The Comparative Pathology Laboratory (CPL) provides in-house gross anatomic pathology and clinical pathology services to support the research programs at Mount Sinai Health System and the clinical programs of the Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery (CCMS).
The laboratory is under the direction of a full-time comparative pathologist. Staff includes a laboratory manager and two full-time laboratory technicians. The Comparative Pathology laboratory is located on the 26th floor of Annenberg, room 26-92. The laboratory’s support areas are three necropsy suites, Annenberg room 26-93, Icahn Medical Institute S1-27H, and Hess Center for Science and Medicine SC1-326. All necropsy rooms are equipped with down draft tables and surgical lights. The necropsy rooms are available to members of the Mount Sinai research community, and reservations are available online.
The CPL has full histology capabilities with equipment including a Sakura Tissue-Tek VIP Tissue Processor, a Leica EG1150 embedding station, a Microm microtome, a Triangle Biomedical Sciences floatation workstation, and vented safety enclosure with histochemical staining stations. In addition, the lab is equipped with light and dissecting microscopes as well as two double-headed teaching microscopes, one of which is outfitted with a color camera and monitor. In addition, the laboratory has a ProCyte Hematology Analyzer.
Although we perform most diagnostics in-house, we use commercial and academic laboratories to support the diagnostic services. Commercial labs also perform nonhuman primate virology and serology. Samples for serologic analysis of multiple species, including NHP and rodents, rodent pathogen IMPACT testing of various cell lines, endocrinology tests, biochemistry, and other specific assays are submitted to reference laboratories. We use four commercial laboratories: VRL, Charles River Lab, BioReliance Lab, and IDEXX.
We work closely with several existing shared research facilities (SRF) on campus (Biorepository/Histology SRF, qPCR SRF, and Microscopy SRF) to increase the support available to the research community.
For more information, please contact:
Ma Gonzalez DVM, MScVSc
Head of Comparative Pathology Laboratory
ma.gonzalez@mssm.edu