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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 NameClinical Affiliates / LocationTraining Category​​

San Jose State University​​
Michael Bowling
Michael.Bowling@sjsu.edu
Adventist Health BakersfieldCLS 
​Adventist Health HanfordCLS 
​Adventist Health Lodi MemorialCLS 
​Adventist Health and Rideout MarysvilleCLS 
​Antelope Valley Medical Center in LancasterCLS 
​Bakersfield Memorial HospitalCLS 
​Dignity Health SacramentoCLS
​Dignity Health Santa CruzCLS 
​El Camino Hospital in Mountain ViewCLS 
​Enloe Medical Center in ChicoCLS 
​Fairchild Medical Center in YrekaCLS 
​Feather River Hospital in ParadiseCLS 
​Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport BeachCLS 
​Kaiser Permanente Santa ClaraCLS 
​Kaiser Permanente San JosĆ©CLS 
​Kaiser Permanente South SacramentoCLS 
​Marian Medical Center in Santa MariaCLS 
​Mercy Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
​Mercy Medical Center in MercedCLS 
​Natividad Medical Center in SalinasCLS 
​Oroville HospitalCLS 
​Ridgecrest Regional HospitalCLS 
​Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalCLS 
​Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San JosĆ©CLS 
​St. Joseph's Medical Center in StocktonCLS 
​Shasta Regional Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
​Stanford Medical Center in Palo AltoCLS 
​Stanford Healthcare ValleyCare in PleasantonCLS 
​Billion To One, Menlo ParkC-GMBS
​CareDx, BrisbaneC-GMBS
​Genomic Health - Exact Biosciences, Redwood CityC-GMBS
​Guardant Health, Redwood CityC-GMBS
​San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo C-GMBS
​UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, OaklandC-GMBS
​Veracyte, South San FranciscoC-GMBS
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​Sutter Health Shared LaboratoryC-Micro
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San Francisco State University​​
Susan Kazarian
kazarian@sfsu.edu
San Francisco:CLS
​-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - San FranciscoCLS
​-  Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalCLS
​-  California Pacific Medical CenterCLS
​-  San Francisco VA Medical CenterCLS
​East Bay:CLS
​-  Kaiser Regional Laboratory (Berkeley)CLS
​-  Alameda County Medical Center - Highland (Oakland)CLS
​-  Permanente Medical Center - Oakland, Richmond, Walnut Creek, Antioch, San LeandroCLS
​-  John Muir Medical Center (Concord, Walnut Creek)CLS
​Peninsula and South Bay:CLS
​-  Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - So. San Francisco, Redwood CityCLS
​-  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 RafaelCLS
​-  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, FresnoCLS
​-  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 ValleyCLS
​Community Memorial HospitalCLS
​Los Robles Hospital and Medical CenterCLS
​St. John's Regional Medical Center(Dignity Health)CLS
​Ventura County Medical CenterCLS
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Cal State University, Dominguez Hills​​
Sarah Turkel
sturkel@csudh.edu
AHMC Garfield Medical CenterCLS
​Alhambra Medical Center (Supplemental)CLS
​Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCLS
​Centineda Hospital Medical CenterCLS
​Children's Hospital of Los AngelesCLS
​Dignity Health Northridge Medical CenterCLS
​Dignity Health Saint Mary's Medical Center Long Beach (Supplemental)CLS
​Good Samaritan HospitalCLS
​Huntington Hospital of Pasadena CLS
​Kaiser Southern California Permanente Medical Group Regional LaboratoryCLS
​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 MonicaCLS
​Quest Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., ValenciaCLS
​Torrance Memorial Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
​UCLA Health Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterCLS
​VA Healthcare System Long BeachCLS
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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 OrangeCLS
​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 facilitiesCLS
​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 LindaCLS
​Loma Linda University-MurrietaCLS
​Lifestream, San BernardinoCLS
​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 ValleyCLS
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UC Davis Health System​​
Sharon McGoldrick
skmcgoldrick@ucdavis.edu
Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento CLS
​Memorial Medical Center, Sutter Health, ModestoCLS
​Marshall Medical Center, PlacervilleCLS
​UC Davis Health, SacramentoC-Chem
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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​​
Chanida Anukul Sucara
canukul@mednet.ucla.edu
UCLA Healthcare Clinical LaboratoryC-Micro, C-GMBS
​UCLA Immunogenetics LaboratoryC-Histo
​UCLA Medical Center Clinical LaboratoryC-Cytogen
​Ronald Reagan UCLA Med CtrC-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 HealthCLS
​Sharp HealthcareCLS
​El Centro Regional Medical CenterCLS
​Palomar HealthCLS
​UC San Diego-Center for Advanced Lab MedC-Chem
​UC San Diego Health SystemC-Cytogen
Ambry Genetics Corp​​
Ksenia Rozen
krozen@ambrygen.com
Aliso Viejo, CAC-GMBS
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Arrowhead Reg Med Center​​
May Orf
orfmay@armc.sbcounty.gov
Colton, CACLS
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Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr: Dept of Pathology​​
Angela Melanie Aguiluz
Angela.Aguiluz@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CACLS
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Cedars-Sinai Med. Center, HLA/ Imnmunogenetics Lab​​
Xiaohai Zhang
xiaohai.zhang@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CAC-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, CAC-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, CAC-Cytogen, C-Histo
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Coalinga State Hospital​​
Godwin Akubue
Godwin.Akubue@dsh.ca.gov
Coalinga, CACLS
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Color Genomics, Inc​​
Scott Topper
scott@color.com
Burlingame, CAC-GMBS
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Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Lab (CRMC)​​
Claudia Soriano
csoriano2@communitymedical.org
Fresno, CACLS
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DermTech Operations​​
Jane Bue
jbue@dermtech.com
San Diego, CACGMB
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Eisenhower Health​​
Jamie Stypinski
jstypinski@emc.org
Rancho Mirage, CACLS
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Esoterix, Inc​​
Richard Kenis
kenisr@labCorp.com
Calabasas, CAC-Chem
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Genetics Center​​
Robert Meyer
rmeyer@geneticscenter.com
Orange, CAC-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, CAC-GMBS
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Illumina​​
Christine Tran
MB-CGMBStrainingprogram@illumina.com 
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
​Foster City, CAC-GMBS
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Kaweah Delta Medical Center Laboratory (KDMC)​​
Carol Young
cyoung@kdhcd.org
Visalia, CACLS
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Lucence Health​​
Elaine Hsu
elaine.hsu@lucence.com
Palo Alto, CAC-GMBS
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Miradx Inc. ā€‹ā€‹
Jean Reiss
jreiss@miradx.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMB
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Millennium Health LLC​​
Adam Rosendorff                                Joseph Voland
Adam.Rosendorff@millenniumhealth.com   Joseph.Voland@millenniumhealth.com
 San Diego, CAC-Toxic, C-GMBS
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Myriad Women's Health​​
Gifty Hammond
gifty.hammond@myriad.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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Natera, Inc.​​
Susan M. Zneimer
szneimer@natera.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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National Genetics Institute/LabCorp​​
Amanda Douglas
douglaa@labcorp.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMBS
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Navigate Biopharma Services​​
Sharmila Manjeshwar
sharmila.manjeshwar@navigatebp.com
Carlsbad, CAC-GMBS
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NeoGenomics Laboratory Inc.​​
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 PacificDx​​
Philip D. Cotter
pcotter@researchdx.com
Irvine, CAC-GMBS
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Pathnostics​​
Amara Siva
asiva@pathnostics.com
Irvine, CAC-Micro
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Personalis Clinical Laboratory​​
Ayupe Obad
ayupe.obad@personalis.com
Fremont, CAC-GMBS
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Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Clinical Laboratory​​
Lisa Weir
Lisa.weir@stjoe.org
Napa, CAChem
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Pacific Analytics LLC ā€‹ā€‹
Julee Gil
Julee@diagnosticsgroup.net
Costa Mesa, CAC-Toxic
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Precision Toxicology​​
Dennis Ritz
dennis@precisiondxlab.com
San Diego, CAC-Toxic
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Quest Diagnostics West Hills Clinical lab​​
Ross McEwan
Ross.M.McEwan@questdiagnostics.com
West Hills, CAC-Micro
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Quest Diagnostics​​
Scott Tharpe
scott.w.tharpe@questdiagnostics.com
San Juan Capistrano, CAC-GMBS, C-Chem, C-Micro, C-Cytogen
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Quest Diagnostics, Nichols Institute Valencia​​
Shoghek  Jivalagian
Shoghek.X.Jivalagian@questdiagnostics.com
Valencia, CAC-Chem
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San Francisco Gen Hospital​​
Alan H. Wu
wualan@labmed2.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CAC-Chem
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Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp/ Pacific Diag Labs Core Lab​​
Lynette Hansen
lhansen@sbch.org
Santa Barbara, CACLS
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Scripps Health​​
Winnie Carino
clsprogram@scrippshealth.org
San Diego, CACLS
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Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine, LLC​​
Dr. Philip Cacheris
cacheris.p@gmail.com
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
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Sierra View Medical Center​​
Anthony Nungaray
Anungaray@sierra-view.com
Porterville, CACLS
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics  Histocompatibility Laboratory​​
Sarah Marie Funk Pihl
spihl@stanford.edu
Palo Alto, CAC-Histo
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Stanford Hospital and Clinics Cytogenetics Laboratory​​
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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TPMG Regional Genetics Lab, San Jose​​
Elaine Louie                                  Xu Li
Elaine.Louie@kp.org                     xu.li@kp.org
San Jose, CAC-Cytogen, C-GMBS
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TPMG Regional Lab, Berkeley​​
David T. Luong
David.T.Luong@kp.org
 Berkeley, CAC-Chem
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UCSF Immunogenetics & Transplant Lab​​
Denice Kong
Denice.Kong@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CAC-Histo
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UCSF Clinical Cancer Genomics/Applied Genomics Lab​​
Jessica Van Ziffle
jessica.vanziffle@ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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UCSF  Dept. Of Lab Med.​​
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)​​
Scott Swift
SSwift@valleychildrens.org
Madera, CACLS
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Veracyte​​
Ambika Sopory
ambika@veracyte.com
 So San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
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VRL Eurofins​​
Carissa Tieu
CarissaTieu@VRL-Eurofins.com
Los Angeles, CAC-Histo
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