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    OI Testing Laboratories in the United States and Canada

    Academic or Hospital-Based Testing Centers

    New Orleans, LA
    Tulane University Medical School
    1430 Tulane Avenue, SL-99, Room M061
    New Orleans, LA 70112
    www.tulane.edu/som/regenmed/services/dnadiagnostics.cfm
    Charlene Crain, MBA, MT, (ASCP),
    Laboratory Supervisor
    Phone: 504-988-7706
    [email protected]

    Seattle, Washington
    University of Washington Director:
    Peter Byers, MD
    Collagen Diagnostic Laboratory
    Department of Pathology
    Rm. D518 Health Sciences Building
    1959 NE Pacific
    Seattle, WA 98195
    www.pathology.washington.edu/clinical/collagen
    Catherine Nguyen
    Phone: 206-543-5464
    [email protected]

    Houston, Texas
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories
    2450 Holcombe Blvd.
    Houston, TX 77021
    www.bcm.edu/geneticlabs
    Phone: (800) 411-4363
    [email protected]

    Decatur, Georgia
    Emory University School of Medicine
    Department of Human Genetics 2165
    North Decatur Road Decatur, GA 30033
    www.genetics.emory.edu/egl
    Phone: 404-778-8475
    [email protected]

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada Shriners Hospital for Children
    1529 Cedar;
    Montreal, Qc H3G 1A6; Canada
    Ghalib Bardai
    Phone: 514-282-8251
    [email protected]

    Commercial Testing Centers
    Connective Tissue Gene Tests
    6575 Snowdrift Road, Suite 106
    Allentown, PA 18106
    www.ctgt.net
    Phone: (484) 244-2900
    [email protected]

    Athena Diagnostics, Inc.
    200 Forest Street, 2nd Floor
    Marlborough, MA 01752
    www.athenadiagnostics.com
    Phone: (800) 394-4493
    [email protected]

    Insight Medical Genetics, LLC
    680 N Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1230
    Chicago, IL 60611
    www.insightmedicalgenetics.com
    Phone: (312) 981-4400
    [email protected]

    National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, Maryland
    OI Research Program at National Institute of Child Health & Development (NICHD)
    Bone and Extracellular Matrix Branch (BEMB)
    National Institutes of Health
    Bethesda, MD 20892
    www.oiprogram.nih.gov
    Joan Marini, MD, PhD, Chief, Bone & Extracellular Matrix Branch, NICHD
    Phone: 301-594-3418
    [email protected]

    Testing is done on protocol participants and special cases.

    NOTE: This lab will accept 2-3 cases per month for sequence identification on a research basis. It is especially interested in cases involving unusual genetic patterns or involving children with severe OI. Patients are not required to participate in NIH clinical protocols to be eligible

    Sources 2015

    NIH Genetic Testing Registry: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr & GeneTests: www.genetests.org

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    This fact sheet was revised December 2016.
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    Revised 11/27/2022

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