Clinical Chemistry

The UC Irvine Clinical Chemistry Laboratory offers a comprehensive range of routine and specialized testing for diagnostic, prognostic and disease monitoring purposes on blood, urine and other fluids.

The laboratories maintain a comprehensive selection of routine, high-volume automated clinical biochemistry tests as well as a diverse menu of serological tests, toxicology, therapeutic drug monitoring, endocrine/hormone analysis, tumor markers and others.

All common automated tests are performed in the UC Irvine Health Douglas Hospital Laboratory or in our core laboratory facility, with a rigorous standardization and quality-control program to assure comparability of results. Stat and high throughput testing are performed on automated tracks for sample processing and analysis. Consultative/interpretive reports by faculty are provided for amino acid analysis and monoclonal gammopathy analyses (protein electrophoresis).

Services are available in the following areas:

• Routine (high volume) testing, specialized disease/organ system-related testing
• Specialized tumor marker testing
• Advance lipid screening
• Comprehensive fetal lung maturity testing
• Toxicology and therapeutic drug monitoring
• Trace metal analysis
• Protein electrophoresis/consultative service
• Amino acid screening/consultative service

Educational opportunities include:

• Residency training
• Medical technologist training
• Clinical chemistry chronicles lecture and case conference

Research

• Pancreatic cancer biomarker discovery
• HDL subclasses
• Bio-repository for biomarker discovery

Faculty

• Bridgit Crews, PhD
• Sherif Rezk, MD

Contact Information

Location and General Inquiries
UC Irvine Health
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-5201

Pathology Requests and Reports
Phone: 714-456-5507

Medical Directors
Sherif Rezk, MD
Phone:714-456-5009

Bridgit Crews, PhD
Phone: 714-456-2368

Senior Supervisor
Marlon Sy
Phone 714-456-6543

SUPERVISORS, RAPID RESPONSE
Evening
Peter Thai
Phone: 714-456-5215

Overnight
Concepcion Lee
Phone: 714-456-5215

For more information, call 1-888-UCI-LABS (888-824-5227)