Clinical Pathology Laboratories

The Clinical Pathology Laboratories include the clinical chemistry, cytology and hematology laboratories. These laboratories provide diagnostic service and professional laboratory expertise to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, departments and research laboratories within the college and university and the university laboratory animal program. Samples from multiple species are analyzed daily using state-of-the-art automated equipment.

In addition to diagnostic services and specimen analysis, the clinical laboratories provide valuable case material for teaching veterinary medical students and preparing residents for specialty board certification in veterinary pathology, clinical pathology, internal medicine, and surgery.

Quality assurance

The laboratories participate in an external quality assurance program administered by the Veterinary Laboratory Association. Each quarter this program compares data generated from samples analyzed in our laboratory using our instrumentation with data from the same sample analyzed by other institutions with similar instrumentation. There also is peer review of blood film evaluations performed by our technologists and clinical pathologists. We are provided with a written comparison of results from all participating laboratories. The results are reviewed by the laboratory supervisor and each of the clinical pathologists.

All equipment in the laboratories is standardized as recommended by the manufacturer or is modified to meet requirements for veterinary species. Commercial controls and calibrators are evaluated on a regular basis. There are written guidelines for review of abnormal hematology findings by the clinical pathologist of service duty.

Clinical Laboratories Director

• Maxey L. Wellman, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP (Clinical Pathology)
  Ph: (614) 292-1877
  e-mail

Clinical Pathology Faculty

• Charles Brooks, PhD, Diplomate, ABCC, Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
  Ph: (614) 292-5661
  e-mail
• Mary Jo Burkhard, DVM, Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
  Ph: (614) 247-8024
  e-mail
• M. Judith Radin, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP (Clinical Pathology), Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
  Ph: (614) 292-5661
  e-mail
• Maxey L. Wellman, DVM, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP (Clinical Pathology), Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences
  Ph: (614) 292-56651
  e-mail

Clinical Pathology Residents

• Cindy Lin, DVM, PhD
• Cecilia Machado-Parrula, DVM
• Jennifer Mathews, DVM
• Jennifer McCleese, DVM
• Laurie Millward, DVM
• Brenda Yamamoto, DVM

Staff

• Megan Anthony
• Nikki Bentz
• Kathleen Canter
• Teresa Corbett
• Jana Fletcher, Laboratory Supervisor
• Andrea Riddle

Location

Rooms 0035 and 0044
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
601 Vernon L. Tharp Street
Columbus, OH 43210
Ph: (614) 292-7955
Fax: (614) 292-4688

Forms (Clinical Chemistry/Hematology Laboratory)

• Clinical Laboratories Submittion Form (rDVM)
• Research Specimen Submission Form