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Patients arrive at the Jones Institute every morning
to have their blood drawn for testing. The Reproductive Endocrinology
Laboratory is located on the second floor of the Jones Institute. We accommodate
physicians and nurses who require a quick turnaround report of blood results
to make timely decisions concerning IVF patients'
care. We utilize both estradiol serum levels and follicular ultrasound
measurements to individualize each patient's treatment protocol.
For more than 20 years, our laboratory has offered seven
- day service to in - house physicians and our colleagues in the community
who utilize our services as a reference laboratory. The laboratory is
CLIA certified and performs hormone
assays for men and women, which include estradiol, leutinizing hormone,
and follicle stimulating hormone, progesterone, 17·0H progesterone,
testosterone, quantitative pregnancy test, prolactin, thyroid stimulating
hormone, and DHEAS assays.
We provide physicians with results for both clinical
and research use in reproductive endocrinology. These quality controlled
tests are used to monitor IVF, ovulation
induction, donor egg recipients, and
donors' cycles; to diagnose male and
female infertility; to monitor increased
or decreased hormone levels present in abnormal situations; for pregnancy
follow - up; or to treat patients who habitually miscarry.
We also work with researchers conducting clinical trials in several therapeutic
areas. John Leete, MD, the laboratory director, is the principal scientist
and director of the Immuno Chemistry Department at COVANCE Laboratories.
Beverly Cox, BS, medical technologist and laboratory
supervisor, is licensed by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists.
She previously worked at Harvard's Children's' Hospital, Princeton Medical
Center, Vanderbilt University Hospital, and Virginia Beach General Hospital
before joining the Jones Institute in 1994.
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Phone
800-515-6637 or 757-446-7100