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MCW Tissue Bank

Medical College of Wisconsin Tissue Bank

The MCW Tissue Bank is an institutional core that provides research services involving human samples to faculty investigators. The Bank is a CAP accredited biorepository, which ensures high quality samples, vetted protocols and procedures, and knowledgeable, well trained staff. The Bank offers three robust consent programs to patients of Froedtert Hospitals and clinics, that include the General Tissue Bank, the Maternal Bank, and the COVID-19 Bank. In addition to providing banked tissue to researchers, the Bank can also provide a wealth of various services associated with human samples; storage and processing among many.

Pathology MCW Tissue Bank Staff

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For Patients

Become a participant in one of the Bank’s programs.

Information for patients

Pathology MCW Tissue Bank For Researchers

For Researchers

Services available to MCW faculty investigators.

Services for researchers

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Our Team

MCW Tissue Bank faculty and staff.

Meet our team

Contact Us

MCW Tissue Bank
Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories Building

Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Closed weekends and holidays

(414) 805-8829
(414) 805-8825 (fax)
mcwtissuebank@mcw.edu

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