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2023 MEETINGS SCHEDULE
February 16, 2023: 6:00 PM ET (Zoom broadcast at 6:45 PM ET)
Alison Burklund, PhD & Amogha Tadimety, PhD
Co-Founders of Nanopath
"Nanopath - Molecular Diagnostics for Women"
Hybrid Event details
Location:
The Engine
750 Main St.
Cambridge, MA
(The Garage, 4th Floor)
January 19, 2023: 4 PM ET
Ian S. Hagemann, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine
"Using Proficiency Testing Data to Improve the Performance of your Molecular Laboratory"
Virtual event details
2022 MEETINGS SCHEDULE
December 15, 2022: 4 PM ET
Joe Wiencek, PhD, DABCC
Service Line Medical Director, VUMC Core Laboratory, Vanderbilt School of Medicine
"Specimen Transport: Neither Heat, Nor Snow, Nor Gravitational Force"
Event details: a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
November 14, 2022: 6 PM ET
Gary Horowitz, MD
Chief of Clinical Pathology, Tufts Medical Center
"Chronic Kidney Disease: New eGFR Equations and the Importance of Albuminuria"
Location:
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Boston Old City Hall
45 School St.
Boston, MA 02108
More details here
October 27, 2022
Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD, FCAP
Professor of Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Emerita, Tufts University School of Medicine
"Overdose! 911"
Event details: flyer can be found here.
September 15, 2022
He Sarina Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
"Considerations and Recommendation of Developing Machine Learning Models in Clinical Laboratory Medicine"
Event details: a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
May 19th, 2022
Jeffrey Allard, PhD
Founder and President at Lakeside Life Science, LLC
"COVID as a catalyst for change in clinical research"
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here and a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
April 21st, 2022
Jacqueline A. Hubbard, PhD, DABCC
Laboratory Director, QualiTox Laboratories.
"Driving under the Influence of Cannabis"
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here.
March 17th, 2022
Vamsee K. Pamula, PhD
Founder and President of Baebies, Inc.
"Multifunctional Syndromic Testing to Maximize Diagnostic Yield on a Digital Microfluidic Platform"
Event details: a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
February 17th, 2022
Greg Miller, PhD
Professor of Pathology
Director of Pathology Information Systems
Co-Director of Clinical Chemistry
VCU School of Medicine
"Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate"
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here and a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
January 20th, 2022
Fran White
Founder and President, Regulatory Affairs, MDC Associates, Inc.
"Does Your Laboratory Have the Talent to Provide Clinical Research to the IVD Industry?"
via Zoom
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here and a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
2021 MEETINGS SCHEDULE
December 16th, 2021
Kara L. Lynch, PhD, DABCC, FAACC
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Co-Director, Core Laboratory, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Chemistry Director, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
"Analytical Detection of Drug Exposure: Embracing Novel Technologies and Alternative Matrices"
via Zoom
Event details: a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
November 11th, 2021 - Annual Student Night
David G. Grenache, MT, DABCC, FAACC
Chief Scientific Officer, TriCore Reference Laboratories
Laboratory Director, Core Laboratory
Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of New Mexico
"Solving hCG Testing Mysteries: Challenging Case Studies"
via Zoom
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here and a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
October 14th, 2021
Michael Laposata, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
"The Path to Indispensability for Laboratory Scientists"
via Zoom
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here and a recording of the meeting can be viewed here.
September 16th, 2021
Christopher McCudden, PhD, DABCC, FACB, FCACB
Clinical Biochemist, Division of Biochemistry, The Ottawa Hospital Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Lab. Medicine, University of Ottawa
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa Medical
Scientific Director of Information Services & Information Technology, EORLA Deputy Chief Medical/Scientific Officer, EORLA
"Big Data in Laboratories to Change Healthcare"
via Zoom
Event details: slides from this presentation can be found here.
May 20th, 2021
Michael J. Mina, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
"COVID-19 Testing for Pandemic Containment and Control"
via Zoom
April 15, 2021
Yachana Kataria, PhD, DABCC
Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry Laboratories, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA
"Clinical & Epidemiological Applications of SARS-CoV-2 Serology"
March 18, 2021
Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
"The Continuous Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Clinical Laboratories One year on: what have we learned after the news of COVID-19 first broke?"
via Zoom
February 18, 2021
Elissa Schechter-Perkins MD, MPH, DTMH
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of Emergency Medicine Infectious Disease Management
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine
"The Pandemic Life: Inside the Emergency Department During COVID-19"
via Zoom
2020 MEETINGS SCHEDULE
March 19
NEAACC/ASM Joint Meeting
Stefan Riedel, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
"Biomarkers of Sepsis"
Forefront Conference Center: Waltham, MA
April 30
Student Poster Competition
Abstract Deadline: April 20, 2020
Event Details: Information about abstract submission and prizes are here.
Location: Deveber Conference Room at Boston Children’s, Waltham, MA
May 21
NEAACC Conference
Jan Krouwer, PhD
Krouwer Consulting, Sherborn, MA
"Analysis of the FDA’s Adverse Event Database for Glucose Meters and Continuous Glucose Monitors"
via Zoom
October 22
Annual Student Night
Barbarajean Magnani, MD, PhD
Professor of Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Chief of Clinical Pathology and Director of Toxicology
"On the Topic of Toxicology and Celebrity Overdoses"
Forefront Conference Center, Waltham, MA
2019 MONTHLY MEETINGS
Registration details are posted on the Northeast local section of the AACC artery 2 - 3 weeks prior to the meeting. If you prefer, registration details may be sent directly to you via our email list.
If you would to be added to our email list or participate in an event, please contact Dave Kemble at [email protected]
November 21
Stacy E Melanson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Chemistry, Medical Director of Phlebotomy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
“Provider misinterpretation Urine drug testing results and the impact of laboratory interventions”
Forefront Center: 404 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA
October 10
Annual Student Night
Carmen Wiley, PhD
President of AACC and Chief Medical Officer at Veravas, Inc
“Alternative Careers for Laboratory Scientists”
Forefront Center: 404 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA
September 19
Athena Petrides, PhD
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Medical Director for Pathology Informatics and Assistant Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry Brigham and Women's Hospital
“Data Driven Laboratory Management: How to Capture and Use Data to Improve Laboratory Operations”
Forefront Center: 404 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA
2015 MEETINGS
November 19
Homicidal and Suicidal Poisonings: Lessons in Forensic Toxicology
Barbarajean Magnani, PhD, MD
Waltham Campus of Boston Children’s Hospital
Deveber Conference Room
9 Hope Avenue
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
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October 22
Mining Patient Data to Improve Laboratory Quality
Gary L. Horowitz M.D
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September 17
Analysis of Lysosomal Enzymes in Dried Blood Spots
Olaf A. Bodamer M.D, PhD, FAAP, FACMG
Program Information
September 10
Hands-On Development and Validation of LC/MS/MS Assays for Clinical Research Lecture & Hands-On Workshop
SCIEX Demo Laboratory
500 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, MA 01701
Program Information
May 7
Hb A1c testing:
Analytical choices, reporting units, and clinical ramifications
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
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April 16
The Annual AACC Northeast Local Section Poster Session
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
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March 19
Supporting Genomics in the Practice of Medicine
Forefront Center for Meetings and Conferences
404 Wyman Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
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February 12
Laboratory Assessment of Ovarian Reserve:
Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH)
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusettsn
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2014 MEETINGS
November 20
Communication of Scientific Information: the Clinical Chemistry Experience
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusettsn
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October 16
HIV Testing 2014
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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September 18
Enhanced microRNA activity is a novel oncogenic function of eIF4F
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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May 15
Interpretation of Cardiac Troponin: Generations, Populations & Standardization
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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April 17
Development of Novel Technologies to Detect, Treat and Prevent Infections
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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March 13
Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: Knowns and Unknowns
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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February 13
Cardiac troponins and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road
Waltham, Massachusetts
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Online Presentation
2013 MEETINGS
November 7
Annual AACC Northeast Section Poster Session
Children's Hospital Boston:
4th floor Atrium of the Karp Family Research Building,
1 Blackfan Circle, Boston MA 02115.
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Poster setting
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation & Judging
Program Information
October 24
Ultrafast Analysis of Drugs in Blood & Urine Using RapidFire/MS
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Dr. Vaughn P. Miller, Ph.D.
Applications Manager, RapidFire
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Biological Systems Division, Life Sciences Group Wakefield, MA
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner, Interaction and Networking
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation
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September 26
When Accuracy Alone Is Not Sufficient: New Roles For Clinical Chemists
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Gary L. Horowitz, MD
Director of Clinical Chemistry
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner, Interaction and Networking
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation
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May 16
From Lab-On-A-Chip to Lab-In-The Body: Miniaturization and Automation of Diagnostic Systems
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Axel Scherer
Bernard A. Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Applied Physics, and Physics
California Institute of Technology
6:00pm - 6:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm Presentation
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April 25
Pap Smears and HPV Testing
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Vijayalakshmi Padmanabhan
Associate Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
6:00pm - 6:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm Presentation
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March 21
Update on Analytical Issues in the Analysis of Vitamin D
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Mark D. Kellogg, PhD
Associate Director of Chemistry
Department of Laboratory Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
6:00pm - 6:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm Presentation
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February 21
Applications of MALDI-TOF MS in Clinical Microbiology
Hilton Garden Inn
420 Totten Pond Road, Waltham, Massachusetts
1-781-890-0100
Anna Lau, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology Medical Director, Clinical Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
6:00pm - 6:30pm Cocktails
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner
7:30pm - 8:30pm Presentation
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