American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Improving healthcare through laboratory medicine
New York Metro Local Section Events

2013 MEETINGS

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May 23 Standardization of an LC-MS Assay for Tacrolimus TDM
Mount Sinai NYU Health Center
Goldwurm Auditorium, 1st Floor
1425 Madison Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New York, NY
Reception:
6:00 PM
Lecture:
6:30 PM
Q & A: 7:30 PM
Presented by:
Donald Mason
Global Scientific Affairs Manager
Waters Corporation, Milford MA 01757

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April 25 Sepsis and the use of Biomarkers including PCT
Flushing Hospital & Medical Center
Auditorium 5th Floor
4500 Parsons Blvd. Flushing, NY
Buffet Dinner:
6:00 PM
Academic Program:
6:45 PM
Q & A: 7:45 PM
Presented by:
Connie Zellner, RN, BSN
Biomerieux Clinical Implentation Manager – Eastern US

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March 14 Physician Office Laboratory Testing in the Accountable Care Era
NSLIJHS - Pathology Conference Room on 2nd Floor
6 Ohio Drive, Lake Success, NY 11042
Deli Buffet Dinner & Social Hour:
6:00 PM
Academic Program:
6:45 PM
Q & A, followed by a tour of the NSLIJ Core Lab facility at 10 Nevada Drive (optional): 7:45 PM
Presented by:

JAMES M. CRAWFORD, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services
North Shore-LIJ Health System;
Chairman, Department of Pathology
Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine
10 Nevada Drive, Lake Success, NY 11042

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February 28 Celiac Disease and Evolving Diagnostic Methods
Mount Sinai NYU Health Center
Seminar Room 1st Floor
1425 Madison Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New York, NY
Reception:
6:00 PM
Meet the Officers:
6:30 PM
Lecture:
6:45 PM
Q&A:
7:45 PM
Program Organizer:

Dr Lakshmi Ramanathan
Director of Chemistry, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Yvonne Smiley
Laboratory Manager, Beth Israel Medical Center

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2012 MEETINGS

October 16 The 2012 Van Slyke Award Dinner & Lecture
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
511 Benedict Avenue
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Registration: 5:00 PM
Reception: 5:30 PM​
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Award and Lecture: 7:00 PM
Presented to:
Dr. James O. Westgard
President of Westgard QC and creator of the Multi-Rule Control Procedure known as Westgard Rules.

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September 13 Lecture: Use of NT-PROBNP as a Biomarker of Acute Heart Failure
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Seminar Room 2nd Floor
1425 Madison Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New York, NY
Reception:  6:00 PM
Lecture:     6:30 PM
Q&A:         7:30 PM
Presented by:
John W. Backus, PhD
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Director Scientific Affairs

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​June 19 The 2012 Ezra Levy High School Science Awards
Mount Sinai NYU Health Center Goldwurm Auditorium
1425 Madision Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New You, NY 10029
Buffet Dinner: 6:00-6:45pm
Awards & Presentations by 2012 Ezra Levy Award Recipients: 6:45-7:45pm
Special Lecture: 7:45-8:45pm
Allergy Testing in a Primary Care Setting
Jim Aguanno, PHD
Senior Clinical Specialist
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
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May 24 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Of Busulfan In The Clinical Laboratory
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Rockefeller Research Laboratories Auditorium
RRL-117; 1st Floor (Behind Elevators)
430 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065
Reception/Buffet Dinner:
6:00 pm
Lecture: 6:30-7:30pm
Q&A: 7:30-8:30pm
Laura Klimowski Bechtel Ph.D, DABCC
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Director of Clinical Pharmacology- Clinical Chemistry Service
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April 26 Update on Vitamin D
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Board Room, 1st Floor
4500 Parsons Blvd. Flushing, NY
(Corner of 45th Avenue & Burling Street)
Lecture:
6:30-7:30pm
Q&A:
7:30-8:00pm
Stuart Weinerman, M. D.
North Shore University Hospital/Long Island Jewish
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Lake Success, NY 10042
Assistant Professor of Medicine Hofstra North Shore-LIJ
School of Medicine Uniondale, NY
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March 20 Diagnosis and Monitoring Of Plasma Cell (Multiple Myeloma)
Mount Sinai NYU Health Center
Goldwurm Auditorium
1425 Madison Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New York, NY
Steven Marionneaux, MS, MT(ASCP)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Manager, Clinical Hematology Laboratories
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January 19 Acute HIV: Diagnostic Trends for Early Detection (Presentation)
Mount Sinai NYU Health Center
Seminar Room 2nd Floor
1425 Madison Ave. (corner of 98th Street)
New York, NY
Kara M Johnson, PhD
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