Laboratory Services
Laboratory tests play a critical role in ensuring your diagnosis is accurate and your treatment is appropriate. Our laboratory network offers unmatched expertise and experience. Our staff is comprised of dedicated professionals whose primary goal is to provide accurate and timely analysis to the caregiver and to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of the patient.
We accept all insurances with the exception of Blue Chip Senior. For Pathology services, we accept all insurances. If you have any specific customer service questions, please call us at (401) 456-3600.
The Laboratory Network of Roger Williams Medical Center is accredited or licensed by:
College of American Pathologists
American Association of Blood Banks
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CLIA Certificate of Accreditation
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CLIA Certificate of Compliance
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
The Rhode Island Department of Health Laboratory Response Network
If you have any questions or concerns about laboratory services please call 401-456-3600.
LOCATIONS/DRAWING SERVICES
CRANSTON
James Cardi, MD
677 Atwood Ave.
Hours: M, T, Th 7 am-3:30 pm
W, F 8 am - 12 pm
401-383-3578
Closed M-T 12:30-1pm
Family Health Services
1090 Cranston St.
Hours: M-T, 8-8, W-F 8:30-5
E/O Sat. 8:30-12
401-376-1172
Knightsville Medical Building
1681 Cranston St., Ste. F
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Closed for Lunch 12:00-12:30pm
401-942-2258
Cranston Medical Associates
725 Reservoir Ave., Ste. 6
Hours: M-F 7-4
Sat. 7-11 am
401-464-9313
Mazza Lab
395 Atwood Ave
Hours: M-F 8:30-5
Closed 12-12:30
401-519-3314
COVENTRY
Family Health Services
191 MacArthur Blvd.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.;
Tuesday, noon-8 p.m.
Closed: 12:30pm-1pm
401-589-2611
Centre of New England Primary/Urgent Care
775 Centre of New England Blvd.
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 9am - 3pm
401-615-9478
CUMBERLAND
Cumberland Medical Center
2138 Mendon Rd., Ste. 103B
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Closed: 12:30pm-1pm
401-334-2538
EAST GREENWICH
CharterCARE Medical Associates
1351 South Country Trail Building #3, Ste. 302
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8-4:30pm, Friday 7-3:30 pm
Closed Daily 12:30-1 pm
401-885-5140
EAST PROVIDENCE
East Providence Medical Center
525 Taunton Ave.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
401-435-5404
CharterCare Care First
41 Sanderson Rd.
Smithfield, RI
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
401-349-2518
JOHNSTON
Atwood Medical Lab
1524 Atwood Ave., Ste. 345
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m.
401-588-5912
LINCOLN
CharterCare Medical Associates, Blackstone
Hugo Yamada, MD
6 Blackstone Valley Place, Ste. 502
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Every 3rd Saturday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
401-475-2367
RIVERSIDE
501 Wampanoag Trail
Riverside RI 02915
Monday-Friday 8-430
401-383-9127
NORTH PROVIDENCE
Atwood Medical Associates
1352 Smith St.
Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., closed daily 12 - 12:30 p.m.
401-519-3339
North Providence Primary Care
The Grace Building – Lower Level
1830 Mineral Spring Ave.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00am - 7:00pm
Saturday, 9:00am - 3:00pm
401-588-5905
Our Lady of Fatima Hospital
200 High Service Ave.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m.
401-456-3170
North Providence Medical Service
1637 Mineral Spring Ave.
Ste. 111B
Hours: M-F 8-4:30
Closed: 12:30-1
401-354-8308
Wellesley Building
1515 Smith St.
Hours: M-F 7:30-4
Sat. 7-11
Closed 12-12:30
401-563-8647
Claude Younes, MD
1300 Mineral Spring Avenue
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wednesday, 3 p.m.-60 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
401-729-7417
Roger Williams Medical Center
Diagnostic Wing, 825 Chalkstone Ave.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
401-456-2135
Wellness Connect
655 Broad St. Providence, RI
Hours: Monday-Tuesday, 8:00am-5:00pm, Wednesday-Thursday, 8:00am-4:30pm,Friday 8:00am-3:00pm. Closed for Lunch 12:30pm-1:00pm
401-414-7470
Fax: 401-414-7795
WARREN
David Leibowitz, DO
851 Main St.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
401-519-3386
WARWICK
Family Health Services of Warwick
Everett C. Wilcox Center, 226 Buttonwoods Ave.
Hours: M 8-8 T, Th, F 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Closed 12-1
401-209-6661
Associates In Primary Care Medicine
869 Post Rd.
Hours: M-F 7- 3:30
Sat. 8-12
Closed 12 - 12:30
401-414-7701
Village Medical, East Greenwich
4300 Post Road
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
CLosed 12:30-1
401-519-3387
To ensure that our clients receive accurate and timely results, our laboratory network offers short turnaround times and unmatched expertise and experience.
Exceptional Expertise
As a hospital-based program and a teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine, the network provides:
Comprehensive chemistry, toxicology, hematology, microbiology, immunology, histology, cytology, and transfusion services, plus one of the region's largest menus of esoteric tests
Oversight by board-certified pathologists Clinical expertise in subspecialties, including: anatomic and clinical pathology, dermatopathology, hematopathology, immunopathology cytopathology, gastrointestinal pathology, transfusion medicine, and surgical pathology
State-of-the-art equipment, including conventional and molecular technology, clinical chemistry automation, and an advanced networking computer system.
A Track Record of Excellence
The Laboratory Network of Roger Williams Medical Center offers clients more than two decades of successful outreach experience:
We perform over 600,000 clinical and surgical pathology procedures annually
We provide services to surgical pathology clients, including nursing homes, assisted living communities, group homes, surgi-centers, senior centers, universities, colleges, walk-in treatment centers, physician offices, in-home patients, and other hospitals
A Commitment to Service
We customize our program to meet the specific needs of our clients, including the following services:
Remote reporting to client sites
Phlebotomy and testing services tailored to meet client needs
Courier specimen pickup and supply delivery
In addition, the laboratory network directly bills most third-party payers and can develop fee-for-service rate structures for facility billing.
To insure that clients get the results they need, we offer:
Short turnaround times
Rapid response to STAT results and panic values
Timely courier specimen pickup and supply delivery
Skilled staff trained in infection control practices
Full-service, acute care laboratory staffed 24 hours per day
Laboratory clinicians available to answer technical and procedural questions
Account representatives available to meet with clients regularly
Laboratory Services
Phlebotomy Services
Scheduled to meet the needs of your practice
STAT lab available 24 hours per day, seven days per week
Training for office staff
Results Reporting
Results printed directly to your facility two or more times per day
STAT results and panic values are called to your nursing staff within one hour of specimen receipt
Customized requisitions provided
Internet access available for clinical and anatomical results
Availability of Electronic Medical Record for clients
Dermatopathology Tests & Services:
Immunohistochemistry menu for complex cases
Direct/indirect immunofluorescence
Mycology analysis by PAS stains of nail plate/culture
B-cell and T-cell gene rearrangement studies for lympho proliferative disorders
Clinicopathologic correlation
G.I. Services:
G.I. cytopathologic services
Routine IHC for H.Pylori
Routine AB/PAS on all esophogial and gastric biopsies
Hematopathology Texts
Flow Cytometry
Immunohistochemistry
FISH
B & T cell rearrangement studies
Cytogenetics
Uropathology Tests
Prostate triple stains
Urovysion/FISH
IHC image analysis
Our Primary Reference Laboratory
We utilize Mayo Medical Laboratories for its primary esoteric testing needs. Mayo Medical Laboratories, the reference laboratory for Mayo Clinic, is a distinctive leader in the field of esoteric testing and offers consultations with its physicians and scientists. This collaboration strengthens our efforts to provide exceptional laboratory services and patient care to the regions we serve.
All of our staff pathologists are board certified in Anatomic Pathology and have completed fellowships at internationally renowned institutions. Each of our pathologists sub-specializes in areas like Hematopathology, Dermatopathology, Uropathology, Gastrointestinal Pathology, Cytology and Surgical Pathology. In addition, our pathologists are dedicated academics, working as adjunct professors and heading fellowship programs through the Boston University School of Medicine. Our pathologists and their sub-specialties are as follows:
Mirela Stancu, M.D, Pathologist-in-Chief
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Dr. Stancu is a graduate of Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania, Dr. Stancu completed her residency at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed fellowships in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Boston University, Hematopathology at Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and Oncologic Surgical Pathology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Stancu is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology, and specialized in Gastrointestinal, Surgical and Clinical Pathology
Catherine Breen, MD, MPH
Dermatopathology
A graduate of Emory University and Duke University School of Medicine, Dr. Breen completed her residency at Brown University and her fellowship at Roger Williams/Boston University. Dr. Breen is board-certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, as well Dermatopathology. Her area of specialty is in Dermatopathology and Surgical Pathology.
Olga K. Weinberg, MD
Hematopathology
A graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN, Dr. Weinberg completed her residency and fellowships at Stanford University in Pal Alto, CA. She is board certified in Hematopathology and Anatomic Pathology.
Joseph Sweeney, MD
Transfusion Medicine
A graduate of the University College of Medicine in Galway, Ireland, Dr. Sweeney completed his residency at Bronx Municipal Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY and his fellowship in Medical Oncology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY. He is board-certified in Blood Banking.
Xiaoping Zhou, MD
Gastrointestinal Pathology
A graduate of Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, China, Dr. Zhou completed his residency and fellowship at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, OH. Dr. Zhou is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and specializes in Gastrointestinal and Surgical Pathology.
Eric Yulong Han, MD
Cytopathology
A graduate of Wuhan Tongji Medical University in China, Dr. Han completed his residency at New York University School of Medicine and his fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and specializes in Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology.
Selina Cortez, MD
Neuropathology
Dr. Cortez is a graduate of University of the Philippines Medical School, completed Anatomic/Clinical Pathology residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University. She then completed a Neuropathology fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Boston Children's Hospital, affiliated with Harvard University Medical School. She is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology as well as Neuropathology, and specializes in Surgical Pathology and Neuropathology.
Bassam Aswad, MD
Cytopathology
A graduate of the American University of Beirut, Dr. Aswad completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, and a fellowship in Surgical Pathology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University School of Medicine, where he remained on Staff for over 20 years, practicing and teaching general Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Immunohistochemistry, with a subspecialty focus on Pulmonary Pathology. He is board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.