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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Anjali Bala

Calgary,Alberta

Summary

To obtain a position as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) where I can apply my training in venipuncture and use my expertise in patient care, clinical testing, and specimen collection to aid physicians in diagnosing and monitoring patient care, as experience in genetic laboratory work to support accurate clinical testing and contribute to high-quality patient care.


Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Laboratory Assistant Trainee

PSC Strathmore / Peter Lougheed hospital
- Current
  • Completed 2 weeks training in Peter Lougheed Hospital.
  • Performed venipuncture/skin puncture and ECG setup and procedures under supervision.
  • Performed data entry and lab requisition forms.
  • Good hand in Phlebotomy.

Medical Laboratory Assistant Trainee

ABES College
03.2025 - Current
  • Trained in venipuncture techniques using butterfly needles from the hand and antecubital area (arms).
  • Learned and practiced skin (capillary) puncture procedures for blood collection.
  • Performed electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG) including correct electrode placement and patient preparation.
  • Follow safety and infection prevention protocols while maintaining patient comfort and care.
  • Blood culture collection using sterile technique.
  • Special procedure collections (GTT) therapeutic drug monitoring, and timed draw.

Team Lead

PC Financial (Loblaws)
01.2024 - 09.2024
  • Dealing with customers on daily basis with their queries.
  • Consistently achieved monthly sales goals through strategic planning, communication skills, and implementing successful sales strategies.
  • Recognized for outstanding sales performance and consistently completing and exceeding targets and delivering exceptional results.
  • Known for a hard-working attitude, consistently putting in extra effort.
  • Being known as one of the top performers in the team continuously for several months.

Cytogenetic Laboratory Technician

Cromo Xpert
01.2020 - 12.2020
  • Medical/patient history writing.
  • Short Term Blood culturing.
  • Harvesting of BLOOD.
  • Banding of slides.

Cytogenetic Laboratory Technician

SRL Diagnostics Centre For Genetic Health Care (MedGenome)
01.2017 - 12.2019
  • Assisting seniors in drawing blood from children and seniors for genetic testing.
  • Planting (blood & Bone Marrow culturing) & Harvesting.
  • Chromosomal preparation of Fragile -X, High Resolution Banding, Fanconi's Anaemia.
  • Banding of slides.
  • Writing medical history of the patient.
  • Maintaining the log book.
  • FISH (Fluorescent In- Situ Hybridization) Slide Preparation, Fixation, Denaturation, Hybridization, DAPPI Addition Evaluation.
  • Culturing of Prenatal Sample.
  • Product of conception (POC).
  • Routine lab presentations.
  • Training of techniques to new trainees.
  • PPE (Personal Protective Equipment).
  • Safety measures.
  • Universal precautions.
  • Biomedical waste disposal.

Education

Msc.(Hons) - Human Genetics

Guru Nanak Dev University

Bsc - Science (Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany)

Govt. Science College

MLA -

ABES College
Calgary, Alberta

ABES College
Calgary, Alberta
07.2025

Skills

  • Centrifugation techniques
  • Patient confidentiality
  • Biohazard waste disposal
  • Phlebotomy expertise
  • Laboratory information systems
  • Sample preparation
  • Specimen collection
  • Urinalysis processing

Certification

  • 2025 WHMIS Certificate, Calgary, AB, 01/2025
  • Red Cross Level C-CPR/First Aid Certificate, Calgary, AB, 01/2025
  • 2025 Trained and certified in N95, 01/2025
  • Completed Research Training in NGS (Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis), 01/2021
  • Industrial training in Bioinformatics, Pune, India, 01/2021
  • Industrial training in Python and Biopython, Pune, India, 01/2021
  • MOH (Ministry Of Health) exam for UAE (Dubai), 11/2021

Languages

Hindi
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Punjabi
Limited Working

Timeline

Medical Laboratory Assistant Trainee

ABES College
03.2025 - Current

Team Lead

PC Financial (Loblaws)
01.2024 - 09.2024

Cytogenetic Laboratory Technician

Cromo Xpert
01.2020 - 12.2020

Cytogenetic Laboratory Technician

SRL Diagnostics Centre For Genetic Health Care (MedGenome)
01.2017 - 12.2019

Bsc - Science (Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany)

Govt. Science College

MLA -

ABES College

ABES College

Medical Laboratory Assistant Trainee

PSC Strathmore / Peter Lougheed hospital
- Current

Msc.(Hons) - Human Genetics

Guru Nanak Dev University

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