Clinical Laboratory Operations

Boston Medical Center

Any requests for assistance in research from the clinical group, please fill out a the applicable sections of the  Laboratory Research Study Request Checklist and contact Path Lab Research Study Group  DG-PathLabResearchStudyGroup@bmc.org

Anatomic Pathology

The Anatomic Pathology department serves all patients who undergo surgery or a procedure, regardless of age or medical insurance status, which results in the removal of tissue. All physicians and services that generate these specimens are also considered the department’s customers. The department also manages the hospital’s Decedent Affairs Office which cares for deceased patients, their families and serves area funeral directors and related governmental agencies.

Frozen Section Service (intraoperative consult)
8:30am to 5pm Mon-Fri call 638-6990 and ask for the Pathology resident to be paged 617-638-5795 #3800

All other times please contact the Staff Pathologist on call at pager 617-638-5795 # 0784

Administrative leadership is always available on call at pager 617-638-5795 #1027 or #3550

Office Hours
7:30 am to 5 pm Mon-Fri call 638-6990 or the Pathology Laboratory at 617-638-6994

Services Provided

Surgical Pathology
Intraoperative Consultation
Cytology
Aspiration biopsy
Immunohistochemical assays
Ultrastructural studies
Image Analysis
Morphometry
Telepathology consultation
Molecular Pathology
Decedent Affairs
Autopsy
Research CoRe

Sub-Specialty Expertise

Cytopathology
Dermatopathology (associated with BU Skin Pathology)
ENT
GI & Liver
GU
Hematopathology
Muscle & Peripheral Nerve Pathology
Neuropathology
OB-GYN Pathology
Oral Pathology
Renal Pathology
Soft Tissue
Thoracic

Laboratory Medicine

The Department of Laboratory Medicine at BMC is part of the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The Department is responsible for:

• all clinical laboratory testing throughout BMC,
• assuring appropriate test reliability,
• specimen collection,
• reference laboratory referrals,
• result reporting,
• laboratory information systems,
• oversight for point-of-care testing.

The Department is divided into multiple sections each with its own medical director and technical supervisor. Check each section for specific information on testing, policies, and reference information.

Main Laboratory 24/7/365 staffing 617-414-4054

Office Hours 8am to 5pm 617-638-7800

Administrative leadership is always available on call at pager 617-638-5795 #1027 or #6650

Laboratory Medicine resident on call 617-638-5795 #4564

Core Facilities

The Biospecimen Archive Research Core is a repository for specimens, which enables research scientists to procure specimens both on a prospective and retrospective basis. The mission of this core is to collect biospecimens from patients that are both diseased and normal and archive them along with clinical annotated history.

The Collaborative Research Laboratory CoRe is a research pathology lab built to utilize the knowledge and expertise of individuals from both the clinical and the research setting and allows for the ability to network with experts in the pathology field. 

The Laboratory and Biorepository Research Services (LABS) Core is an institutional core housed within the BMC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Its mission is to provide high-quality research services to members of the BMC and BU research community in order to support innovative and impactful science.