Diagnostic Services

Hematopathology

Eastern Carolina Pathology, along with UniPath, our sister laboratory in Denver, Colorado, offer a sophisticated, comprehensive hematopathology services focused on the specific needs of hematologist and oncologist specialists. Our offering includes academic-caliber, subspeciality boarded hematopathologists, convenient collection kits, comprehensive testing services, state-of-the-art reports, and rapid turnaround times.

Our department head, Dr. Mitchell Bitter is a well-published, nationally recognized hematopathologist. Dr. Bitter was Professor of Pathology, and Director of Hematopathology and the Clinical Hematology Laboratory at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he continues as Clinical Professor of Pathology. He was also previously Assistant Professor of Pathology as well as Assistant Director of Hematopathology at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

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The service offering and benefits of our hematopathology program include the following:

Expertise in Hematopathology
  • Board-certified hematopathologists with academic credentials having more than 50 years combined experience in hematopathology
  • Intradepartmental review of all unusual cases
  • Utilization of new and innovative immunohistochemistry, flow cytometric, clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics testing
  • External expert consultation obtained on the most challenging cases at no cost to the you or the patient

Superior Service
  • Rapid turnaround time, 24 hours for biopsies
  • Unique and informative reports with flow cytometric histograms and color photomicrographs provided in those cases having a neoplastic process
  • Hematopathologists will call back results on all cases having a neoplastic or preneoplastic disease process
  • Hematopathology specific requisition to simplify the ordering process
  • Direct access to hematopathologists for consultation 24/7
  • Easy to use specimen collection kit
  • Extensive managed care coverage

Innovative Technologies & Reporting
  • Correlation of current findings in neoplastic and preneoplastic diseases with previous findings when performed by UniPath
  • Informative, well designed synoptic reports with color photomicrographs and integrated results from flow cytometry, FISH, clinical cytogenetics, and molecular genetics results
  • Electronic reports provide a convenient way to track and view patient cases online
  • Industry-leading EMR solutions and Interface programs
  • Web ordering and reporting
  • Proprietary connectivity and reporting IT tools

Advanced Testing
  • 6-parameter flow cytometry using cluster analysis which maximizes sensitivity (1 cell in 10,000) for detection of minimal residual disease and low level neoplastic cell populations
  • FISH for BCR/ABL, MLL, PML/RARA, BCL1, BCL2, 5q-, -7, and others
  • Molecular diagnostics for detection of translocations, mutations, and gene products by PCR and RT-PCR (qualitative and quantitative)
  • Analysis for bone marrow transplant engraftment by STR

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