Clinical Pathology

The faculty of the Department of Pathology provides full clinical pathology services to UMMC, UMMC Midtown Campus, and UMROI laboratories. We also provide select subspecialty services to our University of Maryland Medical System partners.

Our faculty practice, University of Maryland Pathology Associates, P.A. provides outpatient clinical and anatomic pathology services to UMSOM clinical practices and beyond.

University of Maryland Pathology Associates, P.A. Laboratories

• Main Lab
  419 West Redwood Street, Suite 60
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Phone: 667-214-1444
  Fax: 410-328-1686
  Hours: Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
  Director: Paul N. Staats, MD

• Cytogenetics Lab
  655 West Baltimore Street
  Bressler Research Building, Room 7-049
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Phone: 410-706-2809
  Hours: Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  Director: Yi Ning, PhD, FACMG

• Biochemical Genetics Lab
  655 West Baltimore Street
  Bressler Research Building, Room 7-042
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Phone: 410-328-6749
  Hours: Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  Director: Erin Thompson Stroval, PhD, FACMG

• Electron Microscopy Lab
  655 West Baltimore Street
  Bressler Research Building, Room 3-009
  Baltimore, MD 21201
  Director: Olga Ioffe, MD

UMMC Clinical Pathology Divisions

• Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine
  Magali Fontaine, MD, PhD
  Medical Director, Transfusion Services
  Lab Phone: 410-328-5630
• Core Lab and Point of Care Testing
  Robert Christenson, PhD
  Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory
  Lab Phone: 410-328-5696
• Clinical Microbiology
  J. Kristie Johnson, PhD, D(ABMM)
  Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
  Lab Phone: 410-328-5536
• Immunogenetics & Flow Cytometry
  Debra L. Kukuruga, PhD
  Director, Immunogenetics & Flow Cytometry Labs
  Lab Phone: 410-328-7438 or 410-328-5647
• Molecular Diagnostics
  Richard Zhao, PhD
  Director, Molecular Pathology
  Lab Phone: 410-328-3743

Leadership