Convention Continuing Education Programs – Schedule at a Glance
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All "CAMLT Stars of the Laboratory Universe 2008" Continuing Education Programs
will be held at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel

FRIDAY

Friday, 9/19

Morning Courses

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
085-100 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Capillary Electrophoresis and its Use in Analysis of Serum and Hemoglobin Samples
Aigars Brants, PhD
Sponsored by: Sebia Electrophoresis USA

085-101 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Developing Quality Systems in the Clinical Laboratory
Marianne Silva, MS

085-102 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Part I: Impact of Molecular Based Bacterial and Viral Pathogen Detection on Women's Health; Part II: Molecular Oncology Testing Opportunities, Challenges and  Case Studies; Part III: Diagnostic Overview of Hepatitis
Nicole Robinson, PhD & Amin C. Riley-Portuges, CLS
Sponsored in part by: Roche Diagnostics, Inc.
Friday, 9/19

Afternoon Courses

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.

085-200 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
"A banana in my scattergram?  A review of automated hematology case studies."
Dora W. Goto, MS

085-201 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
William L. Roberts, MD, PhD
Sponsored by: ARUP Laboratories

085-202 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Part 1) Current Concepts in Monitoring Heparin Therapy; 2) D-Dimer Analysis: Review and Current Considerations
Diana Nelson, MT(ASCP)SH
Sponsored by: Diagnostica Stago, Inc.
Friday, 9/19
Evening Course
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
085-209 (1.0 CE/Contact Hour - Free with Paid Registration)
How California Laboratory Law Got to Where it is Now!
Karen Nickel, PhD

SATURDAY

Saturday, 9/20

Morning Courses

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
085-300 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Overview of Foodborne Infections
William F. Vincent, PhD
Sponsored by: Meridian Bioscience

085-301 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Linearity, Validation, and Correlation ... pre-analytical handling of new analytes prior to patient testing
Edd E. Epstein, MS
Sponsored by: HORIBAABX Diagnostics

085-302 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Changing Technology Challenges California Law
Karen L. Nickel, PhD & Beatrice R. O'Keefe, MBA

085-303 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
CAP Inspection Preparedness -  Maintaining readiness in the era of unannounced inspections
Melanie Osby, MD
Saturday, 9/20
10:00 a.m. -
12:00 Noon
085-309 (No CE/Contact Hours)
STUDENT FORUM - Free
Take the opportunity to see the future!  Laboratory students from around the state will present Posters or PowerPoint Presentations.  This will provide a chance for attendees to admire the depth of current student learning, and to be reassured that our laboratories will be left in highly capable hands.
Saturday, 9/20

Afternoon Courses

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
085-400 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Strategies for Appreciating Generational, Communication, and Cultural Differences
Jane Swanson, RN, PhD & Reid Swanson, MM

085-401 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
New Challenges with an Old Disease - Clostridium difficile & Blood Culture Pathogen Identification using PNA FISH
Margie Morgan, PhD

085-402 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
The Dedicated and Competent Phlebotomist
Imelda Gutierrez, CPT1
Sponsored by: Kaiser Permanente

085-403 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Pharmacogenomics and the Role of Companion Diagnostics in Personalized Medicine
Lony Lim, PhD
Sponsored by: LabCorp
SUNDAY
Sunday, 9/21

Morning Courses

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
085-500 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Forensic Toxicology and the Role of a Coroner Criminalist
Brian Waters, MS

085-501 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
QA ... an Overview
Edd E. Epstein, MS
Sponsored by: HORIBAABX Diagnostics

085-502 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Part I: Advances in Personalized Medicine: Heart Failure and Osteoporosis
Part II: The Value of Oral Fluid Testing

Part I: Michael K. Samoszuk, MD
Part II: Edward J. Cone, PhD
Sponsored by: Roche Diagnostics
Sunday, 9/21

Afternoon Courses

1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
085-600 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Part I: Molecular Testing in the Transfusion Service
Part II: Equipment Failure: Product and Process Evaluation in the Transfusion Service

Ihab Abumuhor, MS
Sponsored by: Bioarray Solutions

085-601 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
An Overview of Human Immunology and Autoimmunity
Elizabeth Crabb Breen, PhD

085-602 (3.0 CE/Contact Hours)
Hemostasis and Coagulopathies
Chris Ramsey, PhD
Sponsored by: Beckman Coulter

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