NEW Upcoming Event - Albert Nichols Symposium, Saturday, October 7, 2017
The inaugural Albert Nichols Symposium will take place Saturday, October 7, 2017, 8am - 6pm, at the Hilton Hotel Los Angeles Airport. This year's symposium is dedicated to endocrinology as Dr. Nichols was an endocrinologist. Future symposiums will address a variety of topics in clinical laboratory medicine.
The agenda will encompass presentations on a range of subjects including the latest treatments and findings on hypothyroidism, diabetes, endocrine hypertension, and more. The symposium is geared toward the following roles: endocrinologists, family practitioners, internists, pathologists, laboratory directors, medical technologists/technicians, medical technology students.
Registration is now open. Click here.
Agenda with Presentations and Speakers
| 8AM |
Registration / Coffee |
| 9AM |
Welcome and Introductions |
| 9:10AM |
Advances in treatment of hypothyroidism
Antonio C Bianco, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University, Chicago, IL
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| 10-10:15AM |
Break and Exhibits |
| 10:15AM |
IGF-I receptor as a long-awaited therapeutic target for Graves' ophthalmopathy
Terry Smith, MD
Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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| 11:15AM |
Pituitary Pitfalls: Challenges in the measurement of Growth Hormone and IFG-I
John Carmichael, MD
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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| 12-1PM |
Lunch and Exhibits |
| 1PM |
The increasing utilization of Mass Spectrometry in the Diagnostic Lab: where have we been and where are we going?
Nigel Clarke, PhD
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, San Juan Capistrano, CA
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| 2PM |
Endocrine Hypertension: Update on Laboratory Diagnosis
Walt Chandler, PhD
Lab Corp, Endocrine Sciences, Los Angeles, CA
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| 3-3:30PM |
Break and Exhibits |
| 3:30PM |
Thoughts about Low Testosterone
Stanley Korenman, MD
Department of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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| 4:30PM |
Progress in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes
Bill Winter, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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| 5:30PM |
Reception and Exhibits |