Welcome to
The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Centralized in the
Heart of New Hampshire
The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine’s primary location is in Lebanon, NH at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) with two stat laboratories located in Manchester and Nashua, NH, and twelve patient service/collection centers located throughout New Hampshire. The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has a Pathology Residency and five Fellowship Programs with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College. In addition, The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has several undergraduate clinical affiliations with colleges and universities in New England for their clinical laboratory science programs, the largest being with the University of New Hampshire.
Our Members
Our Mission is:
“To deliver comprehensive care to our patients by a team of dedicated laboratory professionals providing the highest quality test results, innovative research and excellence in education”
A Leader in Process Improvement
The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has been a leader in process improvement (LEAN/Six Sigma) at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. This work has led to beautifully renovated space designed for efficiency of workflow. The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has several yellow, green and black belts certified through the Value Institute. The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has lab sections that fall within three divisions: Anatomic Pathology, Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Genomics & Advanced Technologies. (see sidebar). The Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine has a strong regional and outreach presence performing approximately 3 million billable test procedures annually. Current work underway is standardizing the test menu, instrumentation platforms and clinical systems across our four Dartmouth Health member hospital laboratories in New Hampshire and Vermont.