Molecular Diagnostic Testing
90 Days to Molecular Testing:
PGx, CGx, and Infectious Disease
Our Launch Molecular Program is an easy and cost-effective way to add Molecular Testing to your existing lab or start a new Molecular laboratory.
Pharmacogenomics
Leading to better ways of using drugs to manage heart disease, cancer, asthma, depression, and more.
Cancer Genomics
Detecting increased risk of Hereditary Cancer by analyzing genetic variants in patients’ DNA.
Infectious Disease
Test menu can include: GI Panel, Respiratory Panel, Wound, Nail, UTI, STI, and Anti-biotic Resistance Marker Panel. Learn More.
Liquid Biopsy
We can assist with bringing new Liquid Biopsy tests to market quickly through clinical validation as an LDT, even while FDA approval is being pursued.
The global market for liquid biopsy should increase from $3.8 billion in 2020 to $19.6 billion by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.5% during the period of 2020-2025
Want to Start a Molecular Lab?
By being the nation’s leading medical laboratory consulting firm, Lighthouse Lab Services has the expertise to get your lab up and running in as little as 90 days.
Starting a molecular laboratory can be challenging, so we offer our expertise and startup procedures to make this process easier and more efficient. We have a proven step-by-step method that will take you from concept to completion.
Learn more about our six-step startup process:
Our Program Services Include
All-Inclusive Consulting
Add PGx, CGx, or Infectious Disease testing with our all-inclusive Molecular Program. Includes equipment recommendations, LDTs (lab-developed tests), validation, compliance help, and more. Get access to our consulting and technical teams, including PhDs.
Qualified Professionals
We’ll ensure you have qualified Molecular Science professionals in your lab who meet industry standards. Including Molecular Technologists, Genetic Counselors, Geneticists, Bioinformatics Analysts, and Molecular Pathologists (PhD, MD).
Sample Procurement + Reimbursement Guidance
Our team will help you to build a plan to procure in-network specimen/samples and increase your reimbursement rate and operate in a favorable MAC.
Financing Options
Low up-front cost and options to finance the launch of molecular testing in your laboratory.
Medical Laboratory Director
Provide Medical laboratory directors to oversee the lab. This director is credentialled specifically for molecular lines of testing.
Operational Set Up
We’ll set you up for success on a best-in-class molecular LIMS with ready-to-use workflows, streamlined report delivery, and external sales portals.
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Our Technical Consulting
Management Team
Our Team is highly qualified in various specialties within the clinical laboratory industry. They will guide your lab throughout the process as well as ensure the technical and scientific aspects of your lab meet compliance standards.
Chief Consulting Officer
Megan White Younts
Megan brings more than a decade of industry experience in laboratory operations and management and has personally overseen the up-fit, build-out, and go-live of more than 40 toxicology and 50 molecular laboratories in more than 20 states across the nation.
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Varsha Meghnani, Ph.D., TC(NRCC)
Dr. Varsha Meghnani is a board-certified Clinical lab director with more than 10 years of experience in Molecular diagnostic tests that include but not limited to Pharmacogenomics, Cancer Genomics, infectious disease, and inherited disease tests.
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Ratish Gambhira, DVM, Ph.D., DACVM, CC/TS/HCLD(ABB)
Dr. Gambhira has 20 years of academic research experience along with 5 years of working knowledge in clinical lab diagnostics in various capacities. He successfully validated molecular tests in a couple of start-up labs.
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Lori Millner, Ph.D., CC(NRCC)
Dr. Millner has been the director of high complexity laboratories & served as a consultant for numerous labs since 2015. She has performed several LDT validations & has experience with many manufacturers in molecular diagnostic testing.
Megan White Younts
Chief Consulting Officer
Megan brings more than a decade of industry experience in laboratory operations and management and has personally overseen the up-fit, build-out, and go-live of more than 40 toxicology and 50 molecular laboratories in more than 20 states across the nation.
Megan has degrees in biology, toxicology, and entomology and is currently completing an MS program in Toxicology at the University of Florida.
Dr. Varsha Meghnani, Ph.D., TC(NRCC), MB(ASCP)
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Varsha Meghnani is a board-certified Clinical lab director with more than 10 years of experience in Molecular diagnostic tests that include but not limited to Pharmacogenomics, Cancer Genomics, infectious disease, and inherited disease tests. As a lab director, Dr. Meghnani has been managing overall operations and compliance of clinical labs across the nation. Dr. Meghnani has directed and audited many CAP, CLIA, COLA labs with a variety of test menus i.e. Toxicology, Allergy testing, Molecular Diagnostics, etc. Dr. Meghnani has provided turn-key solutions to new independent reference laboratories and physician’s office laboratories. She has helped new labs with setup, test panel design, method validation, data analysis, reporting, and documentation.
Currently, she has been assisting labs with the development and validation of the PCR-based SARS-COVID-2 test. She is also assisting labs with Emergency Use Authorization paperwork and submission to the FDA. Dr. Meghnani earned her Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences major from North Dakota State University in the year 2014. Thereafter, she worked as a Lead Geneticist for three years in a CAP-accredited lab.
Dr. Ratish Gambhira, DVM, Ph.D., DACVM, CC/TS/HCLD(ABB)
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Nahire has 10+ years of Clinical Toxicology and Chemistry research experience, along with two patents and several published articles in scientific journals.
Areas of expertise: Clinical Laboratory, Toxicology, Clinical Chemistry, Drugs of Abuse testing, LC-MS/MS Method Development and Validations, CLIA/CAP/COLA/JCO Inspection preparation. Special Chemistry (ASCP), Toxicological Chemist
Dr. Lori Millner, Ph.D., CC(NRCC)
Molecular Geneticist, Laboratory Director
Dr. Millner received her Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Louisville in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Her dissertation focused on the characterization of phase II metabolic enzyme, N-acetyltransferase, for which she received the K. C. Huang Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year Award and the Dean’s Citation. Following completion of her doctorate, she completed a one-year postdoctoral fellowship where she researched Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and cell-free nucleic acid (cfNA). In 2012, she entered a 3-year COMACC accredited fellowship in Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology at the University of Louisville Hospital Laboratory. While in the fellowship, Dr. Millner was trained to be a Laboratory Director and responded to over 200 beeper calls and physician inquiries in the University of Louisville Hospital’s high complexity laboratory. During the fellowship, she also continued her research on CTCs and was the lead author on a funded SBIR grant.
Dr. Millner has several peer-reviewed and published manuscripts and has won numerous awards for her research including the Young Investigator Award and Best Abstract Award from the American Association of Clinical Chemists and the Young Scientist Award (Innovator in Science) from the Association of Clinical Scientists. Dr. Millner has been the director of high complexity laboratories and served as a consultant for numerous labs since 2015. She has performed several laboratory-developed test validations and has experience with many different manufacturers in molecular diagnostic testing.