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UR Medicine Central Labs Directory

Client Services

For 24-hour information, call (585) 758-0510.

Administration

Phone: (585) 275-3184
Fax: (585) 276-2047

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Department Chair	(585) 275-3791	Christa_Whitney-Miller@urmc.rochester.edu
Vice Chair & Program Administrator	(585) 276-5686	Melissa_Allen@urmc.rochester.edu
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations	(585) 275-5724	Paul_Hosking@URMC.Rochester.edu
Vice Chair, Anatomic Pathology	(585) 275-1662	Jennifer_Findeis-hosey@URMC.Rochester.edu
Vice Chair, Innovation & Strategy	(585) 276-4192	Victoria_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Medical Director (M.D.), Central Labs	(585) 275-5274	Xiaolan_Ou@URMC.Rochester.edu
Director of Operations	(585) 275-5904	Nathan_Loria@urmc.rochester.edu
Assistant Director of Pre-Analytical Operations	(585) 758-0460	Holly_Harrington@urmc.rochester.edu
Assistant Director of Operations, Central Labs	(585) 758-0466	Liz_Peterdy@urmc.Rochester.edu
Assistant Director of Operations, SMH	(585) 275-4217	Elizabeth_Jackson@URMC.Rochester.edu
Assistant Director of Regional Operations	(585) 274-3068	Chuong_Ta@URMC.Rochester.edu
Associate Director of Finance for SMH & URMFG	(585) 275-8839	Jill_Casey@urmc.rochester.edu
Human Resources Business Partner	(585) 273-4421	aliki_schimopoulou@urmc.rochester.edu
Human Resources Business Partner	(585) 736-7831	Madiya_Bracamante@URMC.Rochester.edu
Director, Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs	(585) 758-0421	Frances_Gersonia@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Information Technology	(585) 275-9674	William_Andrews@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Performance Improvement & Projects	(585) 275-8084	Vicki_VanDeWalle@urmc.rochester.edu
Director of Education	(585) 276-3688	Vicki_Roberts@urmc.rochester.edu
Communications Manager	(585) 275-1311	Karin_Christensen@URMC.Rochester.edu
Faculty Support Supervisor	(585) 273-4135	Lisa_Testa@urmc.rochester.edu

Andrology

Phone: (585) 758-0510

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 758-0510	Kazim_Chohan@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 275-3244	Geoffrey_Harris@urmc.rochester.edu

Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine

Phone: (585) 758-0510
Fax: (585) 273-3002

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.) of BBTM & Coagulation	(585) 276-3927	Majed_Refaai@URMC.Rochester.edu
Manager	(585) 275-9658	Debra_Masel@urmc.rochester.edu

Clinical Lab Computer Systems Support

Phone: (585) 275-2364
Fax: (585) 273-1355

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director of Information Technology	(585) 275-9674	William_Andrews@urmc.rochester.edu
Integration & Project Manager	(585) 275-3858	Melanie_Newby@urmc.rochester.edu
IT Technical Manager	(585) 275-3855	David_Niggli@URMC.Rochester.edu
IT Technical Manager	(585) 275-9657	Mark_Thayer@URMC.Rochester.edu

Clinical Trials

Phone: (800) 405-1889
Fax: (585) 285-4835

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Associate Director, Business Development & Account Management	(913) 322-8058	erica_watson@urmc.rochester.edu
Administrative Director	(585) 758-5745	Denisse_LiconMcClure@URMC.Rochester.edu
Assistant Director of Clinical Research, Project Mgmt Services	(585) 758-8724	Nicholas_Cutter@URMC.Rochester.edu

Cytopathology

Phone: (585) 275-5656
Fax: (585) 276-2047

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.)	(585) 273-1178	Jerome_JeanGilles@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager	(585) 275-1601	John_Plavnicky@urmc.rochester.edu

Cytogenetics

Phone: (585) 275-5859
Fax: (585) 276-2380

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 276-8707	Bin_Zhang@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director (Ph.D.) of Cytogenetics, Lab Director of Microarray	(585) 758-0422	Anwar_Iqbal@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor of Cytogenetics	(585) 275-1075	Christine_Reilingh@URMC.Rochester.edu

Electron Microscopy

Phone: (585) 275-3191

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.)	(585) 273-3401	Bruce_Goldman@urmc.rochester.edu
Technical Specialist	(585) 275-1946	Karen_Vanderbilt@urmc.rochester.edu

Hematology & Chemistry

Phone: (585) 758-0510
Fax: (585) 276-0271

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Associate Director, Chemistry (Ph.D.)	(585) 275-5654	KaKeung_Chan@URMC.Rochester.edu
Associate Director, Chemistry (M.D., Ph.D.)	(585) 276-6058	Andrew_Nelson@URMC.Rochester.edu
Manager, Hematology, Coagulation & Andrology	(585) 275-2435	Geoffrey_Harris@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Chemistry SMH	(585) 275-4679	Brewer_Kelly@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Hematology, Coagulation	(585) 275-3244	Phillip_Murphy@URMC.Rochester.edu
Manager, Chemistry	(585) 276-6296	Betty_McLean@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Chemistry at Central Labs	(585) 276-0714	Julie_Marini@URMC.Rochester.edu
Supervisor, Hematology at Central Lab	(585) 758-0403	Brittney_Sorensen@URMC.Rochester.edu

Hematopathology

Phone: (585) 275-3191
Fax: (585) 276-2390

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D., Ph.D.)	(585) 273-4591	Andrew_Evans@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 275-6261	Tia_Dow@urmc.rochester.edu

HLA

Phone: (585) 275-2744
Fax: (585) 275-2436

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 276-4638	Helene_McMurray@URMC.Rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 275-2744	William_Femec@URMC.Rochester.edu

Lab Billing

Phone: (585) 784-8865
Fax: (585) 756-2307

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Manager, Lab Billing and Reimbursement	(585) 784-8878	Gina_Johnson@urmc.rochester.edu

Lab Outreach

Fax: (585) 285-4889

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Business Development Manager	(585) 758-0465	James_Borrelli@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager	(585) 758-0458	Diane_Sousa@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager	(585) 758-0439	Christopher_Chudyk@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager	(585) 758-0451	Morgan_Daniel@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager	(585) 758-0464	Carol_Schwab@urmc.rochester.edu
Lab Services Account Manager	(585) 276-0965	Kelly_Mattucci-Goodwin@urmc.rochester.edu

Lab Support

Specimen Receiving Fax: (585) 350-3861

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Supervisor, Client Services	(585) 758-7570	Adina_Rodeo@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Couriers	(585) 758-0428	Timothy_Heffernan@urmc.rochester.edu
SMS Lab Manager	(585) 275-9678	Michael_Lum@urmc.rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, SMH (Day)	(585) 275-0149	Kennedy_Light@URMC.Rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, SMH (Evening)	(585) 276-7141	Victoria_Mikolajczyk@URMC.Rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, Central Lab (Day)	(585) 273-2093	Stacy_Mariano@urmc.rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, Central Lab (Evening)	(585) 275-5390	Danielle_Brennan@URMC.Rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, Surgical Pathology	(585) 273-1063	Jeremy_Purce@urmc.rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, Reference Laboratory	(585) 758-0478	Katherine_Comstock@URMC.Rochester.edu
SMS Supervisor, QA Safety	(585) 275-5129	Kyle_Mark@URMC.Rochester.edu

Microarray CGH Lab

Phone: (585) 758-0494

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 758-0422	Anwar_Iqbal@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 758-0492	Mary_Shaver@urmc.rochester.edu

Microbiology

Phone: (585) 758-0513
Fax: (585) 273-1048

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 275-1408	Dwight_Hardy@urmc.rochester.edu
Assistant Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 276-4674	Andrew_Cameron@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager	(585) 275-1340	Julia_Nary@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisors, Bacteriology	(585) 275-1306 (585) 276-6770 (585) 273-2135	Sharon_Petry@urmc.rochester.edu Mary_Tolomay@urmc.rochester.edu Lisaann_Barber@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Immunology/Serology	(585) 275-8728	Lindsay_Ryan-Muntz@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Virology	(585) 275-1410	sarah_magri@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Data Processing & Specimen Receiving	(585) 275-5335	Angela_Hufnagle@URMC.Rochester.edu

Molecular Diagnostics

Phone: (585) 275-7574
Fax: (585) 276-2272

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (Ph.D.)	(585) 276-8707	Bin_Zhang@URMC.Rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 275-2709	Paige_Elliott@urmc.rochester.edu

Neuromuscular Lab

Phone: (585) 275-1330

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.)	(585) 275-6372	Rabi_Tawil@urmc.rochester.edu
Technologist	(585) 275-1330	Amber_Wright@URMC.Rochester.edu

Pathology

Autopsy
Phone: (585) 275-3201
Fax: (585) 273-1027

Histology
Phone: (585) 275-3196
Fax: (585) 756-5117

Neuropathology
Phone: (585) 275-3202
Fax: (585) 273-1027

Surgical Pathology
Phone: (585) 275-3191
Fax: (585) 273-3637

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (D.O.), Surgical Pathology	(585) 275-7210	Aaron_Huber@urmc.rochester.edu
Manager, Surgical Pathology and Autopsy	(585) 275-1875	Loralee_McMahon@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Gross Room	(585) 273-1883	Laurie_Baxter@urmc.rochester.edu
Director (M.D.) Autopsy Pathology	(585) 273-3401	Caroline_Dignan@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Immunohistochemistry (M.D.)	(585) 275-7210	David_Hicks@urmc.rochester.edu
Associate Director, Immunohistochemistry (M.D.)	(585) 275-7210	Moises_Velez@urmc.rochester.edu
Supervisor, Surgical Pathology	(585) 276-4646	Sierra_Kovar@urmc.rochester.edu
Director, Neuropathology (M.D.)	(585) 276-3087	Mahlon_Johnson@urmc.rochester.edu

Phlebotomy

Home Draw Fax: (585) 785-4140

Nursing Home Requisition Ordering Fax: (585) 424-6144

Central Fax for Patient Requisitions: (585) 784-7905

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Phlebotomy Manager	(585) 276-8255	Paul_Hedley@URMC.Rochester.edu
NH/HD Support Supervisor	(585) 276-8256	Tanya_Trudeau@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-8259	Christina_James@URMC.Rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-8271	Sonia_jones@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-8299	Amanda_Sandle@URMC.Rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-7642	Nicola_McDermott@urmc.rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-8260	Latesha_Crosby@URMC.Rochester.edu
Patient Service Center Operational Supervisor	(585) 276-8257	Amanda_Degraff@URMC.Rochester.edu
Phlebotomy Education/Training Supervisor	(585) 276-2707	Latoya_Sirmons@urmc.rochester.edu

Point of Care Testing

Phone: (585) 275-0229
Fax: (585) 756-4493

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Supervisor	(585) 275-7675	Staci_Evenhouse@urmc.rochester.edu

Protein Chemistry

Phone: (585) 275-7715
Fax: (585) 276-0271

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.)	(585) 758-0420	Vektra_Casler@URMC.Rochester.edu
Supervisor	(585) 275-7726	Claudine_Bates@URMC.Rochester.edu

Renal Pathology

Phone: (585) 275-3191
Fax: (585) 273-3637

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Director (M.D.)	(585) 273-3401	Mark_Lusco@URMC.Rochester.edu

Strong West

Phone: (585) 758-7551

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Medical Director (M.D.)	(585) 305-9812	Jim_Lee@URMC.Rochester.edu
Assistant Supervisor	(585) 758-7555	SusanL_Baker@urmc.rochester.edu

Toxicology

Phone: (585) 275-1617 or (585) 275-9677

Title/Role	Phone	Email
Supervisor	(585) 273-3752	Jeffrey_Mcmaster@urmc.rochester.edu