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Open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
Call Client Services 804-828-PATH (828-7284); 1-800-363-9234
Clinical Trial Services | Cytogenetic Services | Molecular Diagnostic Services | Practicum
Molecular Diagnostics is housed in one of the  largest and most sophisticated university-based laboratories in the country. Our 6,400 square foot lab includes two large testing areas with state-of-the-art equipment, safety features, and office space.
Same-Day Processing
We perform the quantitative CMV and HSV in CSF assays the same day as received, as long as we receive the sample by 7 AM. The turnaround times for other tests are listed in the Directory of Laboratory Tests and Services.
Tests Performed, Specimen Handling and Shipping
(Client Services 804-828-PATH (828-7284); 1-800-363-9234)
Table of Molecular Diagnostic Services
| It is imperative that you do NOT draw samples on heparinized tubes or from tubing containing heparin since heparin interferes with our testing process. |
The Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory uses progressive technologies and procedures to evaluate infectious disease, inherited disorders, oncogene copy number, and other gene abnormalities. The use of PCR, DNA hybridization, RFLP, and blotting techniques are available, as are specific studies in factor V Leiden, T-& B-cell receptor/gene rearrangement assays, HIV quantitation and genotyping, HCV quantitation and genotyping, CMV quantitation, Fragile X, t(9;22) translocation, and other assays. Please see our Services Table.
Additional assays are always in development.
Please contact the laboratory or its Director, Dr. Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez with requests for assays not currently on the menu (call 804-828-9564).
For a detailed table of tests performed, indicated clinical conditions, specimen types, collection, processing, and shipping please see our Molecular Diagnostic Services Table.
For personal assistance, please call Client Services 804-828-PATH (828-7284); 1-800-363-9234.
Cytogenetics
The Cytogenetics Diagnostic Laboratory is a full service facility that offers “state-of-the-art” cytogenetic testing to health care providers across the United States. Our tests include chromosome and/or FISH studies from specimens of peripheral blood, bone marrow, amniocytes, chorionic villi, spontaneous miscarriages, solid tumors and histology preparations. Please see our Table of Cytogenetic Services.
The Practicum in Molecular Pathology
We are involved in the training of pathology residents and in the education of medical students, graduate students, and faculty. Our Practicum in Molecular Pathology, Application of Molecular Techniques in the Clinical Laboratory, has been offered since March of 1995 providing insight into and experience in the growing utilization of molecular pathology in laboratory medicine. Topics include:
- methods to isolate DNA from clinical samples
- preparation of nucleic acid probes
- molecular hybridization
- polymerase chain reaction
- Southern hybridization analysis.
Emphasis is placed on the use of these techniques in hematology, oncology and microbiology. A Molecular Diagnostics Practicum which focuses on either hematology-oncology or microbiology is also available. Please visit our Molecular Pathology Practicum site.
Contacts
 Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, PhD
Laboratory Director
Professor of Pathology
Office:
(804) 828-9564
FAX: (804) 825-4738
aferreira-gonzalez@mcvh-vcu.edu
Dr. Ferreira-Gonzalez earned her PhD in Microbiology/Immunology from George Washington University in Washington, DC. Her clinical specialties are development and application of nucleic acid probe technology to diagnosis and monitoring of human diseases.
Catherine Dumur, PhD
Associate Director
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Office: (804) 828-9564
cdumur@mcvh-vcu.edu
 William "Eddie" Payne
Manager, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 980248
Richmond, VA; 23298-0248
Office:
(804) 628-1253
FAX:
(804) 225-4738
wpayne@mcvh-vcu.edu
Updated
September 22, 2008
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