American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Better health through laboratory medicine
Southern California Local Section Events

2013 MEETINGS

May 21 Southern California Section Meeting
Holiday Inn LA Intl Airport
9901 La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
David F. Schaffner Ph.D., M.T. (ASCP)
Medical Affairs Manager
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Charles Strom M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.P., F.A.C.M.G., H.C.L.D.

Senior Medical Director, Genetics
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
4:00 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 PM     Speakers
Program Information
 
March 19 Southern California Section Meeting
Beckman Coulter, Inc,
250 S. Kraemer Blvd
Brea, CA 92821
Robert H. Christenson, Ph.D.
President of AACC
Professor of Pathology and Professor of Medical and Research Technology
University of Maryland Medical Center
Gary L. Myers, Ph.D., FACB
Interim CEO of AACC
American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
4:00 – 5:00 PM     Board Meeting
5:00 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 PM     Speakers
Program Information
 
January 15 Southern California Section Meeting
Holiday Inn Los Angeles International Airport
9901 La Cienega Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Raj Pandian, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Director-Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
Ruben Bonilla Guerrero, MD, DABMG, FACMG
Director, Clinical Biochemical Genetics-Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
4:00 – 5:00 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 PM     Speakers
Program Information
 

2012 MEETINGS

November 13 Southern California Section Meeting
Holiday Inn Los Angeles International Airport
9901 La Cienega Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Oxana Tcherniantchouk, M.D.
Director, Coagulation Consultation Service Assistant Professor-Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Jerry Katzman, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic
4:00 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 PM     Speakers
Program Information
 
September 18 Southern California Section Meeting
Holiday Inn Los Angeles International Airport
9901 La Cienega Blvd. 
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Ramani S Wonderling, Ph.D
Scientific Affairs Director-Abbott Diagnostics
Keane Lai, M.D.
Medical Director/Division Chief-Chemical Pathology USC Norris Cancer Hospital and Keck Hospital of USC
4:00 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 PM     Speakers
Program Information
 
August 13-14 Introduction to LC/MS/MS in the Clinical Lab
Lecture & Hands-On Workshop
Phenomenex, Inc.
411 Madrid Ave.
Torrance, CA 90501
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Lunch will be provided by Phenomenex both days
Registration Form and Program Information
 
May 15 Southern California Section Meeting
Quest Diagnostics
Nichols Institute

27027 Tourney Rd. 
Valencia, CA 91355-5386
Beatrice Knudson, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Biorepository, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Azita Sharif
Founder & CEO, DSI (Daedalus Software, Inc. - The Biobank Automation Company
4:00 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7 :00 – 9:00 PM    Speakers
Program Information
 
April 17 Southern California Section Meeting
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
250 S. Kraemer Blvd.
Brea, CA 92821
Darryl Palmer-Toy, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente Regional Reference Laboratories North Hollywood
Greg Miller, PhD
President AACC, Professor of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University
4:00 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7 :00 – 9:00 PM    Speakers
Program Information
 
January 17 Southern California Section Meeting
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Ravi Majeti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hematology, Stanford University
Paul Riley, PhD
Product Manager, Diagnostica Stago, Inc. 
4:30 – 5:30 PM     Board Meeting
5:30 – 6:00 PM     Mixer
6:00 – 7:00 PM     Dinner
7 :00 – 9:00 PM    Speakers
Program Information
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