This section describes the various laboratories and divisions within UMass Memorial Laboratories.

The clinical laboratories at UMass Memorial Medical Center and Outreach laboratory business that serves clients throughout New England are overseen by an executive committee that includes:

L. Michael Snyder, M.D.
Chairman of Department of Hospital Laboratories, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Professor of Medicine and Pathology UMass Memorial Medical School
Tel: 774-442-9280 Email: Michael.Snyder@umassmemorial.org

L.V. Rao, Ph.D
Senior Director of Clinical Laboratory Operations and Director of Core and Immunology Laboratories
Tel: 774-442-9615 Email: Lokinendi.Rao@umassmemorial.org

Betsy Harder
Senior Director, Health System Laboratory Services and Customer Liaison UMass Memorial Laboratories
Tel: 774-442-9099 Email: Betsy.Harder@umassmemorial.org

Clinical Laboratory Departments

•  Andrology

• Clinical Chemisty

• Clinical Toxicology

• Clinical Research and Support

• Cytogenetics

• Forensic Toxicology

• Hematology/Coagulation

• Histocompatibility

• Immunology,Serology and Immunoassay

• Microbiology

• Molecular Diagnostics

• Reference Laboratory

Laboratory Directors

UMass Memorial Laboratories employs about 20 physicians and PhDs who work full-time as the directors of various clinical laboratory departments and who are available to our clients for consultations with their ordering physicians. These laboratory directors, who are also members of the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, are listed below: 

• Rabie Al-Turkmani, Ph.D; Associate Director of Immunology & Immunoassay

• Marzena Galdzicka, Ph.D; Associate Director of Molecular Diagnostics

• Edward Ginns, MD, Ph.D; Director of Molecular Diagnostics

• Anne Higgins, Ph.D; Associate Director of Cytogenetics

• Amanda Jenkins, Ph.D; Director of Toxicology

• Matthew Juhascik, Ph.D; Associate Director of Forensic Toxicology

• Charles Kiefer, Ph.D; Director Andrology and Clinical Assay Research

• Nichole Korpi-Steiner, Ph.D; Associate Director of Core Lab

• Patricia Miron, Ph.D; Director of Cytogenetics

• Michael Mitchell, MD; Director of Microbiology

• Liberto Pechet, MD; Senior Consultant, Hematology

• Lokinendi Rao, Ph.D; Director of Core Labs & Immunology

• Habib Sioufi, MD; Director of Affiliated Hospital Labs

• L.Michael Snyder, MD; Chairman, Hospital Labs

• Hongbo Yu, MD; Director Hematology

• Neng Yu, MD; Director Tissue Typing & HLA

If you need additional information, please contact us at 800-476-4431.