Spring Symposium 2018

Thursday - March 29th, 2018

0745 - 0825 Registration

0830 - 0925 Opening Keynote: Medical Laboratory Professionals, Critical Values…Critical Care M. Susan Butler Ching, PNP-AC, Phoenix Children's Hospital

0930 - 1025 Biofire/MALDI TOF in the Microbiology Lab Joe Huynh, PhD, AZ Dept of Health Services

1030 - 1045 Break/Game #1

1045 - 1215 The Prostate Health Index -*phi, A Simple Blood Test for Better Prostate Cancer Detection Thomas K. Bane, PhD, PPM, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

1215 - 1400 Lunch/Game #2/Vendor Time

1400 - 1455 To Believe or Not to Believe – That is the Question in the Coagulation Laboratory: A Case-Driven Review of the Confounding Nature of Anticoagulant Therapy J. Michael Taylor, MS, AVP, Laboratory Corporation of America, LLC / Colorado Coagulation

1500 - 1625 Promotion of clinical laboratory science to students, patients and their families Alan Wu, Ph.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UC San Francisco, Co-core lab director, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

1630 - 1730 ASCLS Member Meeting - Happy Hour to follow for those interested

Friday - March 30th, 2018

0745 - 0825 Registration

0830 - 0925 Patient Blood Management: Doing the Right Thing for Patients Mary Townsend, MD, Blood Systems

0930 - 1025 Carbapenemase Resistance Testing at the State Public Health Laboratory J. Gage Patterson, MS, AZ Dept. of Health Services

1030 - 1045 Break/Game #3

1045 - 1215 Laboratory Challenges: QA, TAT & Staffing Shortages Adrienne Frazer, MHA, Administrative Director of Laboratory Services, Phoenix Indian Medical Center

1215 - 1400 Lunch/Game #4/Vendor Time

1400 - 1455 Forensic Drug Testing Irwin Fox, MD, Laboratory Director, Lab Express and Medical Review Officer (MRO), Physician Services

1500 - 1625 Closing Keynote: Our Finest Hour - Las Vegas Mass Shooting Shannon Billings, MS, MLS(ASCP) Laboratory Manager, Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center