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2024 Meetings
May 2-3
New York Upstate & OSCC Joint Meeting
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
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2023 Meetings
May 4-5
New York Metro & Upstate Local Sections Joint Meeting
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2021 Meetings
November 11-12
CNYCLMA & Upstate New York Local Section 2021 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Laboratory Professionals Always Rise”
Turning Stone Casino Resort
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, New York 13478 USA
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May 13-14
2021 the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC) New York Upstate Local Section Spring Virtual Meeting
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2019 Meetings
November 14-15
CNYCLMA & Upstate New York Local Section Annual Conference
"Keep Calm and Lab On!"
Turning Stone Casino Resort
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, New York 13478 USA
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May 9-10
Upstate New York and Metro New York Local Section Joint Annual Meeting
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Thursday, May 9, 2019 (Day 1)
7:30-8:45 a.m. - Registration and breakfast
8:45-9:00 a.m.
Welcome and announcements
Dr. Amy Chan, Program Chair, New York Upstate Local Section, the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM)
Dr. Lusia Sepiashvili, Chair, New York Upstate Local Section, ADLM
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Keynote Presentation: CLIA Requirements for Proficiency Testing: Past, Present and (proposed) Future
Dr. Rex Astles, Health Scientist for Informatics and Data Science Branch, Division of Laboratory Systems, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Office of Public Health Scientific Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
10:00-10:15 a.m. - Coffee and refreshment break
10:15-10:55 a.m.
Proposed 2019 CLIA Proficiency Testing Limits: A Retrospective Review of Laboratory Performance Using Current and Proposed Criteria of Acceptability
Dr. Robert Rej, Wadsworth Center, New York State Dept. of Health and School of Public Health, State University of NY at Albany
10:55-11:35 a.m.
Cost of Quality in the Lab: Overview and Pre-analytical Examples
Dr. Leonard Dunikoski, BD Life Sciences
11:35 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Lunch
1:00-1:40 p.m.
When Vitamin D Has Lost Its Shine, Reducing Unnecessary Tests Now Is the Time
Dr. Paul Yip, University Health Network and University of Toronto
1:40-2:20 p.m.
High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Testing Outside the Acute Coronary Syndrome Setting
Dr. Peter Kavsak, McMaster University
2:20-3:00 p.m.
Keys to Successfully Conducting Biological Variation Studies
Dr. Paul Johnson, Upstate Medical University
3:00-3:15 p.m. - Coffee and refreshment break
3:15-3:35 p.m.
Unlocking the Power of Laboratory Medicine Data
Dr. Dustin Bunch, Yale University
3:35-3:55 p.m.
Assessment of Bias Between Total Hemoglobin Measurements from epoc, RAPIDPoint 500, and Sysmex XN-1
Dr. Zahraa Mohammed-Ali, University of Toronto
3:55-4:55 p.m. - NY Upstate Membership Meeting
6:00 p.m.
Wine and cheese reception at The Genesee Valley Club
Address: 421 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607
6:30-9:00 p.m. - Dinner and award presentation
Friday, May 4, 2018 (Day 2)
8:00-9:00 a.m. - Breakfast
9:00-9:40 a.m.
The Laboratory’s Role in Combating the Opioid and Synthetic Cannabinoid Crisis
Dr. Joe El-Khoury, Yale University
9:40-10:20 a.m.
Emerging Role of Clinical Proteomics in Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Vathany Kulasingam, University of Toronto
10:20-10:35 a.m. - Coffee and refreshments
10:35-11:15 a.m.
Trends in Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Chemistry
Dr. David Borts, Thermo Fisher Scientific
11:15-11:55 a.m.
LC-MS/MS Method Validation – An Update on Issues Identified via LDT SOP Reviewing Process
Dr. Zhimin (Tim) Cao, New York State Dept. of Health
11:55 a.m. - Concluding remarks
University of Rochester Conference Center
Class of '62 Auditorium
School of Medicine & Dentistry Entrance
415 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642
2018 Meetings
November 1-2
CNYCLMA & Upstate New York Local Section Annual Conference
A Whole New World: Breaking Barriers
Featured Speaker 2017 Nobel Laureate Professor Joachim Frank
Turning Stone Casino Resort
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, New York 13478 USA
May 3-4
New York Upstate and New York Metro Joint Annual Spring Conference
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2017 Meetings
November 9-10
CNYCLMA & UNYADLM 2017 Annual Conference
Turning Stone Casino Resort
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, NY 13478
May 4-5
Annual Spring Meeting
43 New Scotland Avenue,
Albany, NY 12208 USA
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2016 MEETINGS
May 5-6
Annual Spring Meeting
DoubleTree Hotel
6301 Carrier Parkway,
East Syracuse, NY 13057 USA
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2015 MEETINGS
November 12-13
Soaring to New Heights - Annual Conference
Turning Stone Casino Resort
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, New York 13478 USA
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May 7-8
ADLM Upstate New York 2015 Spring Meeting
Albany Medical Center,
43 New Scotland Ave
Room ME 300
Albany, New York 12208
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2014 MEETINGS
November 13-14
Joint Upstate NY Section of ADLM/ Central NY Chapter of CLMA Annual Fall Meeting
Turning Stone Resort and Casino
5218 Patrick Road
Verona, NY 13478
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May 1-2
Upstate New York Section 2014 Spring Meeting
Marriott Niagara Falls Hotel Fallsview & Spa
Niagara Falls, Ontario
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2013 MEETINGS
May 9-10
Upstate New York Section 2013 Spring Meeting
ACM Medical Laboratory
160 Elmgrove Park
Rochester, NY 14624
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