Haematology Laboratory

What we do

The Haematology Laboratory is part of the Laboratory Medicine Directorate in St. James’s Hospital.  The department’s work involves the laboratory diagnosis, monitoring and therapy of haematological conditions such as leukaemia, anaemia and haemophilia. It is part of the LabMed Directorate, supports the National Adult Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Centre and the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders (NCHCD) at St James’s hospital and provides a comprehensive blood testing service to the hospital and to general practitioners and hospitals nationwide. It is the largest such department in the Republic of Ireland and includes the Haematology Laboratory, Cryobiology Stem Cell Facility and Coagulation Laboratory . The department has held CPA (UK) accreditation since 2003.

For information in regard to the test repertoire offered, sample types required, reference ranges and test turnaround times, please see the LabMed User Guide

Contact details

Postal Address Haematology Laboratory,
Central Pathology Laboratory (CPL) Building,
LabMed Directorate,
St James's Hospital,
Dublin 8

 

Title	Name	Phone	Email
Consultant Haematologist & Head of Department	Dr Elisabeth Vandenberghe	(01) 410 3329	evandenberghe@stjames.ie
Chief Medical Scientist	Richard McCafferty	(01) 416 2067	rmccafferty@stjames.ie
Principal Biochemist, Haematinics & Transplant Drug Monitoring Laboratory	Mr Sean O’Broin	(01) 416 2950	sdobroin@stjames.ie
Haematology Laboratory Registrar		(01) 416 2032
Quality Co-ordinator and Senior Medical Scientist, Blood Cell Counting & Morphology Laboratory	Ms Nora Kinsella	(01) 410 3843 or 416 2333
Senior Medical Scientist, Immunophenotyping & Haemoglobinopathy Laboratories	Mr Dave O’Brien	(01) 416 2909 or 416 2394
Result Enquiries * (see note below)		(01) 416 2943 or 416 2944
Main Haematology Laboratory		(01) 410 3843
Immunophenotyping Laboratory		(01) 416 2909
Haemoglobinopathies and Haemolytic Anaemia Laboratory		(01) 416 2394
Haematinics & Transplant Drug Monitoring Laboratory		(01) 416 2012
Cryobiology Stem Cell Laboratory		(01) 416 2707
Coagulation Lab, CPL *(all enquiries for Coag screen/INR results only)		(01) 416 2910

* (Clinicians Only. The laboratory cannot give results directly to patients. Please contact your doctor with all queries)

Contact On-Call

To contact Medical Scientist On–Call: Bleep 671. Telephone St James Hospital Switch (Ext 9) or direct line 410 3000

For all general queries and results, call Department Secretarial Office on 416 2943 / 416 2944, from 09.00 to 17.00

Clinical Advice and Interpretation

Haematology

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm:

Contact Haematology Laboratory Specialist Registrar at 416 2032 

Or St James Hospital main switchboard Ext 9 or Direct line 410 3000

Ask for Haematology Registrar

 

Monday - Friday after 5pm and Weekends and Bank Holidays

St James Hospital main switchboard Ext 9 or Direct line 410 3000

Ask for Haematology Registrar On Call  

If Haematology Registrar not available ask for Haematology Consultant On Call

 

Coagulation

Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

Contact National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders (NCHCD) Telephone 416 2141

Ask for Coagulation Consultant on Call

 

Monday - Friday after 5pm and Weekends and Bank Holidays

Contact St James Hospital main switchboard Ext 9 or Direct line 410 3000

Ask for Coagulation Consultant on Call

Time Limit for Requesting Additional Tests

Requests for further testing on samples may be possible on a case-by-case basis depending on the test required, the stability of the analyte and the length of time sample is retained. Please contact the relevant haematology Laboratory section as soon as possible if additional tests are required. 

Consultants

Consultant	Speciality (directorate)	Email	Telephone & fax
Dr. P. Browne	Haematology (HOPE)	brownesec@stjames.ie	Tel: (01) 416 2166 Fax: (01) 410 3428
	Nurse liaison:		Tel:
Dr. E. Conneally	Haematologist (HOPE)	conneallysec@stjames.ie	Tel: (01) 416 2167 Fax: (01) 410 3428 / 416 2248
	Nurse liaison:		Tel:
Dr. Catherine Flynn	Haematologist (HOPE)	cmflynn@stjames.ie	Tel: (01) 410 3991 Fax:
	Nurse liaison:		Tel:
Dr. Patrick Hayden	Consultant Haematologist (HOPE)	phayden@stjames.ie	Tel: (01) 416 2166 Fax: (01) 410 3428
	Nurse liaison: Kathleen Beston		Tel: (01) 428 4798
Dr. Elisabeth Vandenberghe	Haematology (HOPE)	vandenberghesec@stjames.ie	Tel: (01) 410 3546 Fax:
	Nurse liaison:		Tel:

Appointment Instructions

Not applicable for the laboratory department. Please click here for details of the clinical haematology service.

 

Referral Procedures

A service level agreement (SLA) must be in place between external agencies and St James's Hospital prior to referral of samples for testing in the Haematology Laboratory. The laboratory manager should be contacted regarding this. For information in regard to the test repertoire offered, sample types required, reference ranges and test turnaround times, please see the Lab Reference manual available here.