Our Mission

1. To provide timely and reliable diagnosis on skin biopsies to assist dermatologists and other clinicians to achieve high quality patient care for cutaneous diseases.
2. To provide high standard education for medical students, pathology and dermatology residents, and dermatopathology fellows.
3. To advance knowledge through basic and clinical research and the translation of advances from the laboratory to clinical practice.

We Provide

-Daily pickup of your specimens

-Rapid turnaround time on results

-Extensive insurance claims handling options

 

Our Facilities

The histology laboratory occupies about 5,000

sq.ft space and equipped with state of the art

Histology instruments, including:

•         Histology Laboratory

•         Immunohistochemistry Laboratory

•         Molecular Laboratory

•         Electromicroscope Laboratory

•         Cytogenetic laboratory

 

Faculty Members

 

April Deng, MD, PhD, board certified dermatopathologist, Director of Dermato-pathology Service and Fellowship Program.

Rujing Han, MD, board certified dermatopathologist

Stephen Lyle, MD, PhD, board certified dermatopathologist

 

Services Provided

• Routine tissue process and H&E stain
• Microscopic diagnosis
• Special stains
• Immunohistochemistry stains
• Direct Immunofluorescence studies
• Molecular studies: Clonality analysis, FISG
• Cytogenetic studies: chromosome abnormalities
• Photograph (Digital image of microscopic picture)
• Consultation

 

Quality Control & Assurance

The laboratory is ASCP certified and follows CLIA regulations. A comprehensive quality assurance plan was established to ensure high quality service.

 

Specimen Requirement

 

Tissue processing and embedding: tissue fixed in 10% formalin > 10 volume of the specimen

Routine H&E stain: formalin fixed tissue or unstained slides

Frozen section: Fresh tissue or specimens in Michelle’s medium

Microscopic diagnosis: fresh or formalin fixed tissue, paraffin block, stained or unstained slides.

Special stains: paraffin block or unstained slides

Immunohistochemistry stains: Formalin fixed tissue, paraffin blocks or unstained slides.

Immunofluorescence studies:

           a) direct: tissue in Michelle’s Medium

           b) indirect: serum