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The Department of Laboratory Medicine at the National Institutes of Health is a large modern laboratory, fully equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation. The laboratory employs 170 people and operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
The Department of Laboratory Medicine includes six services: Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Phlebotomy and Sterility.
The National Institutes of Health Department of Laboratory Medicine has met all applicable standards for accreditation.
We serve as the clinical laboratory of the NIH Clinical Center providing laboratory support for patient care and research protocols and performs research and training in disciplines of Clinical Pathology.
Meet the leaders within the Department of Laboratory Medicine.
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Department of Laboratory Medicine
10 Center Drive-MSC 1508
Building 10, Room 2C306
Bethesda, MD 20892-1508
(301) 496-5668
DLM: DLMFrontOffice@mail.nih.gov
Chemistry Fellowship: roa.harb@nih.gov, david.sacks2@nih.gov, caroline.nottingham@nih.gov, saranya.chandran@nih.gov
Microbiology Fellowship: azelazny@cc.nih.gov, rose.lee2@nih.gov, sierra.givens@nih.gov
