​ Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San JosĆ© CLS 
​ St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton CLS 
​ Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding CLS 
​ Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto CLS 
​ Stanford Healthcare ValleyCare in Pleasanton CLS 
​ Billion To One, Menlo Park C-GMBS
​ CareDx, Brisbane C-GMBS
​ Genomic Health - Exact Biosciences, Redwood City C-GMBS
​ Guardant Health, Redwood City C-GMBS
​ San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo  C-GMBS
​ UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland C-GMBS
​ Veracyte, South San Francisco C-GMBS
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​ Sutter Health Shared Laboratory C-Micro
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San Francisco State University ​ ​
Susan Kazarian
kazarian@sfsu.edu
San Francisco: CLS
​ -  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - San Francisco CLS
​ -  Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital CLS
​ -  California Pacific Medical Center CLS
​ -  San Francisco VA Medical Center CLS
​ East Bay: CLS
​ -  Kaiser Regional Laboratory (Berkeley) CLS
​ -  Alameda County Medical Center - Highland (Oakland) CLS
​ -  Permanente Medical Center - Oakland, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Antioch, San Leandro CLS
​ -  John Muir Medical Center (Concord, Walnut Creek) CLS
​ Peninsula and South Bay: CLS
​ -  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - So. San Francisco, Redwood City CLS
​ -  El Camino Hospital (Mountain View) CLS
​ -  Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto) CLS
​ -  VA Palo Alto Health Care System (Palo Alto) CLS
​ North Bay: CLS
​ -  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vallejo, Vacaville, Santa Rosa, San Rafael CLS
​ -  North Bay Medical Center (Fairfield/Vacaville) CLS
​ -  St. Joseph Health – Queen of the Valley Hospital (Napa) CLS
​ -  Adventist Health – Ukiah Valley (Ukiah) CLS
​ Central Coast/Central Valley: CLS
​ -  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Sacramento, Roseville, Modesto, Fresno CLS
​ -  St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno) CLS
​ -  Marian Medical Center (Santa Maria) CLS
​ -  Kern Medical Center (Bakersfield) CLS
​ -  Adventist Health – Sonora (Sonora) CLS
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Cal State University, Channel Island ​ ​
Amy Denton
Amy.Denton@csuci.edu
Adventist Health Simi Valley CLS
​ Community Memorial Hospital CLS
​ Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center CLS
​ St. John's Regional Medical Center(Dignity Health) CLS
​ Ventura County Medical Center CLS
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Cal State University, Dominguez Hills ​ ​
Sarah Turkel
sturkel@csudh.edu
AHMC Garfield Medical Center CLS
​ Alhambra Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
​ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CLS
​ Centineda Hospital Medical Center CLS
​ Children's Hospital of Los Angeles CLS
​ Dignity Health Northridge Medical Center CLS
​ Dignity Health Saint Mary's Medical Center Long Beach (Supplemental) CLS
​ Good Samaritan Hospital CLS
​ Huntington Hospital of Pasadena  CLS
​ Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group Regional Laboratory CLS
​ Kaiser Medical Centers at Los Angeles, Downey, South Bay, Panorama City, and Baldwin Park (Supplemental)  CLS
​ Long Beach Memorial Hospital  CLS
​ Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
​ Providence Saint John's Medical Centery Santa Monica CLS
​ Quest Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., Valencia CLS
​ Torrance Memorial Medical Center (Supplemental)  CLS
​ UCLA Health Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center CLS
​ VA Healthcare System Long Beach CLS
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Cal State University, Los Angeles ​ ​
Gloria Preza
Gloria.Preza@calstatela.edu
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles)  CLS
​ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles)  CLS
​ Children's Hospital of Orange CLS
​ Emanate Health: Queen of the Valley (West Covina) CLS
​ Intercommunity (Covina) CLS
​ Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (Valencia)  CLS
​ Keck Hospital of USC (Los Angeles)  CLS, C-GMBS
​ Los Angeles County, Department of Health Services facilities CLS
​ Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Torrance) CLS
​ LAC+USC Medical Center (Los Angeles) CLS
​ Martin Luther King, Jr Outpatient Center (Los Angeles) CLS
​ Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (Sylmar)  CLS
​ Methodist Hospital of Southern California (Arcadia)  CLS
​ PIH Hospital (Whittier and Downey)  CLS
​ Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (West Hills and Sacramento)  CLS
​ San Antonio Regional Hospital (Upland)  CLS
​ St. Joseph Hospital (Orange)  CLS
​ USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (Glendale) CLS
​ City of Hope (Duarte) C-GMBS
​ Fulgent Genetics (Rosemead) C-GMBS
​ Illumina, Inc (Foster City and San Diego) C-GMBS
​ Invitae Corp (San Francisco) C-GMBS
​ Kaiser Perm So Cal Medical Genetics Laboratry (Los Angeles) C-GMBS
​ PacGenomics (Agoura Hills) C-GMBS
​ Sterling Pathology (Seal Beach) C-GMBS
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Loma Linda University ​ ​
Alicia M Triplett
atriplett@llu.edu
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda CLS
​ Loma Linda University-Murrieta CLS
​ Lifestream, San Bernardino CLS
​ Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CLS
​ Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Memorial Medical Center, Loma Linda, CLS
​ Kaiser Permanente, Fontana Medical Center, Fontana, CLS
​ Pomona Valley CLS
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UC Davis Health System ​ ​
Sharon McGoldrick
skmcgoldrick@ucdavis.edu
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento  CLS
​ Memorial Medical Center, Sutter Health, Modesto CLS
​ Marshall Medical Center, Placerville CLS
​ UC Davis Health, Sacramento C-Chem, CLS
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UC Irvine Medical Center ​ ​
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 ​ ​
Jowin P Rioveros
jrioveros@mednet.ucla.edu​
UCLA Healthcare Clinical Laboratory C-Micro, C-GMBS
​ UCLA Immunogenetics Laboratory C-Histo
​ UCLA Medical Center Clinical Laboratory C-Cytogen
​ Ronald Reagan UCLA Med Ctr C-Immunohem, C-Chem
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UC San Diego Extension CLS Training School Program ​ ​
Judith Nocera
jnocera@ucsd.edu
Robert Fitzgerald
rfitzgerald@ucsd.edu
Nam Nguyen
nhn038@ucsd.edu
UC San Diego Health CLS
​ Sharp Healthcare CLS
​ El Centro Regional Medical Center CLS
​ Palomar Health CLS
​ UC San Diego-Center for Advanced Lab Med C-Chem
​ UC San Diego Health System C-Cytogen
Ambry Genetics Corp ​ ​
Ksenia Rozen
krozen@ambrygen.com
Aliso Viejo, CA C-GMBS
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Arrowhead Reg Med Center ​ ​
May Orf
orfmay@armc.sbcounty.gov
Colton, CA CLS
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Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr: Dept of Pathology ​ ​
Angela Melanie Aguiluz
Angela.Aguiluz@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CA CLS
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Cedars-Sinai Med. Center, HLA/ Imnmunogenetics Lab ​ ​
Xiaohai Zhang
xiaohai.zhang@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CA C-Histo
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Children's Hospital, Los Angeles ​ ​
Ruba Hsen                                    Dejerianne (Gigi) Ostrow     
rhsen@chla.usc.edu                     dostrow@chla.usc.edu
Leung, Edward : edleung@chla.usc.edu
Los Angeles, CA C-Cytogen, C-Micro, C-GMBS
​   C- Chem
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City of Hope Nat Med Center ​ ​
Popsie Gaytan                              Ketevan Genzekhadze
pgaytan@coh.org                         kgendzek@coh.org
Durante, CA C-Cytogen, C-Histo
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Coalinga State Hospital ​ ​
Godwin Akubue
Godwin.Akubue@dsh.ca.gov
Coalinga, CA CLS
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Color Genomics, Inc ​ ​
Scott Topper
scott@color.com
Burlingame, CA C-GMBS
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Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Lab (CRMC) ​ ​
Claudia Soriano
csoriano2@communitymedical.org
Fresno, CA CLS
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DermTech Operations ​ ​
Jane Bue
jbue@dermtech.com
San Diego, CA CGMB
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Eisenhower Health ​ ​
Jamie Stypinski
jstypinski@emc.org
Rancho Mirage, CA CLS
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Esoterix, Inc ​ ​
Richard Kenis
kenisr@labCorp.com
Calabasas, CA C-Chem
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Genetics Center ​ ​
Robert Meyer
rmeyer@geneticscenter.com
Orange, CA C-GMBS, C-Cytogen
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Genoptix Medical Laboratory ​ ​
Li Cheng                                            Sujata Chakraborty
lcheng@genoptix.com                      schakraborty@genoptix.com
Carlsbad, CA  C-GMBS, C-Cytogen
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Helix ​ ​
Robin Vandergon
Robin.vandergon@helix.com
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
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Illumina ​ ​
Christine Tran
MB-CGMBStrainingprogram@illumina.com 
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
​ Foster City, CA C-GMBS
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Kaweah Delta Medical Center Laboratory (KDMC) ​ ​
Carol Young
cyoung@kdhcd.org
Visalia, CA CLS
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Lucence Health ​ ​
Elaine Hsu
elaine.hsu@lucence.com
Palo Alto, CA C-GMBS
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Miradx Inc.  ​ ​
Jean Reiss
jreiss@miradx.com
Los Angeles, CA C-GMB
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Millennium Health LLC ​ ​
Adam Rosendorff                                Joseph Voland
Adam.Rosendorff@millenniumhealth.com   Joseph.Voland@millenniumhealth.com
 San Diego, CA C-Toxic, C-GMBS
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Myriad Women's Health ​ ​
Gifty Hammond
gifty.hammond@myriad.com
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
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Natera, Inc. ​ ​
Susan M. Zneimer
szneimer@natera.com
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
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National Genetics Institute/LabCorp ​ ​
Amanda Douglas
douglaa@labcorp.com
Los Angeles, CA C-GMBS
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Navigate Biopharma Services ​ ​
Sharmila Manjeshwar
sharmila.manjeshwar@navigatebp.com
Carlsbad, CA C-GMBS
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NeoGenomics Laboratory Inc. ​ ​
Katherine Latorre                              Sujata Chakraborty
katherine.latorre@neogenomics.com          CAMOLtrainingprogram@Neogenomics.com
Aliso Viejo, CA C-Cytogen, C-GMBS
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PacificDx - ResearchDx, Inc. dba PacificDx ​ ​
Philip D. Cotter
pcotter@researchdx.com
Irvine, CA C-GMBS
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Pathnostics ​ ​
Amara Siva
asiva@pathnostics.com
Irvine, CA C-Micro
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Personalis Clinical Laboratory ​ ​
Ayupe Obad
ayupe.obad@personalis.com
Fremont, CA C-GMBS
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Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Clinical Laboratory ​ ​
Lisa Weir
Lisa.weir@stjoe.org
Napa, CA Chem
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Pacific Analytics LLC 
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Julee Gil
Julee@diagnosticsgroup.net
Costa Mesa, CA C-Toxic
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Precision Toxicology ​ ​
Dennis Ritz
dennis@precisiondxlab.com
San Diego, CA C-Toxic
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Quest Diagnostics West Hills Clinical lab
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Ross McEwan
Ross.M.McEwan@questdiagnostics.com
West Hills, CA C-Micro
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Quest Diagnostics​
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Scott Tharpe
scott.w.tharpe@questdiagnostics.com
San Juan Capistrano, CA C-GMBS, C-Chem, C-Micro, C-Cytogen
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Quest Diagnostics, Nichols Institute Valencia ​ ​
Shoghek  Jivalagian
Shoghek.X.Jivalagian@questdiagnostics.com
Valencia, CA C-Chem
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San Francisco Gen Hospital ​ ​
Alan H. Wu
wualan@labmed2.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-Chem
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp/ Pacific Diag Labs Core Lab ​ ​
Lynette Hansen
lhansen@sbch.org
Santa Barbara, CA CLS
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Scripps Health ​ ​
Winnie Carino
clsprogram@scrippshealth.org
San Diego, CA CLS
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Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine, LLC ​ ​
Dr. Philip Cacheris
cacheris.p@gmail.com
San Diego, CA C-GMBS
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Sierra View Medical Center ​ ​
Anthony Nungaray
Anungaray@sierra-view.com
Porterville, CA CLS
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics  Histocompatibility Laboratory ​ ​
Sarah Marie Funk Pihl
spihl@stanford.edu
Palo Alto, CA C-Histo
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics Cytogenetics Laboratory ​ ​
Liz Spiteri
Espiteri@stanfordhealthcare.org
Palo Alto, CA C-Cytogen
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Sutter Health Laboratory Services - Immunohematology  ​ ​
Erica Nelson Padilla
PadillEN@sutterhealth.org
Sacramento, CA C- Immunohematology
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TPMG Regional Genetics Lab, San Jose ​ ​
Elaine Louie                                  Xu Li
Elaine.Louie@kp.org                     xu.li@kp.org
San Jose, CA C-Cytogen, C-GMBS
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TPMG Regional Lab, Berkeley ​ ​
David T. Luong
David.T.Luong@kp.org
 Berkeley, CA C-Chem
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UCSF Immunogenetics & Transplant Lab ​ ​
Denice Kong
Denice.Kong@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-Histo
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UCSF Clinical Cancer Genomics/Applied Genomics Lab ​ ​
Jessica Van Ziffle
jessica.vanziffle@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
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UCSF  Dept. Of Lab Med. ​ ​
Shaun Arevalo
UCSFCLSProgram@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CA CLS, C-Micro, C-Cytogen, C-Hemo, C-Immunohem
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Valley Children's Hospital Laboratory (VCH) ​ ​
Scott Swift
SSwift@valleychildrens.org
Madera, CA CLS
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Veracyte ​ ​
Ambika Sopory
ambika@veracyte.com
 So San Francisco, CA C-GMBS
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VRL Eurofins ​ ​
Carissa Tieu
CarissaTieu@VRL-Eurofins.com
Los Angeles, CA C-Histo
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