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What is the education requirement to become a CLS in California?
Required Coursework Includes
18 semester or equivalent quarter hours of Biological Science
AND 9 months to 1 year of CLINICAL PROGRAM:
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton
Independent – Ramona Fox (909) 580-0069
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Cheryl Jackson-Harris (310) 243-3748
Madera Independent – Sharon Weber (559)353-6109
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage
Independent – Joan Steiner-Adler (760) 773-4525
Kaweah Delta Hospital, Visalia
Independent – Carol Young (559) 624-5055
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Independent – Katherine Davis (909) 558-4966 or (909) 558-8477
Independent – Contact Tim Barlow
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara
Independent – Lynette Hansen (805) 569-7378
San Jose State University
Suzanne Gayrard (408) 924-4851
Geraldine M. Albee (415) 338-2332
Independent – Juinn Huang (916) 734-0231
U.C. Irvine Medical Center, Orange
Independent – Laura Ogata (714) 456-6305
UCSD CLS Training Program, San Diego
Independent - Barbara Sevilla (858) 657-5714
Can accept 8 students annually
Taken from CAMLT page
18 semester or equivalent quarter hours of Biological Science
- Required Courses: Medical Microbiology, Hematology and Immunology
- Recommended Courses: Parasitology, Virology, Mycology
- Required Courses: Analytical Chemistry, (Quantitative Analysis) and Biochemistry
- Recommended Courses: Clinical Chemistry
AND 9 months to 1 year of CLINICAL PROGRAM:
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton
Independent – Ramona Fox (909) 580-0069
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Cheryl Jackson-Harris (310) 243-3748
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- So. Calif. Kaiser Regional Lab, North Hollywood
- UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
- Specialty Laboratories, Valencia
- St. John’s Hospital, Santa Monica
- VA Los Angeles
- VA Long Beach
- Long Beach Memorial Hospital
- Huntington Memorial Hospital
- Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Madera Independent – Sharon Weber (559)353-6109
Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage
Independent – Joan Steiner-Adler (760) 773-4525
Kaweah Delta Hospital, Visalia
Independent – Carol Young (559) 624-5055
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda
Independent – Katherine Davis (909) 558-4966 or (909) 558-8477
- Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Community Hospital of San Bernardino
- Hoag Memorial Hospital
- Jerry L. Pettis Veteran’s Memorial Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Fontana
- LifeStream (formerly known as the Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties)
Independent – Contact Tim Barlow
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara
Independent – Lynette Hansen (805) 569-7378
San Jose State University
Suzanne Gayrard (408) 924-4851
- Adventist Medical Center Hanford
- Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
- Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
- Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz
- El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
- Enloe Medical Center, Chico
- Feather River Hospital, Paradise
- Fresno Community Hospital
- Kaiser, San Jose
- Kaiser, Santa Clara
- Kaiser, South Sacramento
- O’Connor Hospital, San Jose
- Oroville Hospital
- Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
- Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
- Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose
- Sequoia Hospital Laboratory, Redwood City
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Stockton
- Stanford Hospitals and Clinics
- Valley Care Health Systems, Pleasanton
Geraldine M. Albee (415) 338-2332
- Alameda County/Highland Hospital, Oakland
- Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
- California Pacific Med Center, San Francisco
- El Camino Hospital, Mountain View
- Hunter Laboratories, Campbell
- John Muir Medical Center, Concord
- Kaiser Regional Lab, Berkeley
- Kaiser Med Center, Antioch
- Kaiser Med Center, Fresno
- Kaiser Med Center, Modesto
- Kaiser Med Center, Oakland
- Kaiser Med Center, Richmond
- Kaiser Med Center, Redwood City
- Kaiser Med Center, Roseville
- Kaiser Med Center, Sacramento
- Kaiser Med Center, San Rafael
- Kaiser Med Center, Santa Rosa
- Kaiser Med Center, San Francisco
- Kaiser Med Center, South San Francisco
- Kaiser Med Center, Vacaville
- Kaiser Med Center, Walnut Creek
- Kern Med Center, Bakersfield
- Marian Medical Center, Santa Maria
- Petaluma Valley Hospital, Petaluma
- Queen of the Valley Hospital, Napa
- San Francisco General Hospital
- Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
- Stanford University Hospital & Clinics
- UCSF Medical Center
- VA Palo Alto Healthcare System
- San Francisco VA Medical Center
Independent – Juinn Huang (916) 734-0231
U.C. Irvine Medical Center, Orange
Independent – Laura Ogata (714) 456-6305
UCSD CLS Training Program, San Diego
Independent - Barbara Sevilla (858) 657-5714
Can accept 8 students annually
Taken from CAMLT page