Clinical

The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology collaborates with and provides services for four prominent medical centers in the Twin Cities area.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview

The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview is located in the health sciences complex on the University of Minnesota East Bank Campus in Minneapolis. The Medical Center is a state-of-the-art general and subspecialty care facility with 743 beds. The University services have a workload of 22,500 surgical specimens, 2,500 blood and bone marrow evaluations, 5,000 dermatopathology specimens, 59,000 cytopathology cases, 165 autopsies and over 2,700,000 clinical pathology assays annually. The Medical Center also has an active on-site blood bank donor center. 

Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Abbott Northwestern Hospital is a 642-bed community hospital with 16,500 surgical specimens, 500 blood and bone marrow evaluations, 89,200 cytopathology accessions, 84 autopsies, and 230,000 clinical pathology assays per year.

800 E. 28th St
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-863-4670 direct pathology number
612-863-8375 fax

Minneapolis Veterans' Affairs Medical Center

The Veterans' Affairs Medical Center has a 361-bed capacity in addition to a full spectrum of clinics. This medical center has 9,400 surgical specimens, 2,800 cytopathology cases, 300 blood and bone marrow evaluations, 180 autopsies, and more than 2,100,000 clinical pathology assays. The VA Medical Center also has an active on-site blood bank donor center. 

1 Veterans Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55417
612-725-2099 direct pathology number
612-725-2079 fax

Hennepin County Medical Center

Hennepin County Medical Center (a 360-bed county medical center) has 8,200 surgical specimens, 1,400 blood and bone marrow evaluations, 18,000 cytopathology accessions, 108 autopsies, and more than 1,800,000 clinical pathology assays. Residents also rotate at the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, which performs more than 550 forensic autopsies per year.

701 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-347-3076 direct pathology number
612-904-4298 fax

Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office
530 Chicago Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55415