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Reynaldo Avila

UF Health welcomes United Healthcare patients May 5

UF Health officials have announced the signing of a new multiyear agreement with United Healthcare, effective May 5, 2025… Full Article: https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/uf-health-reaches-agreement-with-united-healthcare…

Congratulations to Dr. Marco Salemi! 

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named 35 of the university’s most productive and promising faculty members as UFRF Professors for 2025. “Since the professorships were created in 1997, over 900 faculty have been named UFRF Professors,” said David Norton, UF’s vice president for research. “These…

MECOM at 3q26.2 for inv(3) or t(3;3) on the Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) FISH panel

UF Health Pathology Laboratories is pleased to announce the addition of MECOM at 3q26.2 for inv(3) or t(3;3) on the Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) FISH panel (LAB5851 in EPIC). Turnaround time for routine FISH studies is 5-10 days. Chromosome analysis is also recommended for these individuals to investigate other structural…

FISH for Chromosomes 13/18/21

UF Health Pathology Laboratories is pleased to announce the launch of FISH forchromosomes 13/18/21 for suspicion or confirmation of trisomy in blood specimens(LAB5851 in EPIC). FISH for trisomy 13 or 18 will be treated as STAT (1 business dayturnaround time) and trisomy 21 will be treated as…

Unintentional Instrumentation Bias

On April 24th and April 25th, UFHPL Core Lab experienced an unintentional instrumentation bias for two of our assays, Sodium and Chloride; which have now been corrected.

New In House Testing

Dear Clients, We are happy to announce that we have brought testosterone and total T4 assays in house.  You will now experience results in 1-3 days…

New In-House Testing: Serum Protein Electrophoresis, Immunofixation Electrophoresis, and Immunotyping

https://pathlabs.ufl.edu/wordpress/files/2023/06/168790AB_6.28.23-PATHOLOGY_ElectrophoresisImmunotyping_AnnouncementFlyer_v1.pdf UF Health Pathology Laboratories is excited to announce that we are now performing serum protein electrophoresis, immunofixation electrophoresis, and immunotyping in house! Expect a turnaround time of 4-6 days. The methods have been verified against the manufacturer’s claims and we have found them to be accurate and precise.