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With the exception of Inova hospitals, Inova Emergency Care and Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care, all Inova outpatient offices will be closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday – Monday, Jan. 20.

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BioCore Laboratories

BioCore Laboratories was founded at Inova in 2017 as a center of excellence for clinical and research testing centered around in vitro diagnostic study design and implementation. We participate in studies across multiple disciplines, including drugs, biologics, vaccines, devices, biomarkers, and diagnostic tests. We provide insight into disease mechanism and prognosis and therapy guidance for researchers at Inova and academic and industry settings (in-vitro diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and devices).

We help researchers:

  • Apply new technologies and methodologies to clinical problems to expand the domain of in-vitro diagnostics
  • Test established commercial- and research-based proteomics

Research

BioCore Laboratories designs and manages single-center and multicenter studies, including studies planned for FDA approval. We leverage Inova's integrated health network and broad patient population to recruit patients from primary care to the critically ill in one of the country's most racially and ethnically diverse regions — offering streamlined recruiting in one healthcare system.

We provide the following clinical research operational services:

  • Endpoint adjudication
  • Study design
  • Study management

Our Services

BioCore Laboratories propels Inova faculty research advancement through state-of-the-art equipment, clinical diagnostic testing, specimen processing, and research testing to include:

  • Clinical endpoint for FDA approval
  • Interference studies
  • Normal reference range studies
  • Validation studies

Clinical Tests

We offer the following clinical tests:

  • NT-ProBNP: N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide is the amino-terminal pro-peptide cleavage equivalent of Natriuretic peptide testing B-typenatriuretic peptide (BNP) and aids in the diagnosis of acute heart failure (HF
  •  Platform: Roche e602

Research Tests

We offer several commercial platforms and a broad portfolio of immune-assay and general chemistry tests. We can also perform research-based ELISA assays in multiple domains, including:

  • Cardiac
  • Diabetes
  • Hepatic
  • Inflammatory
  • Infectious disease
  • Respiratory
  • Therapeutic drug monitoring
  • Thyroid/metabolism

Faculty

Christopher deFilippi, MD

Christopher deFilippi, MD

Medical Director

Dr. Chrisopher deFilippi is the Director of BioCore Laboratories and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular. As Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs, Dr. deFilipi oversees all site-based cardiovascular research at Inova Schar Heart and Vascular and directs the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Training Program. Dr. deFilippi also continues to pursue an active research career with cardiac diagnostics with multiple high-impact publications. In addition, he has served as the principal investigator and adjudication chairman for several multicenter cardiac biomarker approval studies.

Regionally, Dr. deFilippi has introduced innovative methods for clinical trial recruitment by encouraging investigators and participants to leverage the region's diversity and the spectrum of patients at Inova — from the critically ill to the primary care ambulatory setting. In addition, he leads BioCore Laboratories to provide excellence in clinical laboratory testing and access to the diverse clinical populations that are critical to the successful development and validation of novel and established in-vitro diagnostic assays.

Dr. deFilippi was at the University of Maryland from 2000 as an Associate Professor of Medicine until he arrived at Inova in 2016. There he collaborated closely with Dr. Robert Christenson around in-vitro-diagnostics research. 

In addition to his Inova responsibilities, Dr. deFilippi is an editorial board member for Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He is also a senior editorial board member for JACC: Heart Failure and is an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine.

BioCore Laboratories
3300 Gallows Rd Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, 3rd Fl, Rm I-3102 Falls Church, VA 22042
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Phone: 703-776-3024
Sun Closed
Mon 8:00AM-5:30PM
Tue 8:00AM-5:30PM
Wed 8:00AM-5:30PM
Thu 8:00AM-5:30PM
Fri 8:00AM-5:30PM
Sat Closed
A service of Inova Health System. Please Note: This is a research laboratory only, not a diagnostic testing lab for patients.
More information: BioCore Laboratories was founded at Inova in 2017 as a center of excellence for clinical and research testing centered around in vitro diagnostic study design and implementation. We participate in studies across multiple disciplines, including drugs, biologics, vaccines, devices, biomarkers, and diagnostic tests. We provide insight into disease mechanism and prognosis and therapy guidance for researchers at Inova and academic and industry settings (in-vitro diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and devices).

Diagnostic Testing Labs for Patients

Parking and entrance for BioCore Laboratories

  • Enter the Gray Garage and park in any spot labeled for patients and visitors.
  • Take the stairs or elevator to the ground floor. There is no access to the building from any other level.
  • Walk to the atrium and take the visitor elevators to the 3rd Floor.
  • Turn left off the elevators towards the CVOR observation dome.
  • Visitor entry is located directly across from the CVOR observation dome.
  • Ring the doorbell for access to our area.