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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 NameClinical Affiliates / LocationTraining Categoryā€‹ā€‹

San Jose State Universityā€‹ā€‹
Michael Bowling
Michael.Bowling@sjsu.edu
Adventist Health BakersfieldCLS 
ā€‹Adventist Health HanfordCLS 
ā€‹Adventist Health Lodi MemorialCLS 
ā€‹Adventist Health and Rideout MarysvilleCLS 
ā€‹Antelope Valley Medical Center in LancasterCLS 
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
CLS 
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Dignity Health SacramentoCLS
ā€‹Dignity Health Santa CruzCLS 
ā€‹El Camino Hospital in Mountain ViewCLS 
ā€‹Enloe Medical Center in ChicoCLS 
ā€‹Fairchild Medical Center in YrekaCLS 
ā€‹Feather River Hospital in ParadiseCLS 
ā€‹Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport BeachCLS 
ā€‹Kaiser Permanente Santa ClaraCLS 
ā€‹Kaiser Permanente San JosĆ©CLS 
ā€‹Kaiser Permanente South SacramentoCLS 
ā€‹Marian Medical Center in Santa MariaCLS 
ā€‹Mercy Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
ā€‹Mercy Medical Center in MercedCLS 
ā€‹Natividad Medical Center in SalinasCLS 
ā€‹Oroville HospitalCLS 
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
CLS 
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ā€‹Riverside Community Hospital
ā€‹CLS
ā€‹Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalCLS 
ā€‹Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San JosĆ©CLS 
ā€‹St. Joseph's Medical Center in StocktonCLS 
ā€‹Shasta Regional Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
ā€‹Stanford Medical Center in Palo AltoCLS 
ā€‹Stanford Healthcare ValleyCare in PleasantonCLS 
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CareDx, BrisbaneC-GMBS
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Genomic Health - Exact Biosciences, Redwood CityC-GMBS
ā€‹Guardant Health, Redwood CityC-GMBS
ā€‹San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo C-GMBS
ā€‹UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, OaklandC-GMBS
ā€‹Veracyte, South San FranciscoC-GMBS
ā€‹ Washington Hospital Healthcare System
 CLS
ā€‹Sutter Health Shared LaboratoryC-Micro
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San Francisco State Universityā€‹ā€‹
Huy Le
huyle@sfsu.eduā€‹
San Francisco:CLS
ā€‹-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - San FranciscoCLS
ā€‹-  Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalCLS
ā€‹-  California Pacific Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹-  San Francisco VA Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹East Bay:CLS
ā€‹-  Kaiser Regional Laboratory (Berkeley)CLS
ā€‹-  Alameda County Medical Center - Highland (Oakland)CLS
ā€‹-  Permanente Medical Center - Oakland, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Antioch, San LeandroCLS
ā€‹-  John Muir Medical Center (Concord, Walnut Creek)CLS
ā€‹Peninsula and South Bay:CLS
ā€‹-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - So. San Francisco, Redwood CityCLS
ā€‹-  El Camino Hospital (Mountain View)CLS
ā€‹-  Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto)CLS
ā€‹-  VA Palo Alto Health Care System (Palo Alto)CLS
ā€‹North Bay:CLS
ā€‹-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Vallejo, Vacaville, Santa Rosa, San RafaelCLS
ā€‹-  North Bay Medical Center (Fairfield/Vacaville)CLS
ā€‹-  St. Joseph Health ā€“ Queen of the Valley Hospital (Napa)CLS
ā€‹-  Adventist Health ā€“ Ukiah Valley (Ukiah)CLS
ā€‹Central Coast/Central Valley:CLS
ā€‹-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Sacramento, Roseville, Modesto, FresnoCLS
ā€‹-  St. Agnes Medical Center (Fresno)CLS
ā€‹-  Marian Medical Center (Santa Maria)CLS
ā€‹-  Kern Medical Center (Bakersfield)CLS
ā€‹-  Adventist Health ā€“ Sonora (Sonora)CLS
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Cal State University, Channel Islandā€‹ā€‹
Amy Denton
Amy.Denton@csuci.edu
Adventist Health Simi ValleyCLS
ā€‹Community Memorial HospitalCLS
ā€‹Los Robles Hospital and Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹St. John's Regional Medical Center(Dignity Health)CLS
ā€‹Ventura County Medical CenterCLS
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Cal State University, Dominguez Hillsā€‹ā€‹
Sarah Turkel
sturkel@csudh.edu
AHMC Garfield Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹Alhambra Medical Center (Supplemental)CLS
ā€‹Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹Centinela Hospital Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹Children's Hospital of Los AngelesCLS
ā€‹Dignity Health Northridge Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹Dignity Health Saint Mary's Medical Center Long Beach (Supplemental)CLS
ā€‹Good Samaritan HospitalCLS
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Huntington Hospital of Pasadena 
CLS
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ā€‹Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Memorial Medical Center, Loma Linda
C-ā€‹Micro
ā€‹Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group Regional LaboratoryCLS
ā€‹Kaiser Medical Centers at Los Angeles, Downey, South Bay, Panorama City, and Baldwin Park (Supplemental) 
CLS
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ā€‹Kaiser Permanente- Chino Hills
ā€‹C-Micro
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Long Beach Memorial Hospital CLS
ā€‹Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center (Supplemental)CLS
ā€‹Providence Saint John's Medical Centery Santa MonicaCLS
ā€‹Quest Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., ValenciaCLS
ā€‹Torrance Memorial Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
ā€‹UCLA Health Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹VA Healthcare System Long BeachCLS
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Cal State University, Los Angelesā€‹ā€‹
Gloria Preza
Gloria.Preza@calstatela.edu
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center (Los Angeles) CLS
ā€‹Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles) CLS
ā€‹Children's Hospital of Orange
CLS
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ā€‹City of Hope (Duarte)
ā€‹C-GMBS
ā€‹Emanate Health: Queen of the Valley (West Covina)

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

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Alicia M Triplett
atriplett@llu.edu
ā€‹Community Hospital of San Bernardino, San Bernardino
ā€‹CLS
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ā€‹Jerry L. Pettis Veteran's Memorial Medical Center, Loma Linda
ā€‹CLS
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ā€‹Kaiser Permanente, Fontana Medical Center, Fontana
ā€‹CLS

Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma LindaCLS
ā€‹Loma Linda University-MurrietaCLS
ā€‹Lifestream, San BernardinoCLS
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Pomona ValleyCLS
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UC Davis Health Systemā€‹ā€‹
Sharon McGoldrick
skmcgoldrick@ucdavis.edu
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento CLS
ā€‹Memorial Medical Center, Sutter Health, ModestoCLS
ā€‹Marshall Medical Center, PlacervilleCLS
ā€‹UC Davis Health, SacramentoC-Chem, CLS
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UC Irvine Medical Centerā€‹
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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 Programā€‹ā€‹
Jowin P Rioveros
jrioveros@mednet.ucla.eduā€‹
UCLA Healthcare Clinical LaboratoryC-Micro, C-GMBS
ā€‹UCLA Immunogenetics LaboratoryC-Histo
ā€‹UCLA Medical Center Clinical LaboratoryC-Cytogen
ā€‹Ronald Reagan UCLA Med CtrC-Immunohem, C-Chem
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UC San Diego Extension CLS Training School Programā€‹ā€‹
Judith Nocera
jnocera@ucsd.edu
Robert Fitzgerald
rfitzgerald@ucsd.edu
Nam Nguyen
nhn038@ucsd.edu
UC San Diego HealthCLS
ā€‹Sharp Healthcare

CLS
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ā€‹Palomar Health
ā€‹CLS
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El Centro Regional Medical CenterCLS
ā€‹Palomar HealthCLS
ā€‹UC San Diego-Center for Advanced Lab MedC-Chem
ā€‹UC San Diego Health System
C-Cytogen
Ambry Genetics Corpā€‹ā€‹
Laura Teigiser
lteigiser@ambrygen.comā€‹
Aliso Viejo, CAC-GMBS
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Arrowhead Reg Med Centerā€‹ā€‹
May Orf
orfmay@armc.sbcounty.gov
Colton, CACLS
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ā€‹Billion To One

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ā€‹Riana Cayabyab
rcayabyab@billiontoone.com

ā€‹Union City
ā€‹C-GMBS
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ā€‹Menlo Park
ā€‹C-GMBS
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ā€‹Biotheranostics, Inc.
 
 
ā€‹Kate Church-Nguyenā€‹San Diego
ā€‹C-GMBS
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Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr: Dept of Pathologyā€‹ā€‹
Angela Melanie Aguiluz
Angela.Aguiluz@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CACLS
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Cedars-Sinai Med. Center, HLA/ Imnmunogenetics Labā€‹ā€‹
Xiaohai Zhang
xiaohai.zhang@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CAC-Histo
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Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
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Ruba Hsen                                    Dejerianne (Gigi) Ostrow     
rhsen@chla.usc.edu                     dostrow@chla.usc.edu
Leung, Edward : edleung@chla.usc.edu
Los Angeles, CAC-Cytogen, C-Micro, C-GMBS, C- Chemā€‹
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ā€‹Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
 
 
ā€‹Caleb Cornaby
ccornaby@chla.usc.edu
ā€‹Los Angeles, CA
ā€‹C-Histo
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City of Hope Nat Med Centerā€‹ā€‹
Popsie Gaytan                              Ketevan Genzekhadze
pgaytan@coh.org                         kgendzek@coh.org
Duarte, CAC-Cytogen, C-Histo
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Coalinga State Hospitalā€‹ā€‹
Godwin Akubue
Godwin.Akubue@dsh.ca.gov
Coalinga, CACLS
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Color Genomics, Incā€‹ā€‹
Scott Topper
scott@color.com
Burlingame, CAC-GMBS
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Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Lab (CRMC)ā€‹ā€‹
Claudia Soriano
csoriano2@communitymedical.org
Fresno, CACLS
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DermTech Operationsā€‹ā€‹
Jane Bue
jbue@dermtech.com
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
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Eisenhower Healthā€‹ā€‹
Jamie Stypinski
jstypinski@emc.org
Rancho Mirage, CACLS
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Esoterix, Incā€‹ā€‹
Shilpa Purohit
purohis@labcorp.comā€‹ā€‹
Calabasas, CAC-Chem
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Genetics Centerā€‹ā€‹
Robert Meyer
rmeyer@geneticscenter.com
Orange, CAC-GMBS, C-Cytogen
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Genoptix Medical Laboratoryā€‹ā€‹
Li Cheng                                            Sujata Chakraborty
lcheng@genoptix.com                      schakraborty@genoptix.com
Carlsbad, CA C-GMBS, C-Cytogen
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Helixā€‹ā€‹
Robin Vandergon
Robin.vandergon@helix.com
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
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Illuminaā€‹ā€‹
Christine Tran
MB-CGMBStrainingprogram@illumina.com 
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
ā€‹Foster City, CAC-GMBS
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Kaweah Delta Medical Center Laboratory (KDMC)ā€‹ā€‹
Carol Young
cyoung@kdhcd.org
Visalia, CACLS
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Lucence Healthā€‹ā€‹
Nicole Lim
nicole.lim@lucence.com
Palo Alto, CA
C-GMBS
ā€‹Sylvia Balsley
sylvia.balsley@lucence.comā€‹
  
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Miradx Inc. ā€‹ā€‹
Jean Reiss
jreiss@miradx.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMBS
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Millennium Health LLCā€‹ā€‹
Rebecca Nitka
Rebecca.Nitka@millenniumhealth.com

Javier Velasco
Javier.Velasco@millenniumhealth.com
 San Diego, CAC-Toxic
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Myriad Women's Healthā€‹ā€‹
Gifty Hammond
gifty.hammond@myriad.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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Natera, Inc.ā€‹ā€‹
Susan M. Zneimer
szneimer@natera.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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National Genetics Institute/LabCorpā€‹ā€‹
Amanda Douglas
douglaa@labcorp.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMBS
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Navigate Biopharma Servicesā€‹ā€‹
Sharmila Manjeshwar
sharmila.manjeshwar@navigatebp.com
Carlsbad, CAC-GMBS
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NeoGenomics Laboratory Inc.ā€‹ā€‹
Katherine Latorre                              Sujata Chakraborty
katherine.latorre@neogenomics.com          CAMOLtrainingprogram@Neogenomics.com
Aliso Viejo, CAC-Cytogen, C-GMBS
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PacificDx - ResearchDx, Inc. dba PacificDxā€‹ā€‹
Philip D. Cotter
pcotter@researchdx.com
Irvine, CAC-GMBS
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Pathnosticsā€‹ā€‹
Amara Siva
asiva@pathnostics.com
Irvine, CAC-Micro
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Personalis Clinical Laboratoryā€‹ā€‹
Ayupe Obad
ayupe.obad@personalis.com
Fremont, CAC-GMBS
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Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Clinical Laboratoryā€‹ā€‹
Lisa Weir
Lisa.weir@stjoe.org
Napa, CAC-Chem
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ā€‹Quest Diagnostics
  
ā€‹Allan  W.Fraserā€‹San Juan Capistrano
ā€‹C-Hemo

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

aluong@sbch.org

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