Central pathology laboratory (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital)

Laboratory service: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Phlebotomy service (blood collection): Monday–Friday 7.30am–5pm, weekends 7.30am–11.30am, closed public holidays

Specialist collections available

  • paediatrics/children
  • hydrogen breath tests (fructose, lactose and glucose) - Monday to Friday bookings only
  • sweat test - Monday to Friday bookings only
  • dexamethasone

Contacts

Phone +61 7 3646 3636
Fax +61 7 3646 6160
Location—Herston Hospital Campus, Level 2-5, Block 7, Herston Road, Herston
Postal address—Pathology Queensland Central laboratory, Level 5 Block 7, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, 40 Butterfield Street, Herston Qld 4029

Lab management

Operations Manager, Glen Lawrence

Consultant pathologists

Anatomical Pathology and Cytopathology

  • Dr G Lampe (Statewide Director)
  • Dr M Cummings (Director)
  • Dr T Robertson
  • Dr L Francis
  • Dr F Malczewski
  • Dr D Payton
  • Dr L Nandakumar
  • Dr M Singh
  • Dr M Wong
  • Dr L Naughton
  • Dr M Cummings
  • Dr T Taheri
  • Dr J Davies
  • Dr F Tang
  • Dr V Vyas
  • Dr K Iyengar
  • Prof S Lakhani
  • Dr L Hill
  • Dr S Foong
  • Dr V Ashoka Menon
  • Dr B Van Haeringen
  • Dr A Sudarsan
  • Dr B Lam
  • Dr T Kim
  • Dr V Culleton
  • Dr B Mwilambwe
  • Dr A Devadass
  • Dr A Walton
  • Dr D Smith
  • Dr F Coughlan
  • Dr J Chuang
  • Dr K Hardin
  • Dr L Taege
  • Dr R Divakaran

Chemical Pathology

  • Dr K Ungerer (Director)
  • Dr C Pretorius
  • Dr U Wilgen
  • E De Waal

Haematology

  • Dr G Corboy (Director)
  • Dr C Tate (A/Statewide Director)
  • Dr N Raju
  • Dr J Perel (Central Lab Haematology Director)
  • Dr L Seymour
  • Dr C Gould
  • Dr E Palfreyman
  • Dr J Casey
  • Dr J Mason ( Located Central and QCH)
  • Dr J Noye
  • Dr M Tallack

Immunology

  • Dr T Banovic
  • Dr D Gillis
  • Dr R Wong
  • Dr A Kodituwakku
  • Dr L Droney
  • Dr S Thang

Microbiology

  • Dr D Siebert ( A/Statewide Director)
  • Dr C Coulter (Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician, Director Queensland Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory)
  • K McCarthy

Genomics

  • Dr C Lau ( Statewide Director)
  • Dr G Abdulrasool

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Last updated: 2 December 2025