Join Us Wednesday, September 28, 2005
9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
for our Next Meeting


Sponsored by Quidel


Hosted by Somerset Medical Center

110 Rehill Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876

Fuld Conference Room, Lobby Level

(908) 685-2200


Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:30 – 11:30 AM

POINT OF CARE TESTS IN UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASE
Dr. Aleta Bonner, MD, DVM and Dr. Kent Lewandrowski, MD

11:30 12:00 PM Lunch
12:00 – 12:45 PM

The 1918 Pandemic – Can it happen again?
Dr. Carl Bergquist

12:45 1:45 PM Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Point of Care Testing Program  Dr. James Nichols, PhD
1:45 – 2:00 PM Wrap up

RSVP by September 23, 2005

To register for this meeting:

Directions

Somerset Medical Center
The meeting will be held in  Fuld Conference Room, Lobby Level

Parking: Somerset Medical Center provides free parking in the parking deck adjacent to the main entrance on Rehill Ave.

From Princeton: North on Rte. 206 through Hillsborough. Right at South Bridge St./Somerville exit (blue "H" sign). Right at second traffic light onto Main St. Go through one traffic light, then make third left onto Rehill Ave.

From New Brunswick: Easton Ave. to I-287 North. I-287 North to Exit 13B (Somerville/Rte. 28 West). West on Rte. 28 (Union Ave.) through four traffic lights, then turn left at Rehill Ave. (blue "H" sign).

From Northern N.J. and Morristown: South on I-287 to Exit 17 (Somerville/Rte. 202-206). Rte. 202-206 South to Rte. 22 East (blue "H" sign). Rte. 22 East for 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign). Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). Immediately after passing Van Derveer School on left, take next right onto Rehill Ave.

Alternative via I-78: West on I-78 to I-287 South. Exit 17 (Somerville/Rte. 202-206). Rte. 202-206 South to Rte. 22 East (blue "H" sign). Rte. 22 East for approximately 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign). Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). Immediately after passing Van Derveer School on left, right onto Rehill Ave.

From Newark area via Rte. 22: South on Garden State Parkway or NJ Turnpike to exit for Rte. 22 West. Proceed on Rte. 22 for approximately 20 miles. After passing under I-287, exit at sign for Manville, bearing right on exit road onto Rte. 22 overpass to traffic light at Finderne Ave. Turn right onto Finderne Ave. and follow to light. Turn right onto Rte. 28 (Union Ave.) Rte. 28 through one traffic light, then left at Rehill Ave (blue "H" sign).

From Whitehouse area via Rte. 22 East: Approaching Somerville, pass under Rte. 202-206 overpass and continue for approximately 1 mile. Right onto North Gaston Ave. (blue "H" sign.) Left at light onto Union Ave. (Rte. 28 East). After passing Van Derveer School on left, take next right onto Rehill Ave.

From Somerville Circle: East on Rte. 28 (West End Ave.) through first traffic light (Mountain Ave.). Turn left at second light onto Main St. and go through Somerville through four traffic lights, then make third left after light onto Rehill Ave.

Speakers

Aleta B. Bonner, MD, DVM

Research Director, Emergency Medicine Residency

Scott & White Hospital/Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Diplomat, American Board of Pediatrics

 

Kent Lewandrowski, MD

Associate Chief of Pathology      

Director of Core Laboratory

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Editor-in-Chief, Point of Care The Journal of Near-Patient Testing and Technology

 

James H. Nichols, PhD, DABCC, FACB

Associate Professor of Pathology

Tufts University School of Medicine

Director, Clinical Chemistry

Baystate Health System

Editor, Point of Care The Journal of Near-Patient Testing and Technology

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