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Concepts in Method Evaluation: Verification of Manufacturer Claims for Commercial Methods and Instruments-191001 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B215)

26 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Guidelines, Instrumentation, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Nils Person ; Sten Westgard MS
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) establish clinically relevant performance goals for laboratory methods; 2) evaluate performanc... More...

Is LC-MS/MS Right for Your Clinical Laboratories? What You Need to Know About the Technology and Finance Before Bringing it to Your Lab.-191002 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B216)

26 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Instrumentation, Lab Management, Mass Spectrometry, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Deborah French ; Yan Victoria Zhang
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe the fundamental principles of clinical mass spectrometers; 2) discuss the essential c... More...

Laboratorians to Diagnosticians: The True Value of Laboratory Medicine in Endocrinology Practice.-191005 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

26 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Consultative Clinical Chemistry, Endocrinology

Speaker(s): Sutirtha Chakraborty ; Danielle Freedman
After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain the purpose and scope of various endocrine investigations for individual p... More...

Laboratory Director Boot Camp—What, When, Why, and How to Validate New Tests and Meet Regulatory Requirements-191004 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B218)

26 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Quality Assurance, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Keri Donaldson ; Wieslaw Furmaga
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) recognize the regulatory requirements that must be met before implementing a new laboratory te... More...

The Accuracy of Point-of-Care Glucose Testing and its Impact on the Management of Critically Ill Patients-191003 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B217)

26 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Critical Care, Endocrinology, Point-of-Care Testing, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Kathie Hermayer ; Yusheng Zhu
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) recognize the limitations of the current POC glucose meters; 2) recognize the pathophysiologic... More...

An Algorithmic Approach to Laboratory Hematology-192013 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B304)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Hematology

Speaker(s): Joan Etzell ; Tracy George ; Sherrie Perkins
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) integrate blood smear morphologic findings with clinical history and laboratory data to determ... More...

Concepts in Method Evaluation: Validation of Lab-Developed Tests, Modified Non-Waived Tests, and Highly Complex Tests-192006 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B215)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Quality Assurance, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Nils Person ; Sten Westgard MS
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) establish clinically-based performance goals for methods; 2) describe the studies necessary to... More...

Established and Novel Biomarkers of Heart Failure-192008 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B217)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cardiovascular Disease

Speaker(s): Hanna Gaggin ; James Januzzi ; Petr Jarolim
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe biosynthesis and degradation of natriuretic peptides and molecular basis of the BNP-h... More...

I Think Therefore I R: Using the R Statistical Programming Language for Clinical Chemistry-192011 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B302)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Informatics, Statistics

Speaker(s): Matthew Henderson ; Daniel Holmes ; Chris McCudden
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) prepare their data for import into R via a CSV file; 2) describe R data types (vectors, matric... More...

Interpretation of Toxicology Results in the Pediatric and Geriatric Populations-192010 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Forensics, Toxicology

Speaker(s): Laura Labay ; Robert Middleberg
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe metabolic differences in pediatric and geriatric populations; 2) explain how these di... More...

Laboratory Management Overview: ISO, TQM and Lean-Six Sigma Strategies-192012 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Lab Management, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Barnali Das ; Anthony Killeen ; Howard Morris
After attending this session, participants will be able to 1) identify ‘critical to quality’ components of TQM; 2) design laboratory process flow f... More...

Next-Generation Sequencing for Inherited Disorders-192007 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B216)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Genomics, Molecular Diagnostics

Speaker(s): Wayne Grody ; Karl Voelkerding
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain technical principles of NGS; 2) describe strengths and limitations of NGS; 3) discuss ... More...

Troubleshooting for Clinical LC-Tandem MS - Interactive Case Histories-192009 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B218)

26 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Mass Spectrometry, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): William Clarke, PhD,MBA, DABCC, FAACC PhD ; Alan Rockwood ; Judith Stone
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) list 5 important criteria for robust LC-tandem MS sample preparation development and validatio... More...

Nucleic Acids in Plasma: A Treasure Trove for Research and Clinical Applications-11001 (Georgia World Congress Center - Thomas Murphy Ballroom)

26 Jul 15
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Tracks: Cancer, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Genomics, Maternal-Fetal, Molecular Diagnostics

Speaker(s): Yuk Ming Dennis Lo ; Greg Miller PhD
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain how circulating DNA in maternal plasma can be used to detect fetal disorders; 2) expl... More...

From Gene Discovery to Novel Therapeutics for Prevention of Atherosclerosis-12001 (Georgia World Congress Center - Thomas Murphy Ballroom)

27 Jul 15
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Tracks: Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Lipids/Lipoproteins, Neurological Diseases

Speaker(s): Helen Hobbs ; Greg Miller PhD
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain how genetic information informs investigation of physiologic mechanisms of disease; 2... More...

Meet-the-Expert: From Gene Discovery to Novel Therapeutics for Prevention of Atherosclerosis-62001 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B218)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Lipids/Lipoproteins, Neurological Diseases

Speaker(s): Helen Hobbs ; Amy Saenger
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain how genetic information informs investigation of physiologic mechanisms of disease; 2... More...

Meet-the-Expert: Nucleic Acids in Plasma: A Treasure Trove for Research and Clinical Applications-62002 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B315)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Cancer, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Genomics, Maternal-Fetal, Molecular Diagnostics

Speaker(s): Yuk Ming Dennis Lo ; Greg Miller PhD
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain how circulating DNA in maternal plasma can be used to detect fetal disorders; 2) expl... More...

A Single Point of Truth: Strategies, Methods, and Tools for Effective Information Management-72106 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B306)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Informatics, Lab Management, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Matthew Henderson ; Chris McCudden ; Ron Schifman
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe strategies for effective information management; 2) identify software tools to enable... More...

Application of Biological Variation to Clinical Laboratory Practice-72107 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B310)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Factors Affecting Test Results, Statistics

Speaker(s): Roy Gerona ; Alan Wu, PhD, DABCC, FACB
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define the following terms: biological variation, reference change value, index of individuali... More...

Developing a Successful IQCP: Let's Keep it Simple-32103 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303 & B304)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Government/Regulatory, Guidelines, Lab Management, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Elia Mears ; Stacy Olea
After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) differentiate between external quality control (EQC) and IQCP; 2) identify the compo... More...

From In Vitro to In Vivo Diagnostics - Are We Moving into the Body with Diagnostics?-32102 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B308)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Emerging Technology, Instrumentation, Nanotechnology, Non-invasive

Speaker(s): David Erickson Ph.D. ; Jason Park ; Oswald Sonntag
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) discuss various aspects of novel and emerging technologies; 2) summarize the clinical applica... More...

Is This Normal? Real World Complexities Associated with Multi-Site Analytical Validations.-72105 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B305)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Harmonization, Instrumentation, Lab Management, Quality Assurance, Statistics

Speaker(s): Geoffrey Baird ; Dina Greene
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) summarize the importance of laboratory harmonization in an integrated healthcare network; 2) d... More...

Oral Abstracts - Clinical Outcome-focused Patient Care-32104 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B314)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Evidence-based Medicine, Utilization

Speaker(s): Matt Boisen ; Paul Collinson ; Patrick Erdman ; Steve Manzella ; Alan Solinger ; Ryan Tuttle
After this session, participants will be able to:1) describe the latest advances in clinical studies and how their results affect patient outcomes;... More...

The Clinical Chemist as a Clinical Consultant-32101 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B313 A/B)

27 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Consultative Clinical Chemistry, Government/Regulatory, Integrated Diagnostics, Lab Management, Personalized Medicine, Utilization

Speaker(s): Paul Bush ; Anthony Killeen
After this session, participants will be able to 1) explain the need and opportunities for an increased clinical consultative role for clinical che... More...

Biomarkers in Breast Cancer-72418 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B302)

27 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cancer

Speaker(s): Allan Jaffe ; Alan Maisel ; Max Wicha
After this session, participants will be able to:1) evaluate the categories of biomarkers currently available for breast cancer; 2) explain the cli... More...

Evaluating the Hypoxemic Patient: Oxygen and Oxygen-Related Parameters Used in Critical Care Settings-72419 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B306)

27 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Blood Gas, Critical Care

Speaker(s): Craig Rackley ; John Toffaletti
After attending this session, the participant will be able to: 1) evaluate pO2 and sO2 (%O2Hb) measurements in patients breathing room air, oxygen ... More...

Mass Spectrometry as an Immunoassay Complement: Best of Both Worlds-72420 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B305)

27 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Immunoassay, Mass Spectrometry, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Nikolina Babic ; Amanda Blouin
After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) discuss challenges and workflow differences in mid-size and larger community hospita... More...

Utilizing Lean Principles to Optimize Your Inpatient and Outpatient Phlebotomy Services-72417 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

27 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Tracks: Lab Management, Patient Safety

Speaker(s): Stacy Melanson ; Milenko Tanasijevic
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) discuss how Lean principles can be applied in phlebotomy; 2) list potential targets for proces... More...

Calibration Verification and Analytical Range Validation: Meeting Regulatory Requirements and Assuring Test Quality-72212 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Government/Regulatory, Lab Management, Quality Assurance, Statistics

Speaker(s): Russell Higgins ; Glen Hortin
After this session participants will be able to:1) define calibration verification, analytical measurement range, and clinical reportable range; 2)... More...

Case Study Approach to Differentiate Type 2 Supply Demand MI From Type 1 Ischemic MI: Role of High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays-32211 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303 & B304)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cardiovascular Disease, Consultative Clinical Chemistry, Critical Care, Utilization

Speaker(s): Fred Apple Ph.D ; Judd Hollander ; Allan Jaffe
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) understand that cTn is a biomarker used to detect myocardial injury; 2) apply how hs-cTn assay... More...

Circulating DNA Diagnostics for Prenatal, Cancer and Autoimmune Disease Assessments-32209 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B313 A/B)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Cancer, Genomics, Immunology, Molecular Diagnostics, Personalized Medicine

Speaker(s): Rossa Chiu ; Glenn Palomaki ; Dana Tsui
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe the technology and protocols used for circulating DNA analysis; 2) interpret noninvas... More...

Influence of Non-Glycemic Factors on Hemoglobin A1c: Fact and Fiction-32208 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B314)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Factors Affecting Test Results, Genetics and Genomics Disorders, Global Health Issues, Guidelines, Hematology, Immunoassay, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): William Herman ; David Sacks ; Mitchell G. Scott Ph.D ; Elizabeth Selvin
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe factors other than glycemia that alter HbA1c values; 2) list limitations to accurate ... More...

Interpreting and Establishing Reference Intervals in Neonatal and Geriatric Populations-72215 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B306)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Harmonization

Speaker(s): Khosrow Adeli PhD, FCACB, DABCC, FACB ; Lorenz Risch ; Oswald Sonntag
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) evaluate and manage normal or reference values in their daily routine work to prevent mislead... More...

Oral Abstracts - Omics as the Gateway to Personalized Medicine-32221 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B308)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Personalized Medicine

Speaker(s): James Berenson ; Allison Chambliss ; Alex Chin ; Jhuma Das ; Alison Todd ; Giovana Torrezan
After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe the latest advances in personalized medicine; 2) relate research in persona... More...

President's Invited Session: Waking Up the General Public to the Importance of Laboratory Tests, Using Effective Story Telling (Including the Story of Caring for Ebola Patients at Emory University)-32210 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B312)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Lab Management

Speaker(s): John Crothers ; David Koch ; Bruce Ribner ; Lori Silverman ; Alan Wu, PhD, DABCC, FACB
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe why storytelling is a more effective narrative form than descriptions, examples, anec... More...

Recently Approved Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)-72214 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B305)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Kidney Disease, Multiplex Lab Test

Speaker(s): Robert Fitzgerald ; Denise Geiger ; Kianoush Kashani ; John Kellum
After this symposium participants should be able to: 1) describe the pathophysiology of insulin-like growth-factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP7) and t... More...

The Opportunity to Integrate the Laboratory Into Patient Care Through Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Record (EHR)-72213 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B302)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Evidence-based Medicine, Government/Regulatory, Informatics, Lab Management

Speaker(s): Pamela Banning ; Riki Merrick ; Eugenio Zabaleta
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) evaluate any barriers at their facility to preparing/maintaining vocabularies and identify the... More...

Using CLSI EP19-A for Assuring Quality Throughout the Life of a Clinical Assay: From Conception and Validation to Verification and Maintenance-72216 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B310)

27 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Evidence-based Medicine, Government/Regulatory, Guidelines, Lab Management, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): J. Rex Astles ; Paula Ladwig ; Luann Ochs ; Curtis Parvin Ph.D.
After this session, attendees will be able to: 1) describe the various steps that occur during “establishment” and “implementation” stages of a te... More...

Exhibit Hall Closes

27 Jul 15
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM
Speaker(s): Angela Carr
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Hotel Industry Workshop: Contemporary Use of Troponin I: New Clinical Studies and Current Practice Guidelines (Marquis Ballroom Salon C, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Rob Christenson PhD ; Jack Zakowski
Assessment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by use of cardiac markers such as Troponin I is now routine.  Clinical practice guidelines wer... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: From Operations to Innovation: Driving and Sustaining Change in the Laboratory (Room A706-A707, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Dorian M. Choice, MS, MT(ASCP) ; David E. Muirhead ; Catherine Ochsner ; Sergio Sanchez Manchinelly ; Mark C. Sattler, MBA, FHFMA, FACHE ; Linda L. Spencer MBA, MT (ASCP)
Through meaningful change management, hospitals and laboratories can drive the standardized and sustainable processes needed to deliver improved pa... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: QC Frequency: An Objective Solution using Risk-based Principles (Room Regency V, Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Nikola Baumann Ph.D., DABCC ; Curtis Parvin Ph.D. ; Andy Quintenz
Every lab struggles with the question of QC Frequency. Bio-Rad introduces Mission: Control™, a software tool that enables labs to identify an... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: Sensitivity Matters: Transforming Clinical Decision - Making Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) with High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin (Room International Hall 6-9, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Fred Apple Ph.D ; Agim Beshiri, MD ; Allan Jaffee, MD ; David Morrow MD, MPH
In preperation for high sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) assays as the standard of care, this workshop will review key attributes that every l... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: Testing for Celiac and Non-Celiac, Gluten (wheat) Related Disorders (Room A703, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Lisa R. Davis ; Stefano Guandalini MD ; Jennifer North
Researchers have found that there is a spectrum of gluten-related disorders, which includes diseases and conditions that result from the ingestion ... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: Transitioning Your Institution to Next Gen Troponin T. (Room International Hall 5, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Christopher DeFilippi
The sensitivity of a Troponin test is critical in order to avoid missing patients while also stressing the importance of avoiding unecessary testin... More...

Art, Assassination, and America: How Transparency Disrupts an Industry and Changes a Nation-13001 (Georgia World Congress Center - Thomas Murphy Ballroom)

28 Jul 15
8:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Tracks: Global Health Issues, Guidelines, Patient Safety

Speaker(s): Martin Makary ; Greg Miller PhD
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define the heritage of American medicine; 2) identify disruptive innovations in American busi... More...

OEM Lecture Series: In Diagnostics We Trust? (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Alan Klug
Since 2011, Stratos has been working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to create a system that can quickly, easily, and affordably dia... More...

Industry Theater: CDC Recommendations on Syphilis and HCV Testing (Room Exhibit Hall - Theater 1)

28 Jul 15
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

Tracks: Industry Workshop Theater

Speaker(s): Dr. Yetunde Fakile, Ph.D. ; Dr. Saleem Kamili, Ph.D. ; Katherine Soreng, Ph.D.
Experts from the CDC will discuss the upward trend in cases of both Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Syphilis in the United States. Hepatitis C is espec... More...

OEM Lecture Series: Solving an Intractable Problem - Mitigating Sample Specific Interferences in Clinical Samples Utilizing a Novel Surface Chemistry Approach (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Joshua Soldo
Interference is a substance present in a patient specimen that can alter the correct value of the result by interfering with antibody binding, or t... More...

Meet-The-Expert: Art, Assassination, and America: How Transparency Disrupts an Industry and Changes a Nation-63001 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B315)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Global Health Issues, Guidelines, Patient Safety

Speaker(s): Martin Makary ; Greg Miller PhD
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define the heritage of American medicine; 2) identify disruptive innovations in American busi... More...

Advanced Applications of Next Generation Sequencing, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacometabolomics-73109 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Molecular Diagnostics, Pharmacogenomics

Speaker(s): Maurizio Ferrari ; Steven Wong Ph.D., DABCC (TC), FACB
After the session, the participants will be able to: 1) perform genetic testing by classical Sanger methods and the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS... More...

Challenges and Clinical Impacts of Standardization of Immunoassays-73107 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Immunoassay, Quality Assurance, Standardization

Speaker(s): Bernard Cook ; Catharine Sturgeon ; Alan Wu, PhD, DABCC, FACB
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain the rationale of immunoassay standardization efforts; 2) describe effective standardiz... More...

Challenges and Opportunities in Post-Translational Glycosylation-33103 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B309)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cancer, Emerging Technology, Immunology, Metabolites, Microbiology, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Anders Berg, MD, PhD ; David Smith ; Sean Stowell
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define the process of post-translational modifications; 2) explain current limitations in det... More...

Compliance Issues in POCT: Processes, Personnel Qualifications and Competency Assessment-73106 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B302)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Government/Regulatory, Lab Management, Point-of-Care Testing, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Elia Mears
After attending this session, participants will be able to: 1) evaluate competency of testing personnel utilizing the regulatory assessment criteri... More...

Contemporary Urine Testing: State of the Art and Applications for the Next Generation-73110 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B304)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Testing Methods, Urinalysis

Speaker(s): Alexander Kratz ; Alex Rai ; Timothy Skelton
After this session, participants will be able to 1) identify possible sources of error and limitations of urine testing; 2) describe the variables ... More...

Lights! Camera! Chemical Reaction!-33102 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B308)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: History, Instrumentation, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): James Faix ; Mark Griep
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe historical events that have influenced the practice of medicine; 2) list key advances... More...

Managing Laboratory Finances as Payment Models Change-73108 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B306)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Government/Regulatory, Lab Management

Speaker(s): Rodney Forsman ; Judy Lien ; Anne Pontius
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) determine actual costs associated with providing laboratory services; 2) utilize a demonstrate... More...

Next Generation Genomics and Personalized Medicine.-33101 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B314)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cancer, Emerging Technology, Molecular Diagnostics, Patient Safety, Personalized Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, Testing Methods, Utilization

Speaker(s): Eleftherios Diamandis MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FRSC ; Richard Schilsky
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define how tumor cells can be genotyped and how this information can be used to select the mos... More...

Oral Abstracts - Endocrinology in Preventive and Chronic Care-33104 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B312)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Endocrinology

Speaker(s): Alex Chin ; Nicholas Heger ; Ajay Kumar ; Laura Smy ; Karen Tan
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe the latest advances in endocrine testing for disease prevention and management of chr... More...

Risk Stratification for Patients Prescribed Controlled Substances: How Can We Effectively Manage These Patients Without Breaking the Bank?-33123 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B216 & B217)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker(s): Stacy Melanson ; Athena Petrides ; Marion Snyder
After attending this session, participants will be able to 1) articulate the importance of risk assessment in pain management; 2) discuss the lim... More...

The Marriage of Clinical Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry: A Technological Exchange of Vows and Partnership-33105 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B313 A/B)

28 Jul 15
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Immunoassay, Instrumentation, Mass Spectrometry, Microbiology

Speaker(s): Carey-Ann Burnham ; Marc Couturier ; David Grenache ; Joely Straseski
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) list the advances in mass spectrometry for organism identification in clinical microbiology; 2... More...

OEM Lecture Series: Next Generation Multiplexed Rapid Diagnostics for Point-of-Care Settings Enabled by MedMira RVF Technology (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Kevin Jones
The MedMira RVF platform is a patented, enabling technology for next generation rapid tests that provide fast, multiplexed results at the point-of-... More...

OEM Lecture Series: Smartphone Ultra-portable Reader for Diagnostics (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): David Erickson Ph.D.
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OEM Lecture Series: Advancements in Autoimmune Diagnostics (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Dr. Torsten Matthias
Latest advancements in automating IFA in Autoimmune Diseases. More...

Industry Workshop: Continuing the Conversation: Consulting in a Clinical Setting (Room Exhibit Hall - Theater 1)

28 Jul 15
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tracks: Industry Workshop Theater

Speaker(s): Michael Astion MD, PhD ; Anthony A. Killeen MD, PhD
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OEM Lecture Series: How Strategic Decision Makers Can Accelerate Outcomes of Biomarker Information Analysis (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Adam Carroll, Ph.D
Information overload is a persistent problem for professionals interested in molecular biomarkers and is exacerbated by ‘single-use informati... More...

OEM Lecture Series: How Strategic Decision Makers Can Accelerate Outcomes of Biomarker Information Analysis (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Information overload is a persistent problem for professionals interested in molecular biomarkers and is exacerbated by ‘single-use informati... More...

OEM Lecture Series: Clinical Utilities of Culture-free Invasive Fungal Disease (IFD) Testing (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Jeffrey Lau
This lecture will include information about current clinical situations of IFD, current technologies and products available for the detection of IF... More...

OEM Lecture Series: Rapid Response Programs: Overcoming Engineering Challenges in Instrument Development (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Darren Lewis, Ph.D.
IDEX Health & and Science has developed a new break through Rapid Response Program that enables engineers to quickly prove feasibility of a flu... More...

Industry Workshop Theater: Laboratory Diagnosis of von Willebrand Disease (Room Exhibit Hall - Theater 1)

28 Jul 15
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Industry Workshop Theater

Speaker(s): Larry Smith Ph.D
von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is the most common congentital bleeding disorder in the world affecting both males and females equally.  This ses... More...

Advanced Applications of Next Generation Sequencing-73216 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B302)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Cancer, Molecular Diagnostics

Speaker(s): Helen Fernandes ; Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez ; John Howe ; Steven Wong Ph.D., DABCC (TC), FACB
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) apply next generation sequencing results to molecularly profile hematological malignancies and... More...

Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics-73219 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B305)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Immunology, TDM, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Julio Delgado ; Daniel Mytych ; Melissa Snyder
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) list the classes of monoclonal antibody therapeutics and their clinical applications; 2) descr... More...

Ebola Virus Disease: Inside the Serious Communicable Diseases Unit at Emory University Hospital-33212 (Georgia World Congress Center - Thomas Murphy Ballroom)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Emergency Preparedness, Global Health Issues, Government/Regulatory, Point-of-Care Testing

Speaker(s): Eileen Burd ; Crystal Evans ; Colleen Kraft
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) summarize the on-going oversight, preparedness activities, and activation of the Serious Commu... More...

In Quest to Cut and Paste: Optimizing Truly Individualized Quality Control Plans (IQCPs) Through POCC and Vendor Collaboration-73220 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B306)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Blood Gas, Government/Regulatory, Point-of-Care Testing, Quality Assurance

Speaker(s): Kerstin Halverson ; Peggy Mann ; Kim Skala MT (ASCP)
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) define the minimum components needed for an IQCP; 2) identify what will need to be assessed at... More...

Interviewing 101: Strategies for Successful Hiring, Getting a Job, and Negotiating an Offer-73217 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B303)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Lab Management

Speaker(s): Christina Lockwood ; Chris McCudden ; Carmen Wiley
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain the interview and job offer process from the interviewer and interviewee perspectives;... More...

Laboratory Identifcation of Hemoglobinopathies: A Case Study Approach-73215 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B301)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Consultative Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Testing Methods

Speaker(s): Thomas Burgess ; David Keren
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) describe the advantages and limitations of technologies for the identification of hemoglobinop... More...

Laboratory Medicine’s Role in Reducing Health Disparities-73218 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B304)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Personalized Medicine

Speaker(s): Melinda Aldrich ; Octavia Palmer ; Alison Woodworth
After this session participants will be able to: 1) define the laboratorian’s role in identification and reduction of health disparities; 2) expla... More...

Laboratory Test Utilization: Leading the Charge Towards Lab Stewardship-73221 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B310)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Informatics, Lab Management, Utilization

Speaker(s): Robert Benirschke ; Kevin Foley ; Jonathan Hoyne
At the end of this session, the participants will be able to: 1) identify the role of laboratory utilization on increasing health care costs; 2) ex... More...

Late Breaking POCT Symposium: Clarity for Waived Glucose Monitoring Programs - From the Experts-33223 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B216 & B217)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Point-of-Care Testing

Speaker(s): Karen Dyer ; Timothy Isbell ; Brad Karon ; Ross Molinaro
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) explain off-label use and test modification with glucose monitoring devices; 2) describe the i... More...

Late Breaking Session: Clinical Chemistry’s Hot Topics of 2015: Disruptive Innovation in Laboratory Medicine-33214 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B313 A/B)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Automation, Point-of-Care Testing

Speaker(s): Eugene Chan ; Graham Cooks ; Nader Rifai ; Carl Wittwer
After attending this session participants will be able to: 1) explain the implication of reducing PCR time from the current 10-30 min to 15-60 sec ... More...

Nanotechnology in Clinical Applications-33222 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B308)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Biomarkers, Cancer, Emerging Technology, Instrumentation, Molecular Diagnostics, Nanotechnology, Point-of-Care Testing

Speaker(s): Paul Joseph ; Gabriel Kwong ; Pradnya Samant ; A. Fatih Sarioglu ; Susan Thomas ; Jian Xu
After this session, participants will be able to: 1)describe basics of biological research using nanotechnology; 2) identify nanotechnology clinica... More...

Urine Free Cortisol: Pros and Cons-33211 (Room Georgia World Congress Center - B312)

28 Jul 15
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Endocrinology, Guidelines, Immunoassay, Mass Spectrometry, Metabolites

Speaker(s): Wiebke Arlt ; Richard Auchus ; David Sacks ; Ravinder Singh
After this session, participants will be able to: 1) list the methods available to measure urine free cortisol and the advantages of each; 2) descr... More...

Distributor Executive Perspectives – New Realities in the Laboratory & Diagnostics Market (Room Exhibit Hall Theater 2)

28 Jul 15
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Lecture Series

Speaker(s): Ian Fardy ; Donna Gardiner ; Doug Shaver (invited) ; Tim Smith
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Industry Theater: Clinical and Economic Value of Antifactor Xa (Anti-Xa) Monitoring in Patients Receiving Heparin (Room Exhibit Hall - Theater 1)

28 Jul 15
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Industry Workshop Theater

Speaker(s): Michael Laposata MD, PhD ; Mark Triscott PhD
Methods for monitoring patients receiving unfractionated heparin (UFH) and Low Molecular Weight heparin (LMWH) anticoagulation therapy will be revi... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: A Shift in Perspective – How New approaches Using Mass Spectrometry are Changing Clinical & Translational Research (Room Regency V, Hyatt Regency Atlanta)

28 Jul 15
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Eleftherios Diamandis MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
This session will focus on how LC-MS is being explored for use in clinical and translational science for diagnosis, therapy, and monitoring of male... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: Blood Borne Virus Disease Transmission in Point of Care Settings - Is Your Facility at Risk? (Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Room A601/602)

28 Jul 15
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Thomas E. Davis MD, PhD ; Sharon Geaghan M.D.
View invitation and registration information. In this session, attendees will learn: 1) How to identify point of care testing practices i... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: HIV Testing - Progress Made, Preparing for the Future (Hyatt Regency Atlanta, International Ballroom S.)

28 Jul 15
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Berry Bennett MPH ; Berniw Branson MD ; Michele Owen Ph.D. ; Mark Pandori Ph.D.
The focus will be on HIV testing as it relates to the current recommended algorith. Past and current diagnostic screening tests and confirmatory (s... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: Secreted Phospholipases A2 and Cardiovascular Risk (Room A706, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): John Lamont ; Emmanuel Valentin
This workshop will provide an overview of the SPLA2 family and the different mechanisms played by those enzymes in the formation and destabilizatio... More...

Hotel Industry Workshop: The Cleveland Clinic Utilization Experience (Marquis Ballroom Salon C, Atlanta Marriott Marquis)

28 Jul 15
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tracks: Hotel Industry Workshop

Speaker(s): Donna Cooper ; Julie White
We will be presenting an overview of how Cleveland Clinic has implemented a successful laboratory test utilization program in the clinical setting ... More...
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