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California

Quest Diagnostics Inc.
33608 Ortega Highway San Juan Capistrano, CA 92629
Director:  Raymond Fenwick, PhD
Contact:  Danielle Lagrave
Phone:  800-642-4657 x4S98
E-mail:  danielle.m.lagrave@questdiagnostics.com
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

California Tay-Sachs Disease Prevention Program
8110 Birmingham Way San Diego, CA 92123
Director:  Michael M. Kaback, MD
Contact:  Nancy Levy
Phone:  858-966-7737
E-mail:  nlevy@ucsd.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

University Childrens Genetics Laboratory-Progene, Inc.
Affiliated with Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
4546 Sunset Blvd. Mail Stop # 11
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Director:  Lei Li, MD
Contact: Dalia Laitin
Phone:  323-669-2271
E-mail:  dlaitin@chla.usc.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


UCLA Medical Genetics Program
10833 Le Conte Avenue, MDCC
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752
Director:  Stephen Cederbaum, MD
Contact: Michelle Fox, M.S.
Phone: 310-206-6581
E-mail: mfox@mednet.ucla.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic



Connecticut

Greenwich Hospital
5 Perryridge Road Greenwich, CT 06830

DIRECTOR Jodi Rucquoi
PHONE 203-863-3917
EMAIL Jodir@Greenhosp.org
TESTS Carrier, prenatal, diagnostic



Georgia

Emory Genetic Laboratory
2040 Ridgewood Drive Atlanta, GA 30322
Director: Louis J. Elsas II, MD
Contact:  Eleanor Geller, MS
Phone: 800-366-1502
E-mail:  pmc@rw.ped.emory.edu
Tests:  Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Illinois

Children's Memorial Hospital
Division of Genetics
2300 Children's Plaza
Chicago, IL 60614
Director: Joel Charrow, MD
Contact: Cecelia F. Fairley, MS
Phone: 773-880-4462
E-mail: efairley@childrensmemorial.org
Testing: Carrier, Diagnostic

Evanston Hospital
2650 Ridge Avenue, Evanston, IL 60211
Director:  Dr. Karen Kaul
Phone:  847-570-2052
E-mail:  k-kaul@northwestern.edu


Maryland

Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD 21205
Director:  Richard I. Kelley, MD, PhD
Contact:  Lisa Kratz, PhD
Phone: 410-502-9444
E-mail:  kratz@kennedykrieger.org
Tests: Prenatal, Diagnostic


Massachusetts

Boston University School of Medicine
Center for Human Genetics
Boston, MA 02118
Director: Aubrey Milunsky, MD, DSc
Main Contact:  Susan Cheney, MS
Phone:  617-638-7083
E-mail: scheney@bu.edu
Tests:  Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

Genzyme Genetics Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory*
One Mountain Road Framingham, MA 01701-9322
Directors: Lynne Rosenblum-Vos, PhD
Elizabeth Rohlfs, PhD
Contact: Amy Merrill, MS
E-mail: Elaine.Sugarman@genzyme.com
Phone 800-255-7357
(Request a Genetic Counselor)
Testing: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic
*Arrangements for testing through a health
professional is required.

Massachusetts General Hospital
Amino Acid Disorder/Neurochemistry Laboratory
149 Thirteenth Street Boston, MA 02129
Director: Vivian E. Shih, MD
Contact: Roseann Mandell
Phone: 617-726-3884
E-mail: rmandell@partners.org
Tests: Diagnostic


Michigan

Wayne State University
DMC University Laboratories
Molecular Genetics Diagnostic Laboratory
Detroit, MI 48201
Director: Gerald L. Feldman, MD, PhD
Phone: 313-993-2631
E-mail: gfeldman@dmc.org
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Minnesota

Mayo Medical Laboratories
Division of Laboratory Genetics
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
200 First Street SW Rochester, MN 55905
Contacts: Dana C. Doescher, MS,
Kelle Steenblock
Phone: 800-533-1710
E-mail: Doescher.Dana@mayo.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Nevada

GenQuest DNA Analysis Laboratory
University of Nevada School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology
Mail Stop 320 Reno, NV 87557
Phone: 877-362-5227
E-mail: info@genquestdnalab.com
Website: www.genquestdnalab.com


New Jersey

New Jersey Medical School
Molecular Testing Laboratory
185 South Orange Avenue
Newark, NJ  07103
Director: James Dermody, PhD
Phone: 973-972-5567
E-mail: dermodjj@umdnj.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Saint Barnabas Health Care System
Jewish Genetic Disease Program
200 South Orange Avenue Livingston, NJ 07039
Director: Shari Fallet, DO
Contact: Roberta Ebert, MS
Phone: 973-322-7020
E-mail: ssuntag@sbhcs.com
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic
Website: http://www.sbhcs.com/genetics


New York

Montefiore Medical Center
Reproductive Genetics Division
1635 Poplar Street
Bronx, NY 10461
Director: Harold M. Nitowsky, MD
Phone: 718-405-8150
E-mail: nidoc@aol.com
Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Mount Sinai Medical Center

Genetic Testing Laboratory
1 Gustave Levy Place
Box 1497 New York, NY 10029
Director: Dr. Ruth Kornreich
Contact:  Shivani Batra
Phone: 212-241-6947
E-mail: shivanibatra@mssm.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

New York University Medical Center

Human Genetics Program MSB 136
550 First Avenue New York, NY 10016
Contact: Carole Oddoux, PhD
Phone: 212-263-7621
E-mail: odduc01@popmail.MED.NYU.EDU
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

New York University School of Medicine
Neurogenetics Laboratory Room #220
400 East 34th Street New York, NY 10016
Director: Edwin H. Kolodny, MD
Contact: Pamela Lenz
Phone: 212-263-0577
E-mail: pamela.lenz@med.nyu.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


North Carolina

Lab Corp. of America
Center for Molecular Biology & Pathology
1912 Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Director: V.M. Pratt, PhD
Phone: 919-361-7153
E-mail: prattv@labcorp.com or
genetics@labcorp.com for questions
Testing: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Oregon

Oregon Health Sciences University
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Portland, OR 97201-3098
Director: K. Michael Gibson, PhD
Phone: 503-494-2400
E-mail: gibson@ohsu.edu
Tests: Diagnostic


Pennsylvania

Thomas Jefferson University
Tay-Sachs Prevention Program
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107
Director: Jerzy Tomczak, DVM
Phone: 215-955-8320
E-mail: Jerzy.Tomczak@mail.tju.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

Albert Einstein Medical Center
5501 Old York Road Philadelphia, PA 19141
Director: Adele Schneider, MD
Phone:  877-54-GENES
E-mail:  admcgenetics2@hotmail.com
Tests:  Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic 


Texas

Baylor DNA Diagnostic Laboratory
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
One Baylor Plaza, Room 210D
Houston, TX 77030
Director: Benjamin B. Roa, PhD, FACMG
Phone: 713-798-6536
E-mail: broa@bcm.tmc.edu
E-mail: dnalab@bcm.tmc.edu
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Virginia

Genetics and IVF Institute
Molecular Genetics Laboratory
3020 Javier Road
Fairfax, VA 22031
Director: Anne Maddalena, PhD
Phone: 800-654-4363
E-mail: labs@givf.com
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Washington

Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Department of Laboratories-CH 37
4800 Sand Point Way, NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Co-Directors: Rhona Jack, PhD and
Ron Scott, MD
Phone:  206-526-2569
E-mail: rjack@chmc.org
Testing: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

 

International list

Australia

Kolling Institute of Medical Research
Royal North Shore Hospital
St. Leonards, NSW, 2065, Australia
Director: Anne Proos, MSc
Phone: +612-9926-7784
E-mail: aproos@med.usyd.edu.au
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


Canada

Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory Alberta Children’s Hospital
1820 Richmond Road, SW
Calgary, Alberta T2T 5C7, Canada
Contact: Any Staff Member
Phone 403-229-7026
E-mail: peter.bridge@crha-health.ab.ca
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


France

Hospital Debrousse
Service de biochimie pediatrique
29 Rue Soeur Bouvier 69005 LYON France
Contact: Marie-Odile Rolland
Phone: 33-0470238-5715 (Rolland)
E-mail: mo.rolland@chu-lyon.fr
Test: Diagnostic


Israel

Genetic Institute Siroka Medical Center
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva, Israel
Director: Rivka Carmi, MD
Contact: Ms. Anat Mishori-Deri
Phone: 972-7-640-0907
E-mail: anatm@bgumail.bgu.ac.il

Genetic Institute Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
6 Weizmann Street Tel-Aviv, Israel 64239
Director: Avi Orr-Urtreger, MD, PhD
Contact: Dr. Ruth Shomrat
Phone: 972-3-697-4704 or 3922
E-mail: aviorr@tasmc.health.gov.il

Simon Winter Institute for Human Genetics
The Bnai-Zion Medical Center
PO Box 4950 Haifa, Israel 31048
Contact:  Zvi Borochowitz, MD
Phone: 972-4-835-9459
E-mail: mdzvi@tx.technion.ac.il
Tests:  Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic

Hadassah Medical Center Department of Human Genetics
Jerusalem, Israel 91120
Contact: Gideon Bach, MD
Dvora Abeliovich, MD
Phone: 972-2-677-6931
E-mail: Bach@hadassah.org.il
E-mail: dvoraha@cc.huji.ac.il
Tests: Carrier, Diagnostic


South Africa

South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR)
Corner De Korte and Hospital Streets, Braamfontein, Gauteng
PO Box 1038, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa
Director: Dr Amanda Krause
Phone: + 27-11-489-9219
E-mail: amandak@mail.saimr.wits.ac.za
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic


The Netherlands

VU University Medical Center
Metabolic Units,
Department of Clinical Chemistry
Boelelaan 1117
1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Director: Cornelis Jakobs, PhD
Contact: Gajja S. Salomons, PhD
Associate Professor, Head, Metabolic Unit
Phone: + 31-20-444-2914
E-mail: g.salomons@vumc.nl
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal, Diagnostic



United Kingdom

Molecular Genetics Laboratory
Regional Clinical Genetics Service
Kennedy-Galton Centre
Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospitals
Watford Road
Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
Director: Stewart Payne
Phone: +44-20-8869-3188
E-mail: s.j.payne@ic.ac.uk
Tests: Carrier, Prenatal Diagnostic

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