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About the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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About

The Department of Pathology has a wide-ranging educational mission. In addition to training residents and fellows and conducting conferences for other clinicians, the department ensures that the doctors and physician assistants trained at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are well-grounded in the discipline of pathology.

First- and second-year medical students are taught pathology in small groups and lecture classes by our attending physicians, residents, and volunteer physicians under the direction of Dr. David Weissmann. Virtually all the attendings and all but the first-year residents participate in this instruction.

In addition, physician assistant students are taught in pathology by many of the same faculty under the direction of Dr. Gene Martin. Thus all our attending pathologists and our advancing residents have an opportunity and obligation to become pathology educators.

Message from the Chair

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Academically, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School provides the bridge between the clinical and basic sciences at our institutions. This function is pervasive throughout our institution, affiliated institutes and client hospitals in New Jersey. In this role, our department assists physician assistants, medical students and others in their transformation from the basic to clinical sciences.

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is affiliated with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey - New Brunswick, Community Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center, Monmouth Medical Center - South, Public Health and Environmental Laboratory, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Hamilton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - New Brunswick, and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset, and Rutgers Health – Center for Dermatology.

The department has divisions of anatomic pathology, biomedical informatics, clinical pathology, cytopathology, experimental/research pathology, hematopathology, transfusion medicine, and translational pathology. Our anatomic and clinical pathology divisions have sub-specialties that are comprised of faculty that have completed fellowships in those areas. Our pathologists are also board certified in their specialized area. In addition, the departments oversees an expanding molecular diagnostic laboratory. Their research efforts contribute substantially contribution to the scientific community, as well as within the institution.

Our department looks forward to expanding our contributions to the institutions well as the national and international community via our research through our clinical and educational missions.

Valerie A. Fitzhugh, MD
Professor and Chair

Meet Our Staff

Events

  • Date: Occurs on the last Wednesday of the Month 
    Time: Noon (12:00pm)
    Location: MEB 212
    Lecturer: Pathology Residents 

  • Date: every fourth Thursday (will be different in holiday months)
    Time: 11:00am
    Location: MEB 205
    Lecturer: Pathology Resident

  • Date: Occurs on the last Thursday of the Month
    Time: 3:00pm
    Location: MEB 102 or CAB 1302

  • Date: Occurs every Friday
    Time: 8:00am
    Location: Residents Room, CINJ Auditorium B
    Lecturer: Marina Chekmareva, MD

  • Date: Occurs every Tuesday
    Time: 8:00 a.m. 
    Location: RWJUH 2FL Path Microscope Room
    Lecturer: Lauri Goodell, MD

  • Date: Occurs on the second Wednesday of the Month
    Time: 12noon
    Location: MEB 212
    Lecturer: Pathology Residents

  • Date: Occurs on the first and third Friday of the Month
    Time: 1:00pm
    Location: Sign Out Room
    Lecturer: Nicola Barnard, MD

  • Date: Occurs on the third Friday of the Month
    Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
    Location: MEB 102
    Lecturer: Malik Deen, MD

  • Date: Occurs every Friday
    Time: 11:30am
    Location: 10 Plum Street, 7th Floor
    Lecturer: Billie Fyfe, MD

Giving

Please join the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in striving to advance the field of medicine through innovative clincal and research endeavors. Your donation will forever shape patients' care and have an indelible impact on countless lives and loved ones. With your help, the department will make societal and medical differences by providing future pathologists with the resources that are necessary for medical advances. Your support will bolster the department's mission by fostering improved patient care and continued academic growth.

Academic growth is a cornerstone of the department. As an academic institution, the department basks in its Residency and Fellowship opportunities. Residents and Fellows will not only flourish professionally, but they also will be honing their skills under the astute eyes of the seasoned Rutgers faculty of board certified pathologists.

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Contact Us

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Medical Education Building - Room 212
125 Paterson Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: 732-235-8118
Fax: 732-235-8124

Biopsy Reports
If you need information regarding Biopsy Reports or Pathology Slide Loans, please contact the Surgical Pathology Department at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at 732-937-8596 or 732-937-8812. Please fax all requests to 732-418-8445.

Residency & Fellowship Verifications

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School requires a $50 fee for Pathology residency verifications and reference evaluations, or a $75 fee for Dermatology residency verifications and reference evaluations. This fee is necessary to recover costs associated with retrieval and processing verifications and references for housestaff who attended the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program.

Please contact the program coordinators with the information needed to complete your verification.

Residency

Pathology Residency Program

The fundamental goal of the residency program in pathology is to provide a superior training experience in all the disciplines encompassing pathology. 

Dermatology Residency Program

The Dermatology Residency at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School offers a three-year residency program accredited by the ACGME. The focus of the program is mainly on clinical dermatology designed to allow the residents to develop a high degree of competence, experience and confidence.

Fellowship

Hematopathology Fellowship Program

This is a one-year ACGME accredited fellowship offered in laboratory hematology and hematopathology. Training focuses on skills in laboratory methods including automation and instrumentation, interpretation of peripheral blood morphology, performance of bone marrow aspirations and biopsies and their interpretation, and lymph node and spleen pathology.

Explore the Fellowship in Hematopathology

Medical Student Pathology Instructions

In the context of an integrated medical school curriculum, pathology instruction is offered to medical students during their first and second years. The instruction is most concentrated in the second year when they study pathology as part of a series of blocks organized by organ system.

As part of these blocks, pathology material is taught to small groups of 12-15 students who view images of gross and microscopic lesions and discuss the disease processes with their instructor. In addition the students manipulate and discuss digital virtual slides so that they become accustomed to the kinds of diagnostic inquiry that form the basis for much of the pathologist's mission.

By participating in these activities, the students learn the basics of morphologic analysis and master the fundamentals of disease as presented in the textbook "Robbins' Basic Pathology" and in various lectures and demonstrations of gross organs.

Physician Assistant Course in Pathology

The School of Health Professions - Physician Assistant Program confers a Master of Science degree upon completion of three years of didactic and clinical education. During the didactic phase of the Program, students study the basic sciences (anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.) to prepare a foundation for the clinical sciences (clinical medicine, physical diagnosis, etc.) which are learned during the latter half of the program.

During the first year of the A curriculum, the Department of Pathology conducts a year-long introductory course designed to establish a foundation of basic knowledge of general pathology and a comprehensive approach to systemic disease tailored to the needs of a physician assistant. Drs. Eugene Martin and Parisa Javidian serve as course directors for the PA Pathology program, assisted by Nancy Martin, the course coordinator.

Based upon the textbook, Robbin’s Basic Pathology, 9th Ed. By Kumar, Cotran and Robbins, Saunders, the course provides an introduction to the mechanisms of disease and the clinical characteristics of a broad spectrum of disease entities.  The focus of our efforts is to provide a foundation for the understanding of disease states at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and organismal levels. 

Faculties from the department lecture, facilitate discussions, present illustrative cases, provide gross presentations and clinical enrichment throughout the course. Additional volunteer faculty are recruited as needed to provide information on topics such as: the role of the Medical Examiner, oral pathology and gerontology.

Graduates of PA program consistently achieve outstanding results on the PA National Certifying Examination (PANCE) with scores that typically place them in the upper 97th percentile nationwide. 

Eugene Martin, Ph.D.
Course Director
martineu@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Life at Rutgers

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Envision Yourself Here

Rutgers is located in central New Jersey in the city of New Brunswick and across the Raritan River in Piscataway. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon counties rank fourth in per capita income nationwide. It is a manufacturing center, agricultural center, high-tech corporate center, and small-town America rolled into one.

Residency & Fellowship Verification

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School requires a $50 fee for Pathology residency verifications and reference evaluations. This fee is necessary to recover costs associated with retrieval and processing verifications and references for housestaff who attended the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Residency Training Program.

Payment Link for Pathology Residency and Fellowship Verification

Please contact the program coordinators with the information needed to complete your verification.

Residency Program Coordinator
Helga Badillo
732-235-8121
hb367@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Who We Are

  • David J. Foran, PhD
    Chief Informatics Officer and Director, Computational Imaging and Biomedical Informatics - Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    Chief Research Informatics Officer - Rutgers Health
    Professor Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and Radiology - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    foran@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori, PhD
    Professor Emerita
    hitchcoc@emeritus.rutgers.edu

    Joseph Kramer, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    kramerjo@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Frederick H. Silver, PhD
    Professor
    silverfr@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Martha C. Soto, PhD
    Professor
    sotomc@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    William G. Wadsworth, PhD
    Professor
    william.wadsworth@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Donald A. Winkelmann, PhD
    Professor
    winkelma@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Peter D. Yurchenco, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Director of the Division of Experimental Pathology
    Vice Chair of Research
    Medical Director of Electron Microscopy Services
    yurchenc@rwjms.rutgers.edu

  • Valerie A. Fitzhugh, MD
    Professor and Chair
    fitzhuva@njms.rutgers.edu

    Aqeel Ahmed, MBBS
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset
    aa2697@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Randah Al-Kana, MBBS
    Assistant Professor
    Medical Director
    Community Medical Center
    ra1013@rwjms.rutgers.edu 

    Asima Arslan, MD
    Associate Professor
    Medical Director
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton
    arsianas@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Jasminka Balderacchi, MD
    Associate Professor
    Medical Director for Monmouth Medical Center
    Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus
    jasminka.balderacchi@rwjbh.org

    Sarag Boukhar, MD
    Associate Professor
    Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    sb1379@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Tamar C. Brandler, MD, MS
    Associate Professor
    Director of Cytopathology
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    tamar.brandler@rutgers.edu

    Mary Carayannopoulos, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    carayamo@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Marina Chekmareva, MD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    chekmama@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Tsuey-Ling Chen, MD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset
    tsueyling.chen@rutgers.edu

    Ying Chen, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    ying.chen@rutgers.edu

    Subhajyoti De, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    sd948@cinj.rutgers.edu

    Maria De Los Angeles Muniz, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Co-Director of Transfusion Medicine
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    md1822@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Siraj El Jamal, MD
    Associate Professor
    Director of Immunohistochemistry
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    sml362@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Nirag Jhala, MD
    Professor
    Vice Chair
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    nj407@cinj.rutgers.edu

    Billie Fyfe-Kirschner, MD
    Professor
    Director Residency Program
    Director of Autopsy
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    fyfekibs@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Dariusz Galkowski, MD, PhD
    Clinical Associate Professor
    Associate Director of Residency Program
    Rutgers Health Point of Care Testing Director
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    galkowd1@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Lauri Goodell, MD
    Associate Professor
    Division Chief of Hematopathology
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    goodell@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Ying Guo, MD
    Professor
    Director of Dermatopathology
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    ying.guo@rutgers.edu

    Mohammad Hafiz, MBBS
    Assistant Professor
    Community Medical Center
    mah393@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Rachel Hudacko, MD
    Associate Professor
    Medical Director
    Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
    hudackra@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Yong Kang, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Monmouth Medical Center
    yk489@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Thomas J. Kirn, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Director of Microbiology & Infectious Disease Diagnostics
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    State of New Jersey Department of Health
    Public Health and Environmental Laboratory
    kirntj@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Lin Li, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    lin.li2@rutgers.edu

    Stacey Longo, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Director of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking
    Monmouth Medical Center
    Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

    Amin Maghari, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Community Medical Center
    magharam@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Eugene Martin, PhD
    Professor
    Director of University Diagnostic Laboratory
    Rutgers Health Clinic in Somerset
    martineu@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Kant Matsuda, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    km1325@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Andrew Parrott, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    parrotam@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Maressa Pollen, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    noto@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Ali Rashidbaigi. MD
    Assistant Professor
    Monmouth Medical Center
    rashidba@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Greg Riedlinger, MD, PhD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    gr338@cinj.rutgers.edu

    Ali Saad, MD
    Professor
    Director - Pediatric & Perinatal Pathology Service, Neuropathology, Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick

    Gratian Salaru, MD
    Associate Professor
    Director of the Clinical Laboratory
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    salarugr@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Virian Serei, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    sereivd@rutgers.edu

    Wendy T. Shertz-DiPietro, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Monmouth Medical Center
    ws395@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Richard Siderits, MD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton
    siderirh@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Payal Sojitra, MD
    Associate Professor
    Director Hematopathology Fellowship Program
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    ps1067@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Brian Stanford, DO
    Associate Professor
    Medical Director
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Somerset
    bs211@rutgers.edu

    Yi Sun, MD, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    ys859@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Oliver Szeto, MD
    Associate Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    oliver.szeto@rwjbh.org

    Grace C. Tenorio, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Co-Director of Transfusion Medicine
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    tenorigc@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Dingming Yang, MD
    Assistant Professor
    Community Medical Center
    yangdi@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    Xin Yu, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    CINJ
    yuxi@cinj.rutgers.edu

    Zhongren (David) Zhou, MD, PhD
    Professor
    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick
    Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    zz442@rwjms.rutgers.edu

    •  Diane Ambrose - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Peter Amenta - Emeritus Professor
    •  David Artz - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Barry Barnoski - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Sharathkumar Bhagavathi - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Charlene Bierl - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Kari Briggs - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Evan Cadoff - Emeritus Professor
    •  Jeanette Camacho - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Abhijeet Chaubal - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Frederick DiCarlo - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Tina Edmonston - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Brian Erler - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Clinton Ewing - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Helen Haupt - Adjunct Professor
    •  Sarah Hitchcock - Emeritus Professor
    •  Jane Date C. Hon - Clinical Instructor
    •  Parisa Javidian - Emeritus Professor
    •  Li Jin - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Diane Karluk - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  William Klump - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Sunita Kramer - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Elliot Krauss - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Mercy Kuriyan - Emeritus Professor
    •  Friedrich Laub - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Bette Lazzaro - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Marvin Lessig - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Adriana Lombardi - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Ramesh Mahapatro - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Theodore Matulewicz - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Masako Mizusawa - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Jeanne Myers - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  Zaida Olmo-Durham - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Xin Qi - Adjunct Associate Professor
    •  William Rafferty - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Karel Raska - Professor
    •  Carolyn Revercomb - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Roy Rhodes - Emeritus Professor
    •  Eric Richfield - Emeritus Professor
    •  Ivan Rodero - Adjunct Assistant Professor
    •  Evita Sadimin - Clinical Associate Professor
    •  Amrik Sahota - Clinical Professor
    •  Roland Schwarting - Adjunct Professor
    •  Frederick Stone - Clinical Professor
    •  Kong Tan - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Alex Zhang - Clinical Assistant Professor
    •  Lanjing Zhang - Clinical Assistant Professor

Research Activities

The Department of Pathology supports research as an important academic mission for our faculty and staff. The research interests and activities of our faculty cover a broad range that includes basic science as well as clinical and translational research. Particular areas of strength in the basic sciences include biomedical imaging, developmental genetics, cell polarity and morphogenesis, extracellular matrix, and protein folding and molecular motors.

The Division of Experimental Pathology seeks to elucidate molecular mechanisms of complex processes, to understand biological processes in normal and disease states, and to utilize insights into mechanisms for the rational development of therapies. The Division consists of faculty, staff, fellows and students who are engaged in basic and/or translational research, teaching, and related scholarly activities. The Division is located on the second floor of the Research Tower on the Piscataway (Busch) campus of Rutgers University.

Explore the Division of Experimental Pathology

Divisions

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Our Divisions

Our department is made up of 6 divisions, each focusing on a specific area of pathology and laboratory medicine. 

Clinical Services

  • The Department of Pathology Electron Microscopy Laboratory offers state-of-the-art equipment and expertise for the current needs of the department, the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Rutgers University, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, and the private sector.

    We carry out a wide range of services from conventional electron microscopy to negative staining. The facility is organized to encourage the use of the equipment by individual users both within and outside the university. Individual and small-group instruction in the use of equipment and in electron microscopy techniques is provided to faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows and residents. In addition, electron microscopy services are available for a set fee. Examples of some the services provided are: Routine sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy, including specimen preparation, specimen observation and image capturing, ultrathin sectioning and negative staining.

    Those interested in Cryoelectron Microscopy please visit the Cryo-EM/ET core facility, located in the Rutgers Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine.

    More Information on the Core Imaging Laboratory

    Raj Patel
    Lab Manager
    683 Hoes Lane West
    School of Public Health, Room 24
    Piscataway, NJ 08854
    Phone: (732) 235-4648
    Fax: (732) 235-4819
    Email: rpatel@rwjms.rutgers.edu

  • We are academic pathologists with many years of experience and subspecialty training in all organ systems. We practice in a state-of-the-art facility with on-site specialty studies including immunohistochemistry, electron mircoscopy, immunoflorescence, cytogenetics, post-mortem chemistry and microbiology. We have a team of board-certified neuropathologists ready to handle even the toughest dementia cases.

    • We perform complete or partial autopsy and brain-only autopsy.
    • We offer verbal consultation with families at the time of autopsy request as well as to discuss the autopsy findings.
    • Autopsies are done in a timely manner to facilitate ease of timing of funeral services.
    • We are available for autopsies Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.
    • To access this service or to receive additional information, please call (732) 507-8613 to speak to a member of our Autopsy Service team.

    Please note: We require an authorized individual to sign consent forms for the Rutgers Regional Autopsy Service and for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. These forms are faxed upon request for services.

    Transportation to and from our convenient New Brunswick facility is arranged and paid for by the family.

    For pricing inquiry, please contact Dr. Billie Fyfe at fekibs@rwjms.rutgers.edu.

  • Our Outpatient Surgical Pathology Services provides surgical pathologic diagnoses for tissue samples obtained from patients in ambulatory practices. Special diagnostic microscopy services are available, if needed.

    Special Treatments or Services

    Gastrointestinal pathology (e.g., colonic biopsies), Dermatopathology, Ob/Gyn pathology (e.g., cervical biopsies and cytologies), Breast pathology, Hematopathology (e.g., bone marrow, lymph nodes), Uromuscular pathology, Renal pathology, and Genitourinary pathology (e.g., prostate biopsies). Courier services available.

    Contact Us

    1 Robert Wood Johnson Place
    New Brunswick, NJ 08901
    Phone: 732-937-8596

  • Histopathologic consultations are available from members of the Department. These services are provided to pathologists and surgeons for the purpose of resolving diagnostic dilemmas or establishing a histopathologic diagnosis.

    Special Treatments or Services

    • Courier service available: 732-235-8768
    • Fax reporting available: 732-235-8770

  • We provide the highest quality diagnostic service to you and your patients through timely, accurate diagnoses. Personalized direct communication with the referring physician is available. Each specimen is expeditiously processed and evaluated by a board-certified pediatric pathologist with a background in obstetrics and gynecology, with proven expertise in the diagnostic nuances of perinatal pathology. 

  • Point-of-Care Testing assists with the implementation and monitoring of clinical laboratory programs administered by the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, including programs within RWJMS (including RWJUMG) and at HIV testing sites. 

    Point of Care services are available at each clinical facility, so long as the required training, proficiency testing, quality control procedures and validation procedures are performed by the clinical staff in the facility. The Robert Wood Johnson Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Medicine oversees this program and provides Bioanalytical Laboratory Directorship (BLD) and all necessary state and federal licensing for each site. 

    Dariusz Galkowski
    125 Paterson Street - MEB 212
    New Brunswick, NJ 08901
    Email: galkowd1@rwjms.rutgers.edu

  • Supported by grants from the NJ Department of Health - Division of HIV, STD & TB Services, the Rutgers University - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine provides Rapid HIV Test Support to more than 100 sites throughout NJ where rapid HIV testing is available.

    More Information

    Rutgers Health
    1 World's Fair Drive - Second Floor
    Somerset, NJ 08873
    Phone: 732-743-3630