| 1 | Univ Half Day Course | | | Understanding Clinical Coagulation Testing: Basics for the Non-Hematologist |
| Sean Campbell, PhD, DABCC, FAACC and Nadia Ayala-Lopez, PhD, MLS (ASCP) | 07/23/23 | 12:30-3:30 |
| 2 | Univ Half Day Course | | | Using Patient Data-Derived Biological, Analytical, and Preanalytical Variation to Optimize Patient Data QC/QA, RCV Calculations, and Test Ordering |
| Anders Kallner, MD, PhD | 07/23/23 | 8:30-11:30 |
| 3 | Univ Half Day Course - SOLD OUT | | | Next Generation Sequencing for Laboratorians: Understanding the Essentials |
| Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG and Jillian Buchan, PhD, DABMG | 07/23/23 | 8:30-11:30 |
| 4 | Univ Half Day Course | | | Drug of Abuse Testing: What Lab Staff and Providers Need to Know |
| Christine Snozek, PhD, DABCC, FAACC | 07/23/23 | 8:30-11 |
| 5 | Univ Full Day Course | | | Solving Problems and Resolving Challenges in Point-of-Care Testing |
| Peggy Mann, MS, MT (ASCP), CPP and
Jeanne Mumford, BS, MLS (ASCP) | 07/23/23 | 8:30-3:30 |
| 6 | Univ Full Day Course | | | How to Truly "Excel" at Data Analysis and Visualization: An Introduction to the R Programming Language |
| Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD and Patrick Mathias, MD, PhD | 07/23/23 | 8:30-3:30 |
| 7 | Univ Full Day Course | | | Establishment and Implementation of Test Methods into the Clinical Laboratory Using CLSI’s Test Life Phase Model |
| Paula Ladwig, MS, MLS (ASCP), J. Rex Astles, PhD, FAAC, Christopher Dailey, PhD,
Zhimin Cao, MD, PhD, DABCC, FAACC | 07/23/23 | 8:30-3:30 |
| 8 | Univ Full Day Course | | | LC-MS/MS Operations in the Clinical Laboratory |
| Russell Grant, PhD, Brian Rappold, BS | 07/23/23 | 8:30-3:30 |
| 9 | Univ Full Day Course | | | The Laboratory Leader as Strategist: Extending Boundaries for Clinical Laboratory Influence and Impact |
| Sedef Yenice, PhD, MBA | 07/23/23 | 12:30-3:30 |
| 10 | Univ Half Day Course | | | Serum Protein Electrophoresis: Best Practices for Everyday Interpretation |
| Katherine Turner, PhD, DABCC
David Murray, MD, PhD, MBA, MT (ASCP) | 07/23/23 | 12:30-3:30 |
| 11 | Univ Half Day Course | | | LC-MS/MS Operations in the Clinical Laboratory |
| Brian Rappold, BS | 07/23/23 | 8:30-3:30 |
| 12 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Accuracy and Reliability of Vitamin D Measurements: Observations Made by the CDC Clinical Standardization Programs |
| Otoe Sugahara, BS | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 13 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Ensuring Quality Measurements of Emerging and Traditional Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Diseases: The CDC Cardiovascular Disease Biomarker Standardization Programs |
| Alicia Lyle, PhD | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 14 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Impact of Blood Collection Tube Components on Clinical Assays: The Importance of Validation Studies When Changing Components Due to Supply Chain Disruptions |
| Raffick Bowen, PhD, MHA, MLT (CSMLS), DClChem, DABCC, FCACB, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 15 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Implementation of Alert System for Early Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury |
| Barnali Das, MD, DNB, PGDHHM, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 16 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Standardization of Laboratory Practices in a Multi-Hospital Healthcare System |
| Yun Trull, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 17 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | System-wide Futureproof Clinical Instrumentation Upgrade: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How |
| Xu Li, PhD, ASCP, NRCC | 07/24/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 18 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Communication as a Mechanism for Building and Keeping Teams Effective |
| Sara Love, PhD, DABCC, Jim Robinson | 07/24/23 | 10:30-12:00 |
| 19 | President Invited Session | | | Emerging Trends in Laboratory Medicine: Excellence from the Global Community |
| Heungsup Sung, MD, PhD, Katherine Hayden, FRCPath, CSci, EuSpLM, BSc, Stephen Master, MD, PhD, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 10:30-12:00 |
| 20 | Roundtable | | | Testing for CA125: Providing New Opportunities for Cardiovascular Medicine |
| Damien Gruson, PhD | 07/24/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 21 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | The Essentials of Implementing Patient-Based Quality Control |
| Sheng-Ying Lo, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 22 | Roundtable - 2 sessions | | | Thrombosis Testing: A Case Based Approach |
| Olajumoke Oladipo, MD, DABCC, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 23 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Implementing a New Test or a New Instrument? A Crash Course on Method Validation |
| Kornelia Galior, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 24 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | Adam McShane, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 25 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Bridging Emergency Medicine and Public Health: Clinical Toxicology Laboratory Strategies to Characterize Local Drug Supplies and Drug Use Patterns |
| Adina Badea, PhD | 07/24/23 | 12:30-2 |
| 26 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Assessing Kidney Function by mGFR and eGFR: Current and Future Approaches |
| John Toffaletti, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 27 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Calculated LDL-Cholesterol: Quo Vadis |
| Tahir Pillay, MD, PhD | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 28 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Advances in Courier, Drone, and Automated Laboratory Transport |
| Joe Wiencek, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FAACC, Jonathan Genzen, MD, PhD | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 29 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Stronger Together: Eliminating Racial Healthcare Inequities by Mitigating Systemic Racism |
| Octavia Peck Palmer, PhD, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 30 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | To Immunoassay or To Mass Spec: Lab Stewardship Questions When Bringing Antiepileptic Drug Assays In-House |
| Claire Knezevic, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, Alec Saitman, PhD, ASCP, DABCC, Adina Badea, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 31 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Risky Business: Mitigation Strategies for FDA-Modified and LDT Assays Using Alternate Specimen Types |
| Steven Cotten, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 32 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Stronger Together: Eliminating Racial Healthcare Inequities by Mitigating Systemic Racism |
| Esa Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP, Christina Pierre, PhD, DABCC, Octavia Peck Palmer, PhD, FAACC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 33 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Assessing Kidney Function by mGFR and eGFR: Current and Future Approaches |
| Jesse Seegmiller, PhD, DABCC, John Toffaletti, PhD, DABCC | 07/24/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 34 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | A Roadmap to Successful Data Analytics Projects at your Institution Today and in the Future |
| David Peaper, MD, PhD, Thomas Durant, MD, Patrick Mathias, MD, PhD | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12:00 |
| 35 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Multiple Sclerosis: Beyond Oligoclonal Banding |
| Joshua Bornhorst, PhD, DABCC | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 36 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | A Guide to Interpreting Complex Urine, Umbilical Cord, Meconium, and Hair Toxicology Cases |
| Joe El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Kamisha Johnson-Davis, PhD, MT (ASCP), DABCC, FAACC
Jacqueline Hubbard, PhD, DABCC, C (ASCP) | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 37 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Making Meaningful Medical Decisions by Incorporating Point-of-Care Testing: Case Based Discussions for Thoughtfully Implementing Point-of-Care Testing in Various Settings |
| William Clarke, PhD, MBA, DABCC, FAACC | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 38 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Quality Control in Molecular Biology Laboratories |
| Ashwini Kumar Nepal, MS, MLS(ASCP)CM | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 39 | Roundtable -2 sessions, almost soldout | | | Red Light, Green Light: Electronic Order Alert Strategies |
| Deanna Franke, PhD, MT (ASCP), DABCC | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 40 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Thyroid Disease in Pregnancy: How Much do We know? |
| Nazmin Bithi, PhD | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 41 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Making the Switch: Evaluating New Blood Collection Tubes for Clinical Chemistry Analysis |
| Nadia Ayala-Lopez, PhD, MLS (ASCP), NRCC, DABCC | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 ad 12:30-1:30 |
| 42 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostics and Therapeutics |
| Heather Nelson, PhD | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 43 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Implementing Point-of-Care Testing in a Freestanding Emergency Department/Urgent Care Setting |
| Kathleen David, MT (ASCP) | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 44 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Anion Gap: A Review and Reappraisal |
| David Alter, MD, MPH, DABCC, FAACC | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 45 | Roundtable -2 sessions, almost soldout | | | Implementing ICP-MS Elemental Analysis: From Streamlining Sample Preparation to Validation and Training |
| Anastasia Gant Kanegusuku, PhD | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 46 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Establishing Optimal Thresholds for High Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays |
| Li Liu, MD, PhD | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 47 | Duplicate listing | | | Implementing Point-of-Care Testing in a Freestanding Emergency Department/Urgent Care Setting |
| Kathleen David, MT (ASCP) | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 48 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Clinical Chemistry Comes to Hollywood! |
| Alan Wu, PhD | 07/25/23 | 7:30-8:30 and 12:30-1:30 |
| 49 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Risk-Based Quality Control: Changing the Way We Do Quality Control |
| Robert Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA
Joseph Rudolf, MD | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 50 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | AACC Healthcare Forum: Meeting the 21st Century Needs of the Laboratory Workforce |
| David Shiembob, MBA, C (ASCP) CM | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 51 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Reducing Waste, Creating Efficiencies, and Increasing Quality of Patient Care: A Case Study Review of Common Preanalytical Practices and How Small Changes Create a Big Impact |
| Christine Snozek, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Kacy Peterson, MBA, MLS (ASCP), DLM (ASCP)
Jessica DesLauriers, MBA, MLS (ASCP) | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 52 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Academy Distinguished Abstracts: Innovative Applications for Today and Emerging Discoveries for Tomorrow |
| Yusheng Zhu, PhD, DABCC | 07/25/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 53 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Infectious Disease Serology: Are You Still Ordering That Test? |
| Patricia Slev, MD, PhD, DABCC
Elitza Theel, PhD, D(ABMM)
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, FAACC | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 54 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Balancing Laboratory Workload and Costs to Patient Care: Method Selection and Testing Algorithm in Monoclonal Gammopathy Management |
| J Shirley Li, MD, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FCACB | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 55 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Optimal Testing: AACC’s Guide to Lab Test Utilization |
| Fang Wu, PhD, DABCC, FCACB, FAACC
Sridevi Devaraj, PhD, DABCC, FRSC, FAACC | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 56 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | The Clinical Laboratory’s Role in Ensuring Sample Quality Prior to Testing |
| Joe El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Dustin Bunch, PhD, DABCC
Eugenio Zabaleta, PhD | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 57 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Balancing Laboratory Workload and Costs to Patient Care: Method Selection and Testing Algorithm in Monoclonal Gammopathy Management |
| Alagarraju Muthukumar, PhD, MSc, DABCC
J Shirley Li, MD, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FCACB
David Grenache, PhD, DABCC, MT (ASCP) | 07/25/23 | 2:30-4 |
| 58 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Advancing Thyroid Function Testing Through the CDC Standardization Programs: Improving Accuracy and Reliability of Measurements |
| Uliana Danilenko, PhD | 07/26/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 59 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Emerging Technologies for the Next-Generation of Point-of-Care Testing |
| James Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FAACC, Peter Luppa, MD,
Guido Freckmann, MD | 07/26/23 | 2:30-5 |
| 60 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Establishment of Pediatric Reference Intervals |
| Li Zha, PhD | 07/26/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 61 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | False Cardiac Troponin Results: Laboratory Strategies for Capturing and Resolving Outliers |
| Janetta Bryksin, PhD, DABCC, FAACC | 07/26/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 62 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Laboratory Stewardship: How to Get Started |
| Andrew Fletcher, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM | 07/26/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 63 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Mass Spectrometry is a Game Changer for Clinical Diagnostics: Choose the Right One for Your Analytical and Clinical Needs |
| Nazmin Bithi, PhD | 07/26/23 | 7:30-8:30 |
| 64 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Nailed It: The Art of Excelling at Job Interviews and Chalk Talks |
| Vrajesh Pandya, PhD, DABCC | 07/26/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 65 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Newborn Screening and Follow-up for Metabolic Disorders |
| Uttam Garg, PhD, DABFT, DABCC, NRCC, FAACC | 07/26/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 66 | Roundtable -2 sessions, soldout | | | Strategic Planning in Laboratory Medicine |
| Mahesheema Ali, PhD, MSc, NRCC, FAACC | 07/26/23 | 12:30-1:30 |
| 67 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Difficulties in Reporting Complex Coagulation Results in the Era of New Anticoagulants |
| Catherine Hayward, MD, PhD, FRCP
Geoffrey Wool, MD, PhD
Morayma Reyes-Gil, MD, PhD | 07/26/23 | 2:30-5 |
| 68 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Chemistry Confessions: Constructive Conflict Resolution with Case Studies |
| Jane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC, William Clarke, PhD, MBA, DABCC, FAACC,
Frederick Strathmann, PhD, MBA, DABCC (CC, TC) | 07/26/23 | 2:30-5 |
| 69 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Clinical Chemistry Journal: Hot Topics in Laboratory Medicine |
| Jeff Meeusen, PhD, DABCC,
Kristin Aakre, MD, PhD | 07/26/23 | 2:30-5:30 |
| 70 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Diamonds are Forever: 75 Years of Laboratory Medicine |
| Robert Rej, PhD
David Alter, MD, MPH, DABCC, FAACC | 07/26/23 | 2:30-5:30 |
| 71 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | A Roadmap to Implementing Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers in Your Laboratory |
| Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, PhD, DABCC, Mari DeMarco, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Melissa Budelier, PhD, DABCC | 07/27/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 72 | Scientific Session 2.5 Hour | | | Choosing Targets for Laboratory Stewardship Programs: Results of a Cross-Institutional Survey and Lessons to Be Learned From Clinical Quality Measure Databases |
| Grace Kroner, PhD, DABCC
Lee Schroeder, MD, PhD | 07/27/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 73 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | Testing the Population Towards Eliminating Inequities in STIs: A Case-Based Toolkit |
| Nikolina Babic, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Vera Tesic, MD, MS, DABMM | 07/27/23 | 10:30-12 |
| 74 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 32109 Hype, Hope, or Already Here: The Status of Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening and Liquid Biopsies |
| Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG
Vera Paulson, MD, PhD | | |
| 75 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34111 Advocacy: How Lab Medicine Experts Improve and Positively Impact Public Health |
| Carmen Wiley, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Patricia Jones, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Dennis Dietzen, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG | | |
| 76 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 32224 To Immunoassay or To Mass Spec: Lab Stewardship Questions When Bringing Antiepileptic Drug Assays In-House |
| Claire Knezevic, PhD, DABCC, NRCC
Alec Saitman, PhD, ASCP, DABCC
Adina Badea, PhD, DABCC | | |
| 77 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 32104 Spanning the Spectrum from Pre- To Post-analytical Effects on Blood Gas Analysis: Updated Guidelines and Challenges in Modern Medicine among Different Patient Populations |
| Felix Leung, PhD, FCACB
J Shirley Li, MD, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FCACB
John Toffaletti, PhD, DABCC | | |
| 78 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34101 Laboratory Medicine Career Toolkit: What We Were Never Taught |
| Joe El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Sarah Wheeler, PhD, FAACC
Sarah Hackenmueller, PhD, DABCC, FAACC | | |
| 79 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34221 Chemistry Confessions: Constructive Conflict Resolution with Case Studies |
| Jane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC
William Clarke, PhD, MBA, DABCC, FAACC
Frederick Strathmann, PhD, MBA, DABCC (CC, TC) | | |
| 80 | Univ Half Day Course | | | 192006 Understanding Clinical Coagulation Testing: Basics for the Non-Hematologist |
| Nadia Ayala-Lopez, PhD, MLS (ASCP), NRCC, DABCC
Sean Campbell, PhD, DABCC, FAACC | | |
| 81 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34229 Diamonds are Forever: 75 Years of Laboratory Medicine |
| Robert Rej, PhD
Richard Baltaro, MD, PhD, ASCP, FAACC
David Alter, MD, MPH, DABCC, FAACC | | |
| 82 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34109 Infectious Diseases Serology Potpourri: Diagnosis of Common Congenital and Not So Common Viral Hepatitis infections |
| Elitza Theel, PhD, D(ABMM)
Patricia Slev, MD, PhD, DABCC | | |
| 83 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 32104 Spanning the Spectrum from Pre- To Post-analytical Effects on Blood Gas Analysis: Updated Guidelines and Challenges in Modern Medicine among Different Patient Populations |
| Felix Leung, PhD, FCACB
J Shirley Li, MD, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FCACB
John Toffaletti, PhD, DABCC | | |
| 84 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34106 Speed Dating for Analytical Interferences: Is There an App for That? |
| Mark Marzinke, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Jane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC
Alec Saitman, PhD, ASCP, DABCC | | |
| 85 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 32229 Risky Business: Mitigation Strategies for FDA-Modified and LDT Assays Using Alternate Specimen Types |
| Steven Cotten, PhD, DABCC, NRCC, FAACC
Jane Dickerson, PhD, DABCC | | |
| 86 | Scientific Session 1.5 Hour | | | 34105 High-Sensitivity Troponin: Strategies and Future Opportunities to Improve Patient Care |
| Kristin Aakre, MD, PhD
Richard Body, MB ChB, MRCSEd, FRCEM, PhD
Steven Meex, PhD | | |
| 87 | Chair Invited Session | | | 32442 High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin: Updates on Educational Recommendations from the IFCC Committee on Clinical Applications of Cardiac Biomarkers |
| Peter Kavsak, PhD, FCACB, FAACC, FCCS
Allan Jaffe, MD
Kristin Aakre, MD, PhD
Louise Cullen, MBBS(Hon), FACEM, PhD | | |