What this program does...

The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP) is a jointly owned program between St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences for the delivery of laboratory medicine to Hamilton hospitals.

The HRLMP’s mission is to provide leadership in all aspects of laboratory medicine including clinical service, education and research, with the pursuit of excellence, encouragement of innovation and adherence to exemplary professional standards.  This supports the missions of the participating hospitals and McMaster University.

The HRLMP employs approximately 700 staff that provides inpatient and regional centralized laboratory services in the areas of anatomical pathology, clinical chemistry, immunology, hematology, genetics, microbiology, and transfusion medicine. The HRLMP operates LRC Hamilton (Laboratory Reference Centre) and is a major provider of specialized and reference clinical laboratory services within the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) and beyond. The HRLMP provides specimen collection services to hospital clinic patients at four hospitals.

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Contact 

Dr. V. Tony Chetty
Interim Chief/Medical Director, Laboratory Medicine
St. Joseph's Healthcare and Hamilton Health Sciences
chetty@hhsc.ca
905 522-1155, Ext. 34366

Grace Kiers
Executive Assistant
kiersg@hhsc.ca
905 522-1155, Ext. 33847

Tracy Carrier
Interim Laboratory Director
carriert@hhsc.ca
905 522-1155, Ext. 34909

Teresa DiFrancesco
Interim Laboratory Director
difrance@hhsc.ca
905 522-1155, Ext. 33842

Duane Boychuk
Interim Laboratory Director
boychuk@stjoes.ca

Debbie Matthews
Administrative Coordinator
matthewsd@hhsc.ca
905 522-1155, Ext. 36013