Point of Care Testing

 

Second Annual Conference of the Northeast Local Section of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry

 

May 18, 2017

 

*Approximately 6.0 hours of continuing education credit (ACCENT) will be available.

 

 

Forefront Conference Center, 404 Wyman St, Waltham, MA 02451

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7:30AM – 8:30AM   Registration and Breakfast 

 

Session Chair: Roy Peake, PhD, DABCC

 

8:30AM – 8:45AM

Welcome & Announcements

Joel Lefferts, PhD, HCLD, NEAACC Past-Chair of NEAACC 

8:45AM –09:45AM

Topic title, TBD

Jeff Dubois, Ph.D., HCLD/CC, ABB, FACB, Nova Biomedical & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

09:45AM –10:20AM

Use of Glucometers in the Intensive Care Unit

Nicole Tolan, PhD, Beth Israel and Deaconess Hospital

10:20AM -10:55AM

POCT in Pain Management

Stacy Melanson MD, PhD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

10:55AM -11:20AM Break & Vendor Visits (25 min)
11:20AM–11:55PM

Blood Testing for Critical Care Past, Present and Future.

Sohrab Mansouri, Ph.D. Instrumentation Laboratory in Bedford, MA

11:55AM–12:30AM

Rapid and Quantitative Immunoassays From Finger Stick Whole Blood

David, Okrongly, Opko Diagnosis

12:30PM – 1:40PM Lunch & Vendor Visit  (1 hr and 10 min)

 

Session Chair: M. Rabie Al-Thurkmani, PhD, DABCC

 

1:40PM –2:40PM

Innovative POC Technologies

Kent Lewandrowski, MD Massachusetts General Hospital

2:40 PM –3:15 PM

The Current and Future State of Molecular POCT

Gyorgy Abel, MD, PhD, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center - afternoon

3:15PM – 3:40PM

Refreshment Break and Vendor Visits (25 min)

3:40PM – 4:15 PM

Molecular Sensors and Nanodevices: New Technology for POCT

John X.J. Zhang, PhD Thayer School for Engineering at Dartmouth-

4:15 PM – 4:50PM

e-Health and POC: Wearable and Smartphone-based Devices

Michael Pringle, PhD

4:50 PM – 5:00PM

Closing Remarks

Roy Peake, PhD, DABCC Current NEAACC Chair

5:00- PM - 7:30PM

Dinner (Separate registration)

  

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