Flow Cytometry in Clinical Practice: Pitfalls, Advances, and Opportunities



 

This talk will cover the advances in clinical flow cytometry for hematopathology diagnosis.

Originally published on July 2, 2024


Lecture Presenter

David P. Ng, MD

David P. Ng, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Utah School of Medicine
Medical Director, Hematopathology
ARUP Laboratories

Dr. David P. Ng is a medical director of hematopathology at ARUP Laboratories and an assistant professor of pathology at the University of Utah. Dr. Ng received his medical degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. He then completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and a hematopathology fellowship at the University of Washington. Dr. Ng is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and hematology. He is the recipient of the Janis Giorgi Young Investigator award and the John H. Rippey Grant for Laboratory Quality Assurance. His research interests include minimal residual disease testing, clinical flow cytometry, and deep learning applications in flow cytometry.


Objectives

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Review critiera for when and when not to perform flow cytometry
  • Apply recent advances in clinical flow cytometry in leukemias and lymphomas
  • Discuss TP/PC models in flow cytometry

Sponsored by:

University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, and ARUP Laboratories