Rafaella Greco

Certified Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS(ASCPi)) with 3+ years of hands-on experience across hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, and immunology in high-volume hospital and reference laboratories in Brazil. Skilled in critical result reporting, quality control, instrument calibration, and regulatory compliance. Fluent in English (TOEFL iBT 95) and Portuguese.

Available for nights, weekends, and on-call rotations. Seeking to bring proven analytical and clinical laboratory expertise to a U.S. clinical laboratory team.

U.S. Relocation & ASCP Certification Preparation - Kansas City, MO

(2025-11 - 2026-06)

• Relocated to the United States and completed dedicated exam preparation for the ASCP Board of Certification, earning the MLS(ASCPi) credential in June 2026.

Medical Laboratory Scientist II (Analista Pleno) - Hospital Felício Rocho - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

(2024-11 - 2025-11)

• Review and release clinical test results by correlating them with patient history and clinical data via digital-signature reporting software, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of laboratory reports.
• Communicate critical results directly to physicians and clinical staff, supporting time-sensitive diagnostic and treatment decisions.
• Schedule and approve internal quality control and instrument calibration; determine and implement corrective actions in consensus with laboratory specialists and supervisors.
• Support technical and phlebotomy staff to ensure specimen collection standards and turnaround-time targets are consistently met.
• Monitor real-time result-pending dashboards, prioritizing critical and time-sensitive cases to meet service-level agreements.
• Promoted from Junior Analyst to Mid-Level Analyst within 4 months based on performance.

Medical Laboratory Scientist I (Analista Jr) - Hospital Felício Rocho - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

(2024-07 - 2024-11)

• Registered and dispatched specimens to reference laboratories, tracking chain of custody and turnaround.
• Managed private/self-pay testing panel, verifying signed consent prior to test processing.
• Centrifuged, aliquoted, and prepared biological specimens for internal departments and outside reference labs.
• Reviewed pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical variables to validate result accuracy before release and sign-off.
• Maintained cold-chain compliance logs, including specimen disposal timelines and refrigerator temperature monitoring.

Medical Laboratory Scientist — Outpatient Services - Laboratório São Paulo (Clinical Pathology) - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

(2024-04 - 2024-07)

• Reviewed and released results for internal, hospital, and partner-referred outpatient testing.
• Reported and escalated critical values in accordance with hospital notification protocols.
• Performed and approved instrument calibration and internal/external quality control (including Controllab external QC submissions).
• Trained interns and new hires on laboratory procedures and biosafety standards.
• Coordinated equipment maintenance requests and tracked preventive/corrective service schedules.

Medical Laboratory Scientist - Hospital Universitário Ciências Médicas (Feluma/HUCM) - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

(2023-09 - 2024-03)

• Verified and validated release of laboratory results; oversaw technical and specimen-collection teams.
• Performed hematology slide review and microscopic differential analysis.
• Conducted daily internal and external quality control, maintaining departmental performance indicators.
• Validated new laboratory equipment and performed daily preventive maintenance on analyzers.
• Trained technical staff and delivered internal training sessions on procedures and compliance requirements.

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Science - Centro Universitário de Belo Horizonte (UniBH) (2022-12)