The NTSAD International Tay-Sachs
Carrier Testing Quality Control Program is a voluntary laboratory proficiency testing program. The program evaluates laboratory performance of Tay-Sachs biochemical carrier screening in serum and leukocytes. Serum is the standard test sample. However, leukocytes are recommended when the person to be tested is pregnant, on birth control pills or is taking any medications which affect hormones because it might interfere with the accuracy of the serum test.
The program, which was founded and administered by Dr. Mike Kaback at the University of California-San Diego for 25 years, is now being run in the lab of Dr. Mimi Blitzer and Dr. Erin Strovel at the University of Maryland.
NOTE: NTSAD publishes this Test Center Directory solely for general informational purposes. The information in this listing is not medical or professional advice, nor is it a guarantee or warranty of any test result or other procedure. NTSAD, therefore, assumes no liability for use of the information published in this directory by any recipient thereof. It is your responsibility to carefully review this and any appropriate medical information with your physician or genetic counselor before acting upon it for any purpose. This directory reflects only the information available at the time of its publication. If labs fail a quality control test, they are asked to take corrective action. If the labs that failed quality control proficiency testing are later retested and pass, this listing will be updated.
The following laboratories participated in the 2012 NTSAD International Tay-Sachs Carrier Testing Quality Control Program and passed for the sample types noted. This list may be used by physicians who are seeking laboratories or for consumers seeking testing. However, the contact information may not be relevant for consumer inquiries.
** designates National Collection Centers
Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Biochemical Genetics Lab
45th & Penn. Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15201
(412) 864-9887
Sample: Serum
Utah
ARUP Laboratories**
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
500 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 583-2787
Wisconsin
University of WI - Madison
Biochemical Genetics Lab
465 Henry Mall
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 236-4619
Sample: Serum
Australia
Royal North Shore Hospital
Laboratory & Community Genetics
Level 5, Main Block
St. Leonards, NSW 2065
(011) 61 29 926-8899
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Canada
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
2888 Shaganappi Trail NW
Calgary, Alberta T3B 6A8
(403) 955-7379
Sample: Serum
Children’s & Women’s Health
Centre of BC
4500 Oak Street
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3N1
(604) 875-2307
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Health Sciences Centre
Department of Clinical Biochemistry
and Genetics
820 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R9
(204) 787-4530
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Hospital for Sick Children
555 University Avenue
Genetic Metabolic Lab, Dept of
Pediatrics
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8
(416) 831-6946
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Montreal Children’s Hospital
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
2300 Tupper Street
Montreal, Quebec H3H 1P3
(514) 412-4400. x 22071
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Saint Justine Hospital, Genetique
3715, Cote Ste Catherine
Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5
(514) 345-4931 x 3273
Sample: Leukocyte
Israel
Sheba Medical Center
Genetic Institute
Tel Hashomer
Ramat Gan, 52621
(011) 97 23 530-2826
Sample: Serum
United Kingdom
Guy’s Hospital
Genetics Centre, 5th Floor,
Guy’s Tower
London, SE1 9RT
(011) 44 207 188-2592
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
California
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute**
33608 Ortega Highway
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(800) 642-4657
Georgia
Emory Genetics Laboratory
2165 N. Decator Road, Room 207
Decatur, GA 30033-5307
(404) 778-8510
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Illinois
University of Illinois Hospital
Biochemical Genetics Lab
912 S. Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612
(312) 996-5326
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Maryland
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Biochemical Genetics Lab
655 W. Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-2810
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
200 1st Street, SW
Biochemical Genetics Laboratory
Rochester, MN 55905
(507) 266-1800
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
New Mexico
Esoterix Genetic Laboratories LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LabCorp (formerly Genzyme Genetics)
Genzyme Genetics Biochemistry Lab
2000 Vivigen Way
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505) 438-2211
Physician Contact: (800) 848-4436
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
New York
Jacobi Medical Center (formerly Montefiore)
Dept. of Pathology - Division of Genetics
1400 Pelham Parkway South
Bronx, NY 10461
(718) 918-7514 or 8811
Patient Contact: (718) 405-8150
Sample: Serum
Kaleida Health
Buffalo General Hospital
100 High Street
Robert Guthrie Biochemical & Molecular Genetics Lab
Buffalo, NY 14203
(716) 859-7741
Sample: Leukocyte
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department of Genetics & Genomic Sciences Laboratory
Atran Laboratory Building
1425 Madison Avenue Room AB2-32
New York, NY 10029-6574
(212) 659-6700
Patient Contact: (212) 241-6947
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
New York State Institute for Basic Research
Specialty Clinical Laboratory SCL
Department of Human Genetics
1050 Forest Hill Road
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 494-5239
Patient Contact: (718) 494-5126
Sample: Serum
New York University School of Medicine
400 East 34th Street
Neurogenetics Lab
New York, NY 10016
(212) 263- 6628
Patient Contact: (212) 263 8344 or 5746
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
North Carolina
Laboratory Corporation of America**
Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology
1912 Alexander Drive
Biochemical Genetics
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(919) 361-7251
Sample: Serum and Leukocyte
