Core Laboratory

Core Laboratory

The Core Laboratory is a full-service facility serving both adult and pediatric patients 24 hours a day. The test menu includes general chemistries, hematology, coagulation, blood gas analysis, therapeutic drug testing, endocrine testing, and comprehensive emergency toxicology and psychotropic drug testing services. The laboratory utilizes state-of-the-art technology, including a pneumatic tube transport system, automated analytic systems, and specialized information management to provide rapid services for critical care testing on a 24-hour basis.

The core laboratory consists of the following sections:

• Central processing:  accessioning and pre-analytic processing for routine core laboratory, special core laboratory, immunology, diabetes, and all reference lab testing
• Routine core laboratory (chemistry, hematology, coagulation, blood gas, toxicology)
• Special core laboratory
  • Special coagulation
  • Molecular diagnostics
  • Immunodiagnostics
• Yawkey laboratory (hematology, chemistry, coagulation)

Faculty

• Anand Dighe, MD, PhD - Subspecialty Head, Clinical Core Laboratory
• Grace Mahowald, MD, PhD - Medical Director, Core Laboratory
• Sacha Uljon, MD, PhD - Medical Director, Core Laboratory
• Elizabeth Van Cott, MD - Medical Director, Coagulation Service
• Abner Louissaint, MD, PhD - Director, Hematology
• John Higgins, MD
• Mandakolathur Murali, MD