Short Topics

The short topics below are thirty minutes or less, and provided as an educational opportunity and resource for laboratory professionals. Our Spotlight series focuses on test utilization, new tests, and testing technologies topics.

*Please note: Our short topics do not provide continuing education credits.

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Podcasts

Spotlight Series

Mini Lecture

Behind the Making of MLL:

Vision and Mission by

Professor Torsten Haferlach, MD, D.Phil

MLL 2.0 – From See Behind to Go Beyond

by

Professor Claudia Haferlach, MD

ASCP Histotechnician/Histotechnologist Exam Preparation

by

Derek Bradshaw, HTL (ASCP)

AACC 2019 Booth Presentation:

Back to Our Roots: The Healing Power of Ethical Business Strategies by

Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS

AACC 2019 Booth Presentation:

The True Life Story of Automating a Hospital Laboratory by

Jo D Fontenot, MS, MT(ASCP)

AACC 2019 Booth Presentation:

Defining the Downstream Impact of Laboratory Stewardship by

Andrew Fletcher, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FCAP

AACC 2019 Booth Presentation:

Harnessing the Power of Pharm/Lab Collaboration by

Danielle C. Kauffman, PharmD, MBA

Point of Care:

Leading the Way by

Jo D Fontenot, MS, MT(ASCP)

AACC 2017 Booth Presentation:

Advances in Viral Hepatitis Testing by

Patricia R. Slev, PhD, D(ABCC)

AACC 2017 Booth Presentation:

Earning Customer Loyalty Through Tough Love by

Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS

AACC 2017 Booth Presentation:

Inborn Errors of Metabolism—The Needle in the Haystack by

Irene De Biase, MD, PhD, FACMG

AACC 2017 Booth Presentation:

Inflammatory Myopathies— A Laboratory Update on Autoantibody Testing by

Anne E. Tebo, PhD

AACC 2016 Booth Presentation:

Three Critical Success Factors to Fuel Lab UM Programs by

Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS

AACC 2016 Booth Presentation:

Utilization Management and Beyond: The Many Roles of Genetic Counselors in the Lab by

Sara Brown, MS, LCGC

AACC 2016 Booth Presentation:

All the Right Technology in All the Right Places: The Necessary Evolution of Urine Drug Testing by

Frederick G. Strathmann, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC)

AACC 2016 Booth Presentation:

Molecular Detection of Gastrointestinal Pathogens by

Marc Roger Couturier, PhD, D(ABMM)

AACC 2015 Booth Presentation:

Cell-free DNA Tests for Non-invasive Prenatal Aneuploidy Screening by

David G. Grenache, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC

AACC 2015 Booth Presentation:

If Baby Could Talk: Laboratory Detection of Prenatal Drug Exposure by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

AACC 2015 Booth Presentation:

An Interferent No More: Measuring Thyroglobulin in the Presence of Anti-Thyroglobulin Autoantibodies by

Joely A. Straseski, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP), DABCC

AACC 2015 Booth Presentation:

Non-Invasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis by

Patricia R. Slev, PhD, D(ABCC)

Test Utilization Study:

Vitamin D Utilization Management Study: An Overview of Results by

Robert Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA

Joely A. Straseski, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP), DABCC

PainWeek 2014 Booth Presentation:

Making Sense of the Patterns: Is it Oxycodone or Not... and Other Compliance Interpretation Questions by

Frederick G. Strathmann, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC)

PainWeek 2014 Booth Presentation:

Understanding the Technology: Is Mass Spectrometry Really Better or Are Immunoassays Just Fine? by

Frederick G. Strathmann, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC)

AACC 2014 Booth Presentation:

Extreme Makeover: Lab Edition by

Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS

AACC 2014 Booth Presentation:

How Automation is Necessary to Achieve Six-Sigma Quality by

Charles D. Hawker, PhD, MBA, FACSc, FAACC, FACB

AACC 2014 Booth Presentation:

How to Estimate the Impact of Changing Laboratory Methods by

Robert Schmidt, MD, PhD, MBA

AACC 2014 Booth Presentation:

Risk Stratification in Heart Failure - The Role of Emerging Biomarkers by

David G. Grenache, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC

Painweek 2013 Booth Presentation:

The Clinical Utility of Pharmacogenetic Testing in Pain Management by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

Painweek 2013 Booth Presentation:

What’s in a Number? Can Quantitative Drug Testing Results Be Used to Delineate Partial vs. Full Dose Compliance by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

AACC 2013 Booth Presentation:

Children Aren't Small Adults! (and Other Pediatric Reference Interval Challenges) by

Joely A. Straseski, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP), DABCC

AACC 2013 Booth Presentation:

What’s in a Number? Can Quantitative Drug Testing Results Be Used to Delineate Partial vs. Full Dose Compliance by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

AACC 2013 Booth Presentation:

A Hippocratic Oath for the Diagnostics Industry by

Brian R. Jackson, MD, MS

AACC 2013 Booth Presentation:

Why Labs Request Clinical Information: Examining the Impact on Patient Care by

Elaine Lyon, PhD

Test Utilization:

Appropriate Utilization of Drug Tests for Pain Management Patients by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

Painweek 2012 Booth Presentation:

Strategies to Detect and Prevent Adulteration and Substitution in Urine Drug Testing by

Kamisha L. Johnson-Davis, PhD, DABCC (CC, TC), DABCC(CC, FAACC)

Painweek 2012 Booth Presentation:

Managing Costs Associated With Chronic Pain by Early Detection of Nonadherence and Cost-conscious Urine Drug Monitoring by

Gordon Nelson, C(ASCP), NRCC-TC

AACC 2012 Booth Presentation:

Roles of the Clinical Laboratory in Pain Management by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

AACC 2012 Booth Presentation:

Utility of Anti-Müllerian Hormone as a Marker of Ovarian Reserve by

Joely A. Straseski, PhD, MS, MT(ASCP), DABCC

AACC 2012 Booth Presentation:

Analysis Approaches for the Clinical Exome by

Elaine Lyon, PhD

AACC 2012 Booth Presentation:

Gastrointestinal Polyposes and Cancer Syndromes: Pathologic and Genetic Diagnosis by

Mary Bronner, MD

Test Utilization:

Improving Ordering Practices for the Diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori by

Marc Roger Couturier, PhD, D(ABMM)

APS 2012 Booth Presentation:

A Novel Approach to Drug Screening With Blood by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

APS 2012 Booth Presentation:

Cost-effective Utilization of Urine Drug Testing for Chronic Pain Management Patients by

Gordon Nelson, C(ASCP), NRCC-TC

APS 2012 Booth Presentation:

Patterns of Opioid Metabolites in Urine - The Buprenorphine Story by

Gwendolyn A. McMillin, PhD, DABCC(CC, TC)

Test Utilization:

The Changing Landscape of Fetal Lung Maturity Testing by

David G. Grenache, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC

Test Utilization:

Inherited Thrombophilia Testing: Pros and Cons by

George M. Rodgers III, MD, PhD

Kristi J. Smock, MD