Contact Information

The laboratory will be CLOSED on the following 2023 holidays (We will not be open to receive samples)

• January 16, 2023 (MLK Jr Day)
• May 29, 2023 (Memorial Day)
• July 4, 2023 (Observation of Independence Day)
• September 4, 2023 (Labor Day)
• November 23 & 24, 2023 (Thanksgiving Holiday)
• December 24, 2023 (Christmas Eve)
• December 25, 2023 (Christmas Day)
• December 31, 2023 (New Year’s Eve)
• January 1, 2024 (New Year’s Day)

If blood samples are drawn during this time, please refrigerate and send once the lab reopens. Thank you!

For more information about the available diagnostic tests, sample requirements, and the protocols for requesting tests, please contact:

Emma Kennedy, MS, LCGC
Phone: 215-573-9161
Fax: 215-573-5940
Email: gdllab@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Please send all samples to this address:

Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
Room 560 Clinical Research Building
415 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Please send all written correspondence to this address:

Genetic Diagnostic Laboratory
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Genetics
415 Curie Boulevard, Suite 500
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6145