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Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Public Health Laboratory
12750 Erickson Avenue
Downey, California 90242

Laboratory Director
J. Michael Janda, Ph.D, D(ABMM)

Phone: (562) 658-1330
Fax: (562) 401-5999

Monday - Friday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Public Health Laboratory - Directory
12750 Erickson Ave.
Downey, CA 90242
  (562) 658-1330
Fax (562) 401-5999
     
     
Laboratory Director J. Michael Janda, Ph.D., D(ABMM) (562) 658-1330
     
Deputy Director Nicole Green, Ph.D., D(ABMM), M(ASCP), (562) 658-1352
     
Technical Supervisors Mary Beth Duke, M.S., PHM (562) 658-1350
  Joan Sturgeon, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1354
  Hector Rivas, B.S. (562) 658-1356; (562) 658-1351
     
Administrative Support Services (Data Entry, Accession and Package Receipt) Aranak Tavassoli (562) 658-1316

 

Section Section
Telephone
Section Supervisor Supervisor Telephone
Enteric Bacteriology / Bacterial Strain Typing (562) 658-1310 Sheena Chu, M.S.,  PHM (562) 658-1336
Miscellaneous Bacteriology/Parasitology (562) 658-1314 Sheena Chu, M.S., PHM (562) 658-1336
Milk, Water & Food Bacteriology (562) 658-1440 Michael Stephens, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1337
PFGE, MLVA (562) 658-1421 Hector Rivas, PHM (562) 658-1356
Mycobacteriology: Culture & Identification (562) 658-1384 Lorna Eusebio, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1343
TB Susceptiblility & MTD Direct Detection, Mycology (562) 658-1385 Elena Ortiz, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1342
Molecular Epidemiology, TB Molecular Beacon (562) 658-1321 Hector Rivas, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1356
Viral Culture & Rabies Virus Detection (562) 658-1450 Jessie Cruz, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1451
Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae Applification (562) 658-1430 Ruel Torres, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1355
Syphilis, West Nile Virus,  Miscellaneous Serology & Quantiferon (562) 658-1410 Elizabeth Cordero, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1344
HIV-1 & Hepatitis Serology (562) 658-1411 Deborah Emlein, B.S., PHM (562) 658-1357
Bioterrorism Response Unit Contact the administrative offices at (562) 658-1330 Patricia Bolivar, M.S., PHM, CLS Contact the administrative offices at (562) 658-1330
Chemical Terrorism Response Unit Contact the administrative offices at (562) 658-1330 Vacant Contact the administrative offices at (562) 658-1330
Non-Diagnostic General Health Assessment Deputy Health Officer/Examiner Aranak Tavassoli, M.S., PHM Contact the administrative offices at (562) 658-1330
Central Accessioning (562) 658-1460 Lynda Rivas (562) 658-1341
Laboratory Information Systems (562) 658-1340 Ernesto Ablang (562) 658-1345
Clerical Support (562) 658-1308 Aranak Tavassoli, MS, PHM (562) 658-1316
Shipping and Receiving (562) 658-1308 Henrietta Schell (562) 658-1301
Clerical Support Containers (562) 658-1308 Aranak Tavassoli (562) 658-1316
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