The Center for Diagnostic Innovation (CDI) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) uses state-of-the-art technology to provide advanced and complex diagnostic services to children with rare and undiagnosed diseases, clinical trial support (including biopharma outreach), and rapid clinical development. The center is an incubator for novel diagnostic technologies within CHOP. Our clinical leaders bring a high level of experience, knowledge and clinical competence to the center.

CDI is accredited by both the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP). This enables CHOP to develop novel assay developments that meet the highest regulatory requirements and enables compliance for Phase I trial support and FDA requirements. Our goal is to provide services to clinical experts within CHOP, as well as other institutions across the country and around the world. We look forward to partnering with you to help diagnose and treat your most challenging clinical cases. Our goal is to help ensure that children everywhere lead healthier lives.

Testing 

CDI supports the following diagnostic needs: 

• Cell therapy biomarker support
• Frontier Programs
• Undiagnosed Disease Program (including metabolomics)
• Clinical Vector Core (Including GMP support in early-phase trials)
• Oncology
• Additional early-phase clinical trial support (deep phenotyping)

Location

Center for Diagnostic Innovation
Suite 513, Abramson Pediatric Research Center, 5th Floor
3615 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Hours

Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.   

Specimen shipping

Learn how you can prepare your package to reduce the risk of delays or interruptions during shipment. 

Delivery Monday-Friday  
ATTN: Center for Diagnostic Innovation | STAT LAB SPECIMEN
Abramson Research Center, Room 513
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4302

Delivery Saturday & Sunday
ATTN: Central Laboratory Services | CDI SPECIMEN  
Room 5188, Main Hospital  
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia  
34th & Civic Center Blvd.  
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4302   

All shipment tracking information must be sent to SpecimenTracking@CHOP.edu.

Forms

Whether you are a new or returning client, you can find all the forms for your lab testing needs here.

More information

For questions regarding sending testing to Clinical Lab Outreach Testing Services, please contact Alisha Wilkens at ClinicalLabOutreach@chop.edu.