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Strong Memorial Hospital Laboratory Directory

Client Services - (585) 758-0510

  • For 24-hour information
  • To obtain information on test status and results (except Anatomic Pathology)
  • To obtain requisitions or test indexes
  • To request courier pick-up

Anatomic Pathology Numbers

  • Autopsy Pathology - (585) 275-3201
  • Cytopathology - (585) 275-5656
  • Hematopathology/Flow Cytometry - (585) 275-3191
  • Surgical Pathology - (585) 275-3191
  • URMC e-mail addresses use underscores: FirstName_LastName@urmc.rochester.edu
Index
Administration Client Services HIV/Viral Load Point of Care
Andrology   HLA
Autopsy Clinical Trials Immunohistochemistry Protein Chemistry
Bacteriology Computer Support Immunology Renal Pathology
Bedside Testing Courier Services Lab Systems Support Reproductive Endocrinology
Billing   Microbiology Serology
Biochemical Genetics Cytopathology Microarray CGH Lab Specimen Management
Blood Bank Cytogenetics Molecular Diagnostics Surgical Pathology
Blood Draws Electron Microscopy MSAFP Tissue Typing
Bone Marrow Flow Cytometry Neuromuscular Lab Toxicology
Business Development Hematopathology Neuropathology Transfusion Medicine
Cell Markers Hematology and Chemistry Laboratory Outpatient Lab Transplant, Cardiac/Renal
Central Labs Histocompatability Outreach Transplant, HLA Typing
  Histology Phlebotomy Virology

Administration

Administration - Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
(585) 275-3184; Fax (585) 276-2047
Department Chair 275-3184 Bruce_Smoller@urmc.rochester.edu
Vice Chair for Administration 276-5686 Kelley_Suskie@urmc.rochester.edu
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations 275-5662 Richard_Burack@urmc.rochester.edu
Vice Chair for Clinical Enterprise Strategy 276-4192 Victoria_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Operations 275-5904 Melissa_Allen@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Finance 275-8839 Rosemary_ZiembaBall@urmc.rochester.edu
Human Resources Business Partner 275-6258 Daniel_Salamone@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Strategic Development 273-5586 Judy_Sterry@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs 758-0421 Frances_Gersonia@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Information Technology 275-9674 William_Andrews@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Performance Improvement and Projects 275-8084 Vicki_VanDeWalle@urmc.rochester.edu
Education Coordinator 276-3688 Vicki_Roberts@urmc.rochester.edu

Communications and Marketing Manager

 275-1863 Bethany_Bushen@urmc.rochester.edu
 

Andrology

Andrology - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 334-8164
500 Red Creek Drive, Suite 220, Rochester, NY 14623
Director (Ph.D.) 487-3378 Rajesh_Srivastava@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 487-3378 Evelyn_Andolina@urmc.rochester.edu

Autopsy

Autopsy Pathology - (585) 275- 3202; Fax (585) 273-1027
Director (M.D.) 273-3401 Caroline_Dignan@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-3201 Star_Schneider@URMC.Rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 273-3401 Bruce_Goldman@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-3191 Philip_Katzman@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-1317 Leon_Metlay@urmc.rochester.edu

Biochemical Genetics

Biochemical Genetics - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 276-2200
Director (Ph.D.) 275-7811 Robert_Mooney@urmc.rochester.edu

Blood Bank

Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 273-3002
Director (M.D.) 275-3189 Neil_Blumberg@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (M.D.) 275-5297 Scott_Kirkley@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (M.D.) 276-3927 Majed_Refaai@urmc.rochester.edu

Assistant Director
(M.D., Ph.D.)

 276-7407 Amy_Schmidt@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor 275-9658 Debra_Masel@urmc.rochester.edu

Central Labs/Clinical Trials

Central Laboratory - (800) 405-1889; Fax (585) 419-6115; www.URCentralLabs.org

Senior Director, Business Development,

 (919) 304-6425 Jeff_Chimera@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager, Clinical Trials 758-0467 Kendra_Brown@urmc.rochester.edu

Manager, Scientific & Technical Affairs

 758-8724 Kathleen_Leibenguth@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager, Quality Systems 758-0483 Jeffrey_Mann@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager, Business Operations & Finance 758-0431 Christopher_Mark@urmc.rochester.edu
Senior Manager, Project Management 758-0456 Laurie_Root@urmc.rochester.edu

Computer Support

Clinical Laboratories Systems Support - (585) 275-2364; Fax (585) 273-1355
(Laboratory Information System, LIS)
Director 275-9674 William_Andrews@urmc.rochester.edu

Manager

 275-3858 Melanie_Newby@urmc.rochester.edu

Manager

 275-3855 Michael_Insalaco@urmc.rochester.edu

Manager

 275-3861 Marlene_Scott@urmc.rochester.edu

Cytopathology

Cytopathology - (585) 275-5656; Fax (585) 276-2047

Director (M.D.)

 275-1602 Luis_DeLasCasas@urmc.rochester.edu

Pathologist (M.D.)

 275-2934 Ellen_Giampoli@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 341-6743 Julietta_Fiscella@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 276-4674 Sharlin_Varghese@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-5656 MariaCecilia_Reyes@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor 275-1601 John_Plavnicky@urmc.rochester.edu

Cytogenetics

Cytogenetics - (585) 275-5859; Fax (585) 273-3360
Director (Ph.D.) 275-6597 Bin_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (Ph.D.) 275-1077 Anwar_Iqbal@urmc.rochester.edu

Laboratory Supervisor

 275-5859 Julie_OMalley@urmc.rochester.edu

Electron Microscopy

Clinical Electron Microscopy - (585) 275-3191

Director (M.D.)

 275-3188 Bruce_Goldman@urmc.rochester.edu

Technical Specialist

 275-1946 Karen_Vanderbilt@urmc.rochester.edu

Hematology and Chemistry Laboratory

Hematology and Chemistry Laboratory - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 273-3003

Director (Ph.D.)

 275-5654 Tai_Kwong@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Automated Hematology (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-4907 James_Corsetti@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director, Hematology, Chemistry (M.D., Ph.D.) 276-9358 Li_Liu1@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (M.D.) 276-3927 M.Refaai@rochester.edu
Associate Director (Ph.D.) 276-4192 Yan_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu

Consultant, Reproductive Endocrinology, Perinatal Testing

 275-2520 RichardK_Miller@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor, Hematology, Coagulation 275-3244 MaryG_Johnson@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor, Chemistry 275-2435 Barbara_Beck@urmc.rochester.edu

Chief Supervisor, Hematology, Coagulation

 275-3244 Geoffrey_Harris@urmc.rochester.edu

Supervisor, Chemistry, Immunochemistry, Reproductive Endocrinology

 275-4679

Betty_McLean@urmc.rochester.edu

Evening Supervisor

 275-7803

Elizabeth_Jackson@urmc.rochester.edu

Hematopathology

Hematopathology - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 276-2390

Director (M.D., Ph.D.)

 273-1885 Richard_Burack@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 276-3399 Archibald_Perkins@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 273-4591 Andrew_Evans@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Oncology) 275-4915 John_Bennett@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-6261 Tia_Dow@urmc.rochester.edu

Histology

Histology - (585) 275-3196
Histology Fax (585) 756-5117
Supervisor
Histology & Special Stains		 275-3196 Diana_Scott@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Immunohistochemistry 275-7210 David_Hicks@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor
Immunohistochemistry		 275-7210 Loralee_McMahon@urmc.rochester.edu

HLA

HLA/Tissue Typing (Histocompatibility, Transplant) -
(585) 275-0985; Fax (585) 275-2436
Director (Ph.D.) 275-6352 Myra_Coppage@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-5349 Angela_Busacco@urmc.rochester.edu
Director in Training 276-4368 Helene_McMurray@urmc.rochester.edu

Laboratory Billing

Laboratory Billing - (585) 784-8865; Fax (585) 756-2307
Manager, Lab Billing and Reimbursement 784-8878 Gina_Johnson@urmc.rochester.edu

Lab Outreach

Business Development - FAX (585) 473-3269
Business Development Manager 758-0465 James_Borrelli@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager 758-0458 Diane_Sousa@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager 758-0439 Christopher_Chudyk@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager 758-0451 Michael_Lum@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager & Business Analyst 758-0464 Lisa_Musial@urmc.rochester.edu

Lab Support

Pre Analytical Operations Manager 276-7347 Melissa_Allen@urmc.rochester.edu
Client Services - (585) 758-0510 or (800) 747-4769 - FAX (585) 424-5527
Client Services Supervisor 758-0460 Holly_Harrington@urmc.rochester.edu
Client Services Coordinator 758-0441 Jeremy_Cooper@urmc.rochester.edu
Courier Services - FAX (585) 350-2662
Couriers Supervisor 758-0428 Timothy_Heffernan@urmc.rochester.edu
Phlebotomy
Home Draw FAX (585) 295-9635; Nursing Home FAX (585) 424-6144
Phlebotomy Chief Supervisor 276-8255 Glenda_Scherdin@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Support Supervisor 276-8256 Marilyn_Cooper@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor 276-8257 Valarie_Duemmel@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor 276-8258 Norma_Hoag@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor 276-8259 Sylvie_Kitrinos@urmc.rochester.edu
Inpatient Vascular Access Team, Operational Supervisor 276-7863 Diane_Penny@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor 276-8260 Angie_Roman@urmc.rochester.edu
Phlebotomy Education/Training Supervisor 276-2707 Latoya_Sirmons@urmc.rochester.edu
Specimen Management Section (Specimen Receiving) - FAX (585) 275-9121
Medical Director (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-4907 James_Corsetti@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor 275-9678

Joseph_Marinoiii@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Supervisor, Strong Memorial Hospital 275-0149

Kristi_Vandewalle@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Supervisor, Strong Memorial Hospital 275-8199 Stacy_Mariano@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Supervisor, Strong Memorial Hospital 276-7141 Kim_Burks@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Supervisor, Surgical Pathology 273-1063

Nicole_Truax@urmc.rochester.edu
Operations Supervisor, Reference Laboratory 278-0480 Priya_Selvanayagam@urmc.rochester.edu

Microbiology

Microbiology Laboratories - (585) 275-7801; Fax (585) 273-1048
Microbiology and Immunology
Director (Ph.D.) 275-1408 Dwight_Hardy@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (M.D., Ph.D.) 276-4674 Nicole_Pecora@urmc.rochester.edu
Consultant (Immunology) 275-1632 Jennifer_Anolik@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor 275-1340 Debra_Jesien@urmc.rochester.edu
Bacteriology Supervisors 275-7801 Sharon_Petry@urmc.rochester.edu
Mary_Tolomay@urmc.rochester.edu
Immunology/Serology Supervisor 275-7801 Daniel_Wheeler@urmc.rochester.edu
TB, Mycology, Parasitology Supervisor 275-7801 Debra_Jesien@urmc.rochester.edu
Virology Supervisor 275-7801 Kim_Handley@urmc.rochester.edu
Data Processing and
Specimen Receiving Supervisor		 275-6509 Diane_Rafter@urmc.rochester.edu

Microarray CGH Lab

Microarray CGH Laboratory - (585) 758-0494
Director (Ph.D.) 758-0422 Anwar_Iqbal@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 758-0492 Mary_Shaver@urmc.rochester.edu
Business Development Manager 758-0465 James_Borrelli@urmc.rochester.edu

Molecular Diagnostics

Molecular Diagnostics - (585) 758-0510; Fax (585) 273-5120
Director (Ph.D.) 273-2229 Paul_Rothberg@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 273-1978 Bonnie_Nuccie@urmc.rochester.edu

Neuromuscular Lab

Neuromuscular Disease Center Laboratory - (585) 275-1330
Director (M.D.) 275-6372 Rabi_Tawil@urmc.rochester.edu
Technologist 275-1330 Don_Henderson@urmc.rochester.edu

Neuropathology

Neuropathology - (585) 275- 3202; Fax (585) 273-1027
Director (M.D.) 276-3087 Mahlon_Johnson@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-3201 Christina_Piazza@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.B.B.S., Ph.D.) 275-3202 Rajnish_Bharadwaj@URMC.Rochester.edu

Outpatient Lab at Ridgeland Road

Outpatient Lab - 758-0510
Medical Director (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-4907 James_Corsetti@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Manager 758-0466 Liz_Peterdy@urmc.rochester.edu
Quality Assurance 758-0421 Frances_Gersonia@urmc.rochester.edu

Point of Care Testing

Point of Care Testing - (585) 275-0229; Fax (585) 756-4493
Director (Ph.D.) 275-7811 Robert_Mooney@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-7675 Chuong_Ta@urmc.rochester.edu

Protein Chemistry

Protein Laboratory - (585) 275-7715; Fax (585) 276-0271
Director (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-4907 James_Corsetti@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-7726

Carmelita_Valera@urmc.rochester.edu

Renal Pathology

Renal and Transplant Pathology - (585) 275-3191; Fax (585) 273-3637
Director (M.D.) 273-3401 Bruce_Goldman@urmc.rochester.edu

Strong West

Strong West - (585) 758-7551
Medical Director (M.D.) 275-4907 James_Corsetti@urm.rochester.edu
Assistant Supervisor 758-7555 SusanL_Baker@urmc.rochester.edu

Surgical Pathology

Surgical Pathology - (585) 275-3191; Fax (585) 273-3637
Director (M.D.) 276-5245 Christa_Whitney-miller@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.B.Ch.B.) 275-5837 Brendan_Boyce@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (D.O.) 275-7562 Aaron_Huber@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (D.O.) 275-3191 Diana_AgostiniVulaj@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 273-4091 Philip_Katzman@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 276-4651 Abberly_Lott-Limbach@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 276-3000 Jerome_JeanGilles@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-1662 Jennifer_Findeis-Hosey@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-3270 Linda_Schiffhauer@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 273-1802 Xi_Wang@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 341-6597 Bradley_Turner@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 276-4246 David_Hicks@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 273-3389 Michael_Drage@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-8748 Hiroshi_Miyamoto@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 276-6907 Ioana_Moisini@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-3191 Huina_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-3191 Xiaoyan_Liao@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-3191 Zhiming_Yang@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D., Ph.D.) 275-3191 Xiaolan_Ou@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-6640 Moises_Velez@urmc.rochester.edu  
Pathologist (M.D.)  275-3054 MariaCecilia_Reyes@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.)  275-3191 Mark_Ettel@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologist (M.D.) 275-3191 Dongwei_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Chief Supervisor 275-1875
Supervisor Gross Room 273-1883 Laurie_Baxter@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologists' Assistant 273-5373 Albert_Cucurullo@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologists' Assistant 273-5373 LeeAnn_Kushner@urmc.rochester.edu
Pathologists' Assistant 275-1664 Nicholas_Tofolo@urmc.rochester.edu

Toxicology

Toxicology - (585) 275-1617 or (585) 275-9677
Director (Ph.D.) 276-4192

Victoria_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor 275-1617 Denise_Renter@urmc.rochester.edu