Over 100 Years of Laboratory Experience
It's testing, connected.
Built out of need.
When we worked in operational roles in laboratories, we needed integrated laboratory support — but it didn't yet exist. DS2 was founded out of that need.
Today we help laboratories and service providers across the world connect their testing to a variety of integrated services to improve customer experience and to let companies focus on testing and growing their business.
“DS2's mission is to simplify and connect the critical services that support healthcare, diagnostics, and clinical research, enabling our clients to focus on delivering exceptional testing, advancing patient care, and improving outcomes.”
Operations command
Custom assembly lines
Temperature-controlled cold chain
Racked inventory, ready to ship
From founding to the full stack
A short, deliberate growth story — anchored by quality, driven by technology, and shaped by the customers we serve.
2019
DS2 founded
Howard Slutsky and Jared Kearns launch Diagnostic Support Services after decades inside laboratories — building the integrated support partner they wished they'd had as operators.
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DS2 founded
Howard Slutsky and Jared Kearns launch Diagnostic Support Services after decades inside laboratories — building the integrated support partner they wished they'd had as operators.
2020
First national kitting contracts
First multi-state kitting clients sign on, validating the integrated-services model and seeding the foundation for a national distribution footprint.
22020
First national kitting contracts
First multi-state kitting clients sign on, validating the integrated-services model and seeding the foundation for a national distribution footprint.
2021
FDA registered
DS2's facility achieves FDA registration, establishing the regulatory foundation for handling medical devices and diagnostic products at a national scale.
32021
FDA registered
DS2's facility achieves FDA registration, establishing the regulatory foundation for handling medical devices and diagnostic products at a national scale.
2022
ISO 13485:2016 certified
Adds medical-device-grade quality management (ISO 13485:2016), opening doors to clinical-trial and IVD-manufacturing customers with rigorous audit and traceability standards.
42022
ISO 13485:2016 certified
Adds medical-device-grade quality management (ISO 13485:2016), opening doors to clinical-trial and IVD-manufacturing customers with rigorous audit and traceability standards.
2021
LNK2DS2 portal launched
Clients gain a self-service portal to order kits, track shipments, and pull chain-of-custody reports, replacing email and spreadsheet workflows for hundreds of lab partners.
52021
LNK2DS2 portal launched
Clients gain a self-service portal to order kits, track shipments, and pull chain-of-custody reports, replacing email and spreadsheet workflows for hundreds of lab partners.
2023
ISO 9001 certified
DS2's quality management system is independently certified to ISO 9001, formalizing the audit cadence, training cycles, and CAPA processes that already ran internally.
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ISO 9001 certified
DS2's quality management system is independently certified to ISO 9001, formalizing the audit cadence, training cycles, and CAPA processes that already ran internally.
2025
4x larger facility built for scale
DS2 moves into a purpose-built facility four times the size of its original footprint — featuring automated assembly lines, expanded biostorage capacity, and streamlined production workflows designed to support the next phase of growth.
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4x larger facility built for scale
DS2 moves into a purpose-built facility four times the size of its original footprint — featuring automated assembly lines, expanded biostorage capacity, and streamlined production workflows designed to support the next phase of growth.
2025
35M+ specimens annually
Combined kitting, courier, phlebotomy, and integration capacity surpasses 35 million specimens per year managed across the DS2 network.
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35M+ specimens annually
Combined kitting, courier, phlebotomy, and integration capacity surpasses 35 million specimens per year managed across the DS2 network.
Two operators, one shared belief
Build a company that is the diagnostic support partner we wished we'd had — integrated, technology-first, and accountable end-to-end.
Howard is co-founder of Diagnostic Support Services and serves as the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Howard has dedicated his career to the healthcare industry and has spent more than 30 years building and leading medical laboratory and healthcare companies.
Prior to starting Diagnostic Support Services, Howard was a founding member of Progenity, a women's health genetics testing laboratory and biotechnology company focused on novel and innovative technologies. While at Progenity, Howard served on the board and led the company's operational functions.
Before that, Howard was a founder of Sequenom's Center for Molecular Medicine, a molecular diagnostics laboratory, where he led operations and created the company's first commercial capabilities. Howard started his career at Quest Diagnostics, where he spent almost 15 years in a variety of roles and positions.
Career Highlights
- Quest Diagnostics (~15 years)
- Sequenom's Center for Molecular Medicine — Founder
- Progenity — Founding member, Board, Operations
- Diagnostic Support Services — Co-founder, Chairman, CEO
Jared is a co-founder of Diagnostic Support Services and serves as the company's Chief Technology Officer. In addition to leading the technology strategy at Diagnostic Support Services, Jared also serves as a founder and partner for Gistia Healthcare, a technology development and healthcare data analytics company.
Prior to this, Jared worked for Progenity, a genetics laboratory and biotechnology company, as the organization's CIO.
Jared was also the founder of the Kearns Group, a technology consulting organization servicing the needs of healthcare, financial and automotive industries.
Career Highlights
- Kearns Group — Founder
- Progenity — CIO
- Gistia Healthcare — Founder & Partner
- Diagnostic Support Services — Co-founder, CTO
Diagnostic support,
by the numbers
Two decades of partnerships, millions of specimens delivered, and a network engineered for healthcare-grade reliability.
Combined Years of Experience
100+
Laboratory Partners
500+
Specimens Managed
35M+
On-Time Delivery Rate
99.7%