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The
Laboratory Medicine (Clinical Pathology) program includes all subspecialty
areas as well as familiarity with hospital information systems.
Approximately 2.7 million laboratory tests are performed per year
in the various sections of the clinical laboratory division. Rotations
are available in hematopathology, clinical chemistry, clinical microbiology,
transfusion medicine, and molecular diagnostics. The transfusion
medicine service is unique in that it offers experience at the UCLA
Blood and Platelet Center, the largest hospital-based donor center
on the West Coast. Training is also available in cellular immunology
through the UCLA immunogenetics laboratory. This world renowned
HLA laboratory was founded by Dr. Paul Terasaki, and is now an integrated
component of the Division of Laboratory Medicine. Developmental
research is an important focus in the molecular pathology laboratory
(genetic diseases, paternity testing, neoplasia profiles) clinical
microbiology laboratory (infectious disease diagnostics)and immunogenetics
laboratory (HLA typing). Various other electives are available both
at UCLA and at other participating institutions.
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