Safa Taha

Senior Technologist at Hamad Medical Corporation

• Qatar - Doha
• March 1986 to November 2015

Sep 2007 - Nov 2015
Hamad Medical Corporation, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics La, Senior Technologist (In charge of Flowcytometry)
•Performs histocompatibility testing for transplantation and disease associations.
•Reports unusual results and difficulties to supervisor or consultant.
•Creates a validation steps for new test, to be able to perform technically demanding procedure.
•Evaluates the reagents kits, check the reagents lot to lot
•Involved in Quality Control for internal and external program.(CAP)
•Ability to find out the problems during the technical or instrument.
•Runs different technique. ELISA, Cytotoxicity assay, flow cytometry &Fluorescent.
•Handling blood &bone marrow cells. Isolates lymphocyte from peripheral blood.
•Responsible for requesting different reagent for different tests.
•Develop/writes Flow Cytometry Policies/procedures and annually review all Flow Cytometry policies/procedures.
1986-2007
Hamad Medical Corporation, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Immunology Lab, Technologist.
•Daily and Weekly maintenance Instruments.
•Requesting different reagent, and evaluate reagents kits.
•Check reagents lot to lot.
•Requesting different reagents for Tests.
•Involve in Quality Control for internal and external program.
•On call for 24 hours, 7 days / week ( to do tests for Cadaver Transplant)
•Cytotoxicity Technique
HLA-Typing for Kidney & bone marrow transplants, Panel Reactive Antibodies, HLA-B27, Maternal Antibodies against Paternal Cells
•ELISA Technique
Panel Reactive antibodies (PRA), Hepatitis A, B, C, TORCH
•Flow cytometry
HLA-B27, “Leukemia& Lymphoma Phenotyping” infectious diseases (HIV, TB), Total T & B cells screening& and stem cells CD- 34” for B.M transplants.
•Fluorescent Technique
Auto-immune
•PCR Technique
HLA-Typing & DNA Extraction

Involved in research performance
•HLA- Typing and Hepatitis infection.
HLA and hepatitis B infection, as technical assistance
The Lancet, Volume 344, Issue 8931, 29 October 1994, Pages 1194-1195
A. Almarri and J. R. Batchelor
•HLA and hepatitis C infection, as technical assistance
Human Immunology, Volume 59, Issue 4, April 1998, Pages 239-242 Dr. A. Almarri
•.HLA-B27 Disease association.
•Recurrent Pregnancy loss (Maternal Antibodies against Paternal Cells & NK-Cells)