Pathology Laboratory Medicine: Metabolic Testing
Metabolics offers testing for:
- VMA
- HVA
- Organic acids
- quantitative and qualitative amino acids
- Steroids, including Aldosterone, Androstenedione, 17-hydroxyprogesterone and testosterone
- 3-hydroxy fatty acids
- Acylcarnitines
- In development: Vitamin D
Advanced diagnostics offers genetic sequencing for:
- 16 S bacterial identification
- 23 S bacterial mutation
- Abnormal Beta-globins
- Glut-1 deficiency
- In development: TERC, TERT, SPA-1, SPA-2 and SPC for Pulmonary Fibrosis
In conjunction with anatomic pathology, advanced diagnostics offers automated immunohistochemisty and in situ hybridization for:
- Adenovirus
- BK (SV40T Ag)
- CD1a
- CMV
- Glut-1
- H.pylori
- HSV I & II
- Ki-67 (MIB-1)
- S100
- C4d
- Calretinin
- EBER
- Bombesin
- D2-40
- HSV I
- HSV II
- CD3
* Laboratory order forms are available at 888-730-DOCS and ask for a Physician Referral Coordinator.
Physicians may set up AutoFax directly to their offices by contacting Physician Relations.
For printed copies of all test results (including surgical pathology and autopsy reports), please contact our Health Information Management department at 214-456-2509.
Outpatient Specimen Collections
Phlebotomy services available at Dallas and Legacy campuses:
Dallas Hospital Phlebotomy (1st floor Section B)
Phone: 214-456-2319 Fax: 214-456-6398
1935 Medical District Drive
7:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday
9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Saturday)
Closed: Sundays & Holidays
Dallas Pavilion Phlebotomy (1st floor Pavilion )
Phone 214-456-3158 Fax: 214-456-1667
2350 Stemmons Fwy. (I-35E)
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Monday -- Friday
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays
Legacy Phlebotomy (2nd floor Ambulatory Care Pavilion
Phone: 469-303-2319 Fax: 469-303-4571
7601 Preston Road, Plano
7:00 am –7:00 pm Monday -- Friday
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays & Holidays
Sweat Chloride collections are scheduled and performed by appointment only.
Dallas Hospital – 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (M-F)
Dallas Pavilion – 9:00 am – 2:00 pm (M-F)
Legacy Phlebotomy – 8:00 – 3:30 pm (M-F)
Note: For scheduling sweat chloride testing or questions about phlebotomy or sweat chloride testing, you may contact any of the numbers listed above.
A signed physician order must be faxed at the time of scheduling and/or delivered with the patient upon arrival. Laboratory order forms are available at 888-730-DOCS and ask for a Physician Referral Coordinator.
Please provide the following when calling to schedule a patient for a diagnostic examination:
- Patient name and date of birth
- Physician's name, office telephone and fax numbers
