Welcome to the Pediatric Pathology/Laboratory Medicine Department at SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.
The Clinical Laboratory at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center provides routine and emergency testing for patients on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The laboratory also provides testing services for non-patients referred by community care providers. Total activity includes approximately 855,000 units/tests each year.
Contact Us
To contact the Pathology Lab, please call (314) 577-5626, fax us at (314) 268-2471 or email us with any questions.
Our Services
Services are available seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The laboratories include an accredited staff, including nationally certified clinical laboratory scientists and medical laboratory technologists. Our team provides a broad range of tests for your child:
Insurance Providers
If your child requires laboratory testing, view the current list of insurance providers who hold contracts with SSM laboratory facilities.
2008-2009 and 2007-2008 Weekly Data
Respiratory Virus, Rotavirus, Enterovirus and Bordetella Pertussis
Microbiology Antibiogram Information
Meet the Team
Cirilo Sotelo-Avila, MD
Medical Director
Carole Vogler, MD
Director, Transfusion Services and Coagulation
David Brink, MD
Director, Anatomic Pathology
Michael Creer, MD
Director, Biochemical Genetics
Ella Swierkosz, PhD
Director, Microbiology and Virology
Jacqueline Batanian, PhD
Director, Molecular Cytogenetics
Connie Thorpe, PA
Physician's Assistant
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St. Louis Cord Blood Bank
William Ferguson, MD
Laboratory Accreditation
The Laboratory holds a valid Health Care Facilities Accreditation (HCFA) Certificate of Accreditation and is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The Blood Bank is registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB). The Stem Cell Laboratory is accredited by FACT.