From DLittle at AugustaMed.com Wed Mar 4 16:42:41 2009 From: DLittle at AugustaMed.com (Little, Darrell) Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:42:41 -0500 Subject: [Vscls-members] VSCLS Annual Spring Meeting Coming Soon Message-ID: Good afternoon fellow ASCLS/VSCLS members, I hope everyone has had a chance to visit the VSCLS web site - www.vscls.org - to check out the educational offerings that the Meeting Committee has put together this year. Also this year is a joint meeting with the Spirit of Virginia Chapter of CLMA. Many thanks to all for the hard work in putting together this year's meeting program. You can download and print the registration form to send through the mail (please postmark by Friday, March 6th) or register conveniently online through PayPal. I hope to see you at the VSCLS Annual Meeting! Darrell Little VSCLS President 2008-2009 Program at a Glance Monday, March 16 7:30 - 8:30 am Registration 8:30 - 10:00 am Room A - Bernie Bekken - "The Weakest Link, Effect of Preanalytical Errors in the Lab Testing Chain" Room B - Elissa Passiment - Future of the Lab, A CDC Ongoing Report 9:00 - 10:00 am Room C - Tom Zimmerman - CMS Regulatory Changes and their effect on the Future of Healthcare Sponsored by SYSMEX 10:00 - 10:30 am Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 Room A - MCV Graduate Students: Schnaubelt - Challenges of Blood Donation in the Military: Theory, Research, and Applications Hutcherson - Measurement of Amylase in Saliva with Hitachi 911-Roche Diagnostics Assay Room B - Emily Hill - A Molecular Method for the Speciation of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria Room C - MCV Path Dept. - "Its not about you and me, it's about us and our relationships" 12:00 - 1:30 pm Luncheon Sessions VSCLS General Membership Meeting - All active VSCLS Members are invited. CLMA Membership Meeting - All SOV-CLMA Members are invited. 1:30 - 2:15 pm Keynote Speaker Dr. Kenneth Sisco, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute, Chantilly, VA "The Doctor's Doctor" 2:15 - 2:30 pm Coffee Break 2:30 - 4:00 Room A - Elissa Passiment - What's New on Capitol Hill? Room B - Linda Beck - "Snapshots of Hemostasis" 2:30 - 5:30 Management Session Room C - Suzanne McCall - "Influencing Outcomes Inside and Outside of the Lab" Sponsored by SIEMENS 4:00 - 5:30 pm Rooms A & B: Student Jeopardy 5:45 pm Awards Ceremony and Reception Tuesday, March 17 8:30 - 10:00 am Room A - Dr. Tipple, VA Dept of Health - Management of the patient with suspected or confirmed Mycobacterial infection Room B - Dr. Gastineau, Mayo Clinic - Blood Component Therapy: What Do You Really Need? 10:00 - 10:30 am Break 10:30 - 12:00 Room A - Dr. Randy Robinson and Friends - Hot Topics in Lab Medicine. Dr. Nelly Maybee: Vitamin D. Dr. Julie Plumbley: Hematology. Dr. Clint Merritt: C. diff Schedule subject to change.