Optional
Post-Event Day on Thursday, April 29
Molecular Diagnostics:
Community Hospital Laboratories!
A special one-day program on molecular
diagnostics for clinical labs and pathology groups!
Molecular
Diagnostics for Community Hospital Laboratories!
Optional
Post-Event Day on Thursday, April 29
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Update on best new molecular tests
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Expert advice on necessary steps to earn full reimbursement
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Overview of rapid sequencing and the whole human genome
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Molecular’s changing role in infectious disease testing
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What’s new in genetic and molecular cancer testing
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How molecular assays support MRSA & Infection Control
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Why patients are turning to hospitals for genetic testing
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Plus much more about profitable molecular testing in hospitals
Molecular
Diagnostics for Community Hospital Laboratories
7:00
AM–8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:00
AM–8:40 AM
Why Rapid Advances in Molecular Diagnostics Are Changing Clinical
Practices
Fredrick L Kiechle, M.D., Ph.D.,
Medical Director, Clinical Pathology, Pathology Consultants
of South Broward, LLP, Hollywood, FL
8:40
AM–9:20 AM
Doing It Right when Establishing New Molecular Tests in your
Hospital or Pathology Laboratory
Mary Lowery-Nordberg, Ph.D., Director,
Molecular Pathology and Cancer Cytogentics, LSU Health Sciences Center,
Shreveport, LA
9:20
AM–10:00 AM
Molecular Testing Reimbursement: Mastering the Nuances Needed for
Full Payment
Jeffrey A. Kant, M.D., Ph.D., Professor
of Pathology and Human Genetics, Director, Division of Molecular Diagnostics,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
10:20
AM-11:00 AM
How Close Are We to Routine Human Sequencing in the Clinic?
Michael Egholm, Ph.D., Chief Technology
Officer & Vice President of R&D, 454 Life Sciences Corporation,
A Roche Company, Branford, CT
11:00
AM-11:40 AM
Today’s Hottest Molecular Technologies in Infectious Disease
Testing, with a Review of What’s Best in Next-Generation Tests
Joel A. Lefferts, Ph.D., Post - Doctoral
Fellow, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
1:30
PM–2:10 PM
Doing the Right Thing with Molecular Diagnostics in Cancer Testing
and Cancer Therapeutics
To Be Announced
2:10
PM–2:50 PM
Best Molecular Testing Playbooks for MRSA and Similar Infection Control
Efforts
Rodney C. Arcenas, Ph.D., Clinical Scientist,
Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, Pathology Consultants of South
Broward, LLP, Hollywood, FL
3:10
PM–3:50 PM
Patients and Direct Access Genetic Testing: Demand Soars as Consumers
Want to Know
Trisha Brown, Vice President, Director,
Clinical Affairs, DNA Direct, San Francisco, CA
3:50
PM–4:15 PM
Summary of Proceedings
Fredrick Kiechle, M.D., Ph.D., Medical
Director, Clinical Pathology, Pathology Consultants of South Broward,
LLP, Hollywood, FL
4:15
PM
Conclusion to Molecular Diagnostics for Community Hospital
Laboratories
Preparing for Clinical Use of Molecular Diagnostics! Growing numbers
of clinicians now use molecular diagnostic tests in their medical
practice. Savvy consumers are quickly finding—and demanding
molecular tests!
Molecular diagnostics is both a major threat
and a major opportunity. To help you sort
through the important issues, we’ve invited a panel of molecular
experts to share their insights, predictions, and recommendations.
In just one day, you’ll get the full range of information you
need to successfully guide your laboratory through the early stages
of the molecular revolution.
It’s your best opportunity to get the inside scoop
on molecular diagnostics. Our experts will guide you through the essentials
of molecular diagnostics in oncology, genetics, infectious disease,
and pharmacogenomics. You’ll get all the info you need to help
craft a winning molecular strategy for your laboratory and pathology
practice.
This is an essential one-day session you can’t afford to miss!
It’s your best opportunity to sort through the clutter and hype.
At day’s end, you’ll have the knowledge you needed to
develop a successful—and profitable—molecular
testing program in your laboratory!
