Division of Core Labs
The Core Laboratories are located at all 3 sites across the city (Victoria Hospital, University Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital). Core Labs at Victoria and University Hospital and are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a dedicated team of nearly 80 medical laboratory technologists. These automated labs perform thousands of tests each day in hematology, coagulation, chemistry and immunochemistry.
The Core Labs provide initial, rapid, ground testing and screening for all the hospital service areas and provide technical expertise and support to smaller laboratories in the community. The lab also works in partnership with other laboratories at LHSC to provide complete investigational results to the clinicians.
Services Include:
- Volatile Gas Chromatography screening for South Western region. Screening for Ethanol, Methanol, Acetone, Isopropanol and Ethylene Glycol.
- Aminoglycoside testing for South Western Ontario including Vancomycin.
- Laboratory Services for Regional Mental Health – London and St. Thomas and Parkwood Hospital.
- Collaborative partnership with Trillium Gift of Life to provide serology testing for the South Western region.
- Research testing in collaboration with the University of Western Ontario and the London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute.
- Provides diagnostic expertise for hematology differential testing, fluid testing and clinical biochemistry support to the South Western Region.
- Professional staff (biochemists and hematologists) provide support to the region as required.
Contacts
Dr. Michael Knauer
Division Head
Michael.Knauer@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 52237
Meghan Fretter
Manager, Specimen Receiving
meghan.fretter@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 75334
Michael Samuel
Senior Technologist, Core Lab VH
michael.samuel@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 55349
Bill Richardson
Senior Technologist, Core Lab SJH/UH
bill.richardson@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 36720
Dr. Ivan Stevic
Clinical Service Lead
ivan.stevic@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 76149
Rick Moore
Senior Technologist, Core Lab VH
rick.moore@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 52542
Annette Rice
Core Lab SJH/UH
Annette.Rice@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 35766
Jade Bolsover
Manager, Core Lab
jade.bolsover@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500,Extension. 55285
Husam Abdoh
Senior Technologist, Core Lab VH
husam.abdoh@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 52264
Yves Quenneville
Core Lab SJH/UH
Yves.Quenneville@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 34737
Kelly Richardson
Coordinator, Core Labs – UH / SJHC
Kelly.Richardson@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 55285
Kylie Mclnerney
Coordinator, Core Labs – UH /SJHC
Kylie.McInerney@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 65744
Christine Roberts
Coordinator, Client Services
Christine.Roberts@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500, Extension. 55399
