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Core Laboratories

Division of Laboratory Medicine
The Core Laboratories provide keystone services in the care of patients with immediate impact on diagnostic investigations and prognostication.

From maintaining excellence and innovation at the bench to aiding clinicians in their selection of tests and interpretation of results, the hematology laboratory provides essential support to all clinicians and a key ally to the Division of Hematopathology. Clinical Chemistry is a keystone service in the care of patients. From maintaining excellence and innovation at the bench to aiding clinicians in their selection of tests and interpretation of results, the service provides essential support to all diagnostic investigations. Over 2.5 million tests are run annually.

Clinical Immunology is a service that helps patients with diseases of varying etiologies from autoimmunity to neoplasia to infection. From maintaining excellence and innovation at the bench to aiding clinicians in their selection of tests and interpretation of results, the service provides essential support to all diagnostic investigations.

The Core Laboratories of UHealth and Jackson Health Systems is led by Dr. Christian Wunsch.  Dr. Wunsch was boarded in Clinical Pathology after completing a fellowship at Harvard Medical School and has over 50 years of experience in laboratory medicine.  His clinical interests include serum protein electrophoresis and acute phase reactants.


Our Team

  • David Andrews, M.D.
  • Afshan Idrees, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H
  • Derek Waggoner, M.D.
  • Christian Wunsch, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Yanyun Wu, M.D., Ph.D.