PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A new pathology lab, Transcendent Pathology, will call the Prince William Science Accelerator home.
Founder, Dr. Gerelyn Henry, BS Veterinary Medicine, MBA American College of Forensic Examiners, said she chose Prince William County because of its relationship with organizations in Innovation Park, its proximity to Washington, DC and their affiliation with George Mason University.
“Our motto is from the benchside to the bedside and every step in between,” says Henry. Henry said her organization helps clients to innovate from the first stage of discovery to clinical trials and human trials and then back again.
Henry said they have two typical clients they work with. For veterinary diagnostics, she says their typical client is a practicing veterinarian, ranging from a general practitioner to a specialist like a surgeon or a dermatologist.
The second type of client they work with is a research client. She says these can range from university researchers to government or private companies. Henry said these researchers are studying a particular disease, an aspect of the disease process, natural phenomenon or the effects of a medical device like a heart valve and how it will affect the body. Henry said her lab works with these clients to determine what the course of treatment will look like.
“We help them with proof of concept studies, discovery studies, all the way to pre-clinical studies in animals or model systems,” she said.
The firm considered other locations during their search for space such as Activation Capital in Richmond; Bio Health Innovation in Rockville, Md. and the University of Virginia Research Park in Charlottesville.
Henry started the parent company of the lab, YW August Company in Charlottesville. There are several subsidiaries of the parent company, including the lab in Prince William and a Center for Integrative Veterinary Medicine that is up and coming.
The company has formed a doctor’s organization entitled IV Docs for veterinary doctors and MDs, which will be membership-based and provide escalating levels of profit sharing and opportunities for these doctors to become leaders in the organization.
Henry attended UVA School of Business and moved to Charlottesville to get the “full UVA experience.”Henry said it was here that she started her business. Henry said they are a “translational medicine and science organization.”
Henry said pathologists are concerned with the “whole spectrum of the disease process” from inception to resolution. Henry said her new lab is currently leasing 440 square feet of space and they have five to six people currently working on site. Henry said they also have some scientists and pathologists working remotely.
