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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