TEXAS MEDICAL SPECIALTY, INC. is located at Medical City Dallas Hospital and consists of two laboratories:.

HLA Laboratory:

Provides support for kidney and pancreas transplantation. The HLA Laboratory provides human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing, HLA antibody screening and lymphocyte crossmatching services. These tests are required for patients undergoing evaluation for organ transplantation.

Transplantation Laboratory:

Provides support for blood, bone marrow, heart and liver transplantation. The laboratory is a national reference laboratory, conducts basic research and provides educational programs for health care professionals. The Transplant Laboratory provides human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing, HLA antibody screening and lymphocyte crossmatching services. These tests are required for stem cell transplantation from family members or unrelated volunteer donors, patients undergoing evaluation for organ transplantation, for patients requiring platelet transfusions from HLA-matched donors and for patients undergoing evaluation of conditions with known associations to particular HLA alleles.

Our research projects include studies of immune monitoring post transplant to detecting rejection or tolerance. This may lead to a better management of patients with immunosuppression.