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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

For an up-to-date listing of all our convenient laboratory locations, click here.

 

CRANSTON

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

 

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

 

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.

401-919-2347

 

GREENVILLE 

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

 

RIVERSIDE

501 Wampanoag Trail

Riverside RI 02915

Monday-Friday 8-430

401-383-9127

 

NORTH PROVIDENCE

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

 

NORTH PROVIDENCE

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

 

Maude Street 

50 Maude Street 

Hours: M-F 8AM-4:30PM

401-456-2106

 

WARREN

CharterCare Medical Association Warren

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

 

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 Quest Diagnostics for its primary esoteric testing needs. Quest Diagnostics 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:

 

Hashem Ayyad, M.D, Pathologist-in-Chief

Gastrointestinal 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.

 

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.

 

 

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.