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Umbilical Cord testing with CordStatSM 5-Panel

14-Panel HairStatSM including Fentanyl and Sufentanil

Meconium testing for Alcohol exposure to newborn



Staff

President and Scientific Director
Douglas E. Lewis
Douglas Lewis has over twenty years experience in developing, directing and managing state of the art toxicology laboratories. He is recognized as an expert in athletic drug testing and cocaine babies testing.


Laboratory Director
Charles A. Plate, Ph.D.
Charles A. Plate, Ph.D. is a highly respected scientist with over 19 years of experience developing immunodiagnostic assays. For the 4 and ‡ years prior to joining USDTL, he directed the Avitar, Inc. research and development immunodiagnostics laboratory where he established a GMP production facility for preparation of anti-drug antibody-gold sol conjugates; developed and optimized a lateral flow, self-performing 4 panel drugs of abuse test for saliva; supervised the validation of oral fluid drug extraction procedures and the gas chromatographic/mass spectrophotometric detection methodology for amphetamines, cannabinoids, cocaine and metabolites, and opiates and directed the analysis of paired urine/saliva specimens for clinical trials of the on-site drugs of abuse saliva test.


Vice-President Laboratory Operations
Joseph T Jones
Joseph Jones has over fifteen years experience in the forensic drug testing industry serving in a variety of positions throughout the laboratory. Joseph has served as an Expert Witness in forensic drug analysis in a variety of venues such as unemployment hearings, union arbitration, family court and capital murder litigation.