Clinical Pathology Laboratory
The Clinical Pathology Laboratory (CPL) is operational 24 hours/day, 365 days per year and is comprised of 7 smaller laboratory entities: Pharmacology, Coagulation, Immunohematology, Hematology, Chemistry, Urinalysis, and Cytology. The CPL has three major functions: it is primarily a teaching/service laboratory, aiding in the teaching of Clinical Pathology to veterinary students through providing laboratory results for the diagnosis and treatment of disease in patients admitted to the Veterinary Health Complex (VHC). This laboratory also provides clinical laboratory testing for research cases in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and functions as a service laboratory to CVM researchers. Additionally, it functions as a reference laboratory for selected tests sent in by referring veterinarians. Since the lab began in 1984, our services have expanded to include a large variety of tests with approximately 550 orderable tests and 80 test profiles. The laboratory also serves as a central receiving area for all "send-out" tests, i.e. necessary tests unavailable at the CVM-VHC that must be mailed or delivered to reference labs within or outside the CVM. An average of 14,000 tests/month are performed in this laboratory.
Faculty
Dr. Carol Grindem, Professor
Email:
carol_grindem@ncsu.edu
Dr. Jennifer Neel, Assistant Professor
Email:
jennifer_neel@ncsu.edu
Residents
Staff
- Cherri Eller, Lab Supervisor
- Joanna Carroll
- Tillie Laws
- Sandy Olsson
- Paula Rannow
- Danielle Stewart
- Tess Testerman