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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 / LocationTraining Category​​

San Jose State University​-
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Michael Bowling
Michael.Bowling@sjsu.edu
Adventist Health BakersfieldCLS 
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Adventist Health HanfordCLS 
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Adventist Health Lodi MemorialCLS 
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Adventist Health and Rideout MarysvilleCLS 
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Antelope Valley Medical Center in LancasterCLS 
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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
CLS 
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Dignity Health SacramentoCLS
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Dignity Health Santa CruzCLS 
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El Camino Hospital in Mountain ViewCLS 
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Enloe Medical Center in ChicoCLS 
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Fairchild Medical Center in YrekaCLS 
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Feather River Hospital in ParadiseCLS 
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Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport BeachCLS 
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Kaiser Permanente Santa ClaraCLS 
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Kaiser Permanente San JosĆ©CLS 
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Kaiser Permanente South SacramentoCLS 
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Marian Medical Center in Santa MariaCLS 
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Mercy Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
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Mercy Medical Center in MercedCLS 
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Natividad Medical Center in SalinasCLS 
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Oroville HospitalCLS 
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
CLS 
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​Riverside Community Hospital
​CLS
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Salinas Valley Memorial HospitalCLS 
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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San JosĆ©CLS 
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St. Joseph's Medical Center in StocktonCLS 
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Shasta Regional Medical Center in ReddingCLS 
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Stanford Medical Center in Palo AltoCLS 
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Stanford Healthcare ValleyCare in PleasantonCLS 
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CareDx, BrisbaneC-GMBS
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Genomic Health - Exact Biosciences, Redwood CityC-GMBS
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Guardant Health, Redwood CityC-GMBS
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San Mateo County Public Health Laboratory, San Mateo C-GMBS
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, OaklandC-GMBS
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Veracyte, South San FranciscoC-GMBS
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 Washington Hospital Healthcare System
 CLS
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Sutter Health Shared LaboratoryC-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 FranciscoCLS
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-  Zuckerberg San Francisco General HospitalCLS
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-  California Pacific Medical CenterCLS
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-  San Francisco VA Medical CenterCLS
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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 LeandroCLS
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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 CityCLS
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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 RafaelCLS
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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, FresnoCLS
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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 ValleyCLS
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Community Memorial HospitalCLS
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Los Robles Hospital and Medical CenterCLS
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St. John's Regional Medical Center(Dignity Health)CLS
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Ventura County Medical CenterCLS
Cal State University, Dominguez Hills​​-
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Sarah Turkel
sturkel@csudh.edu
AHMC Garfield Medical CenterCLS
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Alhambra Medical Center (Supplemental)CLS
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Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCLS
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Centinela Hospital Medical CenterCLS
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Children's Hospital of Los AngelesCLS
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Dignity Health Northridge Medical CenterCLS
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Dignity Health Saint Mary's Medical Center Long Beach (Supplemental)CLS
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Good Samaritan HospitalCLS
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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 LaboratoryCLS
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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 MonicaCLS
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Quest Diagnostic Laboratories, Inc., ValenciaCLS
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Torrance Memorial Medical Center (Supplemental) CLS
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UCLA Health Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterCLS
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VA Healthcare System Long BeachCLS
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 facilitiesCLS
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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 LindaCLS
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Loma Linda University-MurrietaCLS
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Lifestream, San BernardinoCLS
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Pomona ValleyCLS
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, ModestoCLS
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Marshall Medical Center, PlacervilleCLS
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UC Davis Health, SacramentoC-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 LaboratoryC-Micro, C-GMBS
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UCLA Immunogenetics LaboratoryC-Histo
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UCLA Medical Center Clinical LaboratoryC-Cytogen
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Med CtrC-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 HealthCLS
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Sharp Healthcare

CLS
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​Palomar Health
​CLS
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El Centro Regional Medical CenterCLS
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Palomar HealthCLS
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UC San Diego-Center for Advanced Lab MedC-Chem
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UC San Diego Health System
C-Cytogen
Ambry Genetics Corp​​
Harneet Gandhi​
hgandhi@ambrygen.com​
Aliso Viejo, CAC-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, CACLS
Cedars-Sinai Med. Center, HLA/ Imnmunogenetics Lab​​-
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Xiaohai Zhang
xiaohai.zhang@cshs.org
Los Angeles, CAC-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, CAC-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, CAC-Cytogen, C-Histo
Coalinga State Hospital​​-
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Godwin Akubue
Godwin.Akubue@dsh.ca.gov
Coalinga, CACLS
Color Genomics, Inc​​-
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Scott Topper
scott@color.com
Burlingame, CAC-GMBS
Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno Lab (CRMC)​​-
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Claudia Soriano
csoriano2@communitymedical.org
Fresno, CACLS
DermTech Operations​​-
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Jane Bue
jbue@dermtech.com
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
Eisenhower Health​​-
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Jamie Stypinski
jstypinski@emc.org​
Rancho Mirage, CACLS
Esoterix, Inc​​-
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Shilpa Purohit

purohis@labcorp.com​​

Calabasas, CAC-Chem
Genetics Center​​-
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Robert Meyer
rmeyer@geneticscenter.com
Orange, CAC-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, CAC-GMBS
Illumina​​-
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Christine Tran
MB-CGMBStrainingprogram@illumina.com 
San Diego, CAC-GMBS
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Foster City, CAC-GMBS
Kaweah Delta Medical Center Laboratory (KDMC)​​-
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Carol Young
cyoung@kdhcd.org
Visalia, CACLS

​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. ā€‹ā€‹-
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Jean Reiss
jreiss@miradx.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMBS
Millennium Health LLC​​-
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Rebecca Nitka
Rebecca.Nitka@millenniumhealth.com

Javier Velasco
Javier.Velasco@millenniumhealth.com
 San Diego, CAC-Toxic
Myriad Women's Health​​-
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Gifty Hammond
gifty.hammond@myriad.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
Natera, Inc.​​-
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Susan M. Zneimer
szneimer@natera.com
San Francisco, CAC-GMBS
National Genetics Institute/LabCorp​​-
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Amanda Douglas
douglaa@labcorp.com
Los Angeles, CAC-GMBS
Navigate Biopharma Services​​-
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Sharmila Manjeshwar
sharmila.manjeshwar@navigatebp.com
Carlsbad, CAC-GMBS
NeoGenomics Laboratory Inc.​​-
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Katherine Latorre
katherine.latorre@neogenomics.com          CAMOLtrainingprogram@Neogenomics.com
Aliso Viejo, CAC-Cytogen, C-GMBS
PacificDx - ResearchDx, Inc. dba PacificDx​​-
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Philip D. Cotter
pcotter@researchdx.com
Irvine, CAC-GMBS
Pathnostics​​-
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Amara Siva
asiva@pathnostics.com
Irvine, CAC-Micro
Personalis Clinical Laboratory​​-
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Ayupe Obad
ayupe.obad@personalis.com
Fremont, CAC-GMBS
Queen Of The Valley Medical Center Clinical Laboratory​​
Lisa Weir
Lisa.weir@stjoe.org
Napa, CAC-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, CAC-Toxic
Precision Toxicology​​-
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Agnes Cua
agnes@precisiondxlab.com
San Diego, CAC-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, CAC-Micro
Quest Diagnostics​
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Allan Fraser
Allan.W.Fraser@questdiagnostics.com
San Juan Capistrano, CAC-Hemo
Quest Diagnostics, Nichols Institute Valencia​​-
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Shoghek  Jivalagian
Shoghek.X.Jivalagian@questdiagnostics.com
Valencia, CAC-Chem
San Francisco Gen Hospital​​-
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Alan H. Wu
wualan@labmed2.ucsf.edu
San Francisco, CAC-Chem
Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp/ Pacific Diag Labs Core Lab​​-
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Amy Luong

aluong@sbch.org

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

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