Linda Amara

• Performed gross and microscopic evaluation of frozen sections, biopsies, and surgical resections under supervision of a board-certified pathologist.
• Conducted hospital autopsies under a board-certified forensic pathologist.
• Evaluated peripheral blood, bone marrow, and body fluids with hematopathology and cytopathology teams.
• Provided clinical pathology support in transfusion medicine, clinical chemistry, and microbiology.
• Actively involved in ongoing surgical pathology research and publications.

• Worked as a junior resident in Anatomic Pathology.
• Performed grossing of small specimens and assisted with larger specimens under supervision.
• Participated in biopsy sign-outs, autopsies, and departmental teaching sessions.
• Engaged in weekly slide reviews (Black Star) and tumor boards.
• Mentored rotating interns in anatomy and histopathology.
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• Completed a 3-month externship in Anatomic Pathology with supervised experience across subunits.
• Assisted with specimen sorting, fixation, and preparation for grossing; participated in case sign-outs.
• Attended seminars, grand rounds, and weekly slide review sessions (Blackstar).

Completed a 3-month externship in Anatomic Pathology, gaining supervised experience across subunits.

• Assisted with specimen handling, including sorting, fixation, and preparation for grossing.
• Participated in case sign-outs.

• Served as a primary care physician in a rural community in Eastern Nigeria, providing care across all age groups.
• Managed outpatient and inpatient cases, including admissions and follow-up.
• Performed basic laboratory tests (urinalysis, malaria testing, HIV screening, PCV, blood grouping, cultures).
• Assisted with deliveries and performed minor procedures, including episiorrhaphy and wound suturing.

• Completed a 12-month clinical rotation in Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Internal Medicine at COOU Teaching Hospital.
• Performed history-taking, physical examinations, and contributed to patient management from admission to discharge.
• Carried out key procedures including venepuncture, catheterization, vaginal deliveries, episiorrhaphy, and blood transfusions.
• Monitored critically ill patients in the ICU and Emergency Department.
• Participated in seminars and grand rounds, and mentored junior medical students.

• Completed rotations in Anatomic Pathology and Hematology at the Department of Pathology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH).
• Participated in departmental meetings, clinical reviews, and weekly slide sessions.
• Performed pretransfusion testing (typing, grouping, and cross-matching) and assisted in hematology clinics.
• Conducted patient history-taking and physical examinations across clinical settings.
• Involved in surgical specimen grossing, tissue processing, autopsies, and biopsy sign-outs.

• Completed a 3-month online histotechnology training focused on anatomic pathology specimen processing.
• Gained hands-on knowledge of fixation, dehydration, clearing, embedding, microtomy, staining, and coverslipping.