In July 2023, we changed our name from AACC (short for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry) to the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM). The following page links to resources that were written prior to the rebranding and/or mentions events that took place prior to the rebranding and that contain mentions of the association’s old name.
To add or update listings, please contact Caitlin Mone.
2023
November 8
Health is Wealth: Equitable Clinical Laboratories Create Thriving Communities
6:00 am - 7:00 pm ET
Program Information
2022
April 15
2022 Spring Virtual Conference
11:00 am - 3:00 pm ET
Program:
11am- 12 noon: Key Note Speaker
Big Data and Machine Learning in Laboratory Medicine
Stephen Master MD PhD
President, American Association of Clinical Chemistry
12 noon- 1pm
Solving Today's Problems and Enabling Tomorrow's Answers with Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
Frederick Strathmann, PhD DABCC-TC
1pm- 2pm:
Drug Screening by Immunoassay in Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide
Alec Saitman PhD DABCC
2pm- 3pm:
Identification and Quantification of Delta-8 THC in Clinical and Forensic Casework
Laura Labay PhD, F-ABFT, DABCC-TC
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March 23
Spring Educational Meeting
Program:
1:00 - 2:00 pm ET
Can Smart Apps Synergized with Rapid Technologies for Sexually Transmitted Infections Plug Health Care Continuum Gaps?
Dr. Nitika Pant Pai
Associate Professor-Department of Medicine, McGill University
2:00 - 2:30 pm ET
Breakout Industry Session: Battery Powered, Solar Sell Rechargeable, Mobile, Fully Automated PCR Biological Agent Detection Testing System
James Lipscomb, President and General Manager
X-Bar Diagnostics Systems, Inc.
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2019
August 4
Join the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Penn-Del Section for a Symposium at the 71st Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.
The Symposium will take place on Sunday, August 4th, 2019 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Contact Pradip Datta from the ADLM Penn-Del Section for more information.
2018
October 18
Fall Educational Meeting
Presentation and Speaker:
Lack of Scientific Rigor: Examples from the Worlds of Clinical and Forensic Science
Laura M. Labay, PhD, F-ABFT, DABCC-TC
NMS Labs, 3701 Welsh Road, Horsham, PA
2017
November 3
Local Section Meeting
Mass Spectrometry: From Small Molecules to Tissue Imaging
Yusheng Zhu, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Intellectual Property as a Seed for Innovation
Joshua L. Cohen, Attorney at Law
RatnerPrestia, Philadelphia, PA
Patent Protection in Biotechnology
Ling Zhong, PhD, Attorney at Law
RatnerPrestia, Philadelphia, PA
2016
July 31
Mini-Symposia: Current Topics in Laboratory Medicine co-hosted by ADLM Philadelphia Local Section and Thomas Jefferson University
Sunday, July 31, 2016, 1-4 PM
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown - Rooms 414 & 415
Presentations and Speakers:
Mass Spectrometry is Changing the Way in Which Newborn Screening for Metabolic Diseases is Performed
Michael J. Bennett, Ph.D. FRCPath, D-ABCC, FACB
ADLM President-Elect
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine; Evelyn Willing Bromley Chair of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Chief of Laboratory Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
A Pathologist's View of Genomically Informed Medicine: Precisely Personal
Stephen C. Peiper, M.D.
Peter A. Herbut Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Emerging Drug Trends in Toxicology Monitoring
Anthony G. Costantino, Ph.D., F-ABFT
President and CEO, DRUGSCAN
2015
October 8
The value of the laboratory, and the professionals who work there – and how to communicate that value to others.
Waters Corporation, 5205 Militia Hill Road, Suite 100
Plymouth Meeting, PA.
David E. Koch, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB
President, ADLM
Director, Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, and POCT
Grady Memorial Hospital
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
March 2
The Correct Specimen
Waters Corporation
5205 Militia Hill Road, Suite 100
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Thomas E. Burgess, Ph.D., DABCC, FACB
Technical Director, Quest Diagnostics,
1777 Montreal Circle, Tucker, Georgia 30084-6802
2014
December 4
Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacometabolomics for Personalized Medicine
Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc.
321 Jones Boulevard
Limerick, PA
6:30–7:30 pm Dinner (compliments of the Philadelphia Section)
7:30–8:30 pm Education Program, Followed by Q and A
April 17
Vitamin D Assays: What Do They Really Measure?
Temple University Diamond Club at Mitten Hall
1913 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
6:30–7:30 pm Dinner (compliments of the Philadelphia Section)
7:30–8:30 pm Education Program, Followed by Q and A
2013
December 12
Interpretation of Cardiac Troponin: Generations, Populations & Standardization
Temple University Diamond Club at Mitten Hall
1913 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA
6:30–7:30 pm Dinner (compliments of the Philadelphia Section) Cash Bar will be available
7:30–8:30 pm Education Program, Followed by Q and A.
July 15
Screening For Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Challenges And Controversies
Capital Grille
1338 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
6:00–7:15 pm Dinner (compliments of the Philadelphia Section)
7:15–8:30 pm Education Program, Followed by Q and A.