Autopsy
Contact Information
UCLA Pathology Outreach Client Services
10833 Le Conte Ave, A3-259 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095-3075
Phone: 310-267-2680 | Email
Fax: 310-267-2685
- New client account activation
- Requisitions and supplies
- Specimen requirements and transport
- Report status and results
- Arrange consult with pathologist assigned to case
- Billing inquiries and assistance
Specimen delivery address:
UCLA Pathology Outreach
Specimen Receiving
10833 Le Conte Ave, A3-240 CHS
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1732
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00 am-8:00 pm
UCLA's autopsy service provides complete autopsies, brain only (in dementia cases), limited autopsies, or referrals for difficult diagnostic problems in specific organ systems to:
- determine cause of death
- verify clinical diagnoses
- assess effectiveness of therapy
- clarify clinical findings
- address family concerns
- help physicians
- elucidate unknown disease processes or screen for congenital abnormalities
Autopsy benefits the future practice of medicine by a thorough evaluation of the presence and extent of human disease in patients succumbing to those diseases and evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic procedures. The UCLA autopsy service also offers second opinion referrals for review of diagnostically difficult cases.
