Join us on Friday, May 16th, 2008 in the QUEEN CITY

of Charlotte at the Carolinas Medical Center Main Campus


Agenda I RSVP by May 5 I Where to Stay I Directions


Agenda

8:30 - 9:30 

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 - 9:45

Welcome

9:45 - 10:00

Business Meeting

10:00 - 10:30

Ice Breaker

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 12:00

"Point of Care Testing in the ED:  Performance Improvement and Evidence-Based Outcomes”

Dr. James Nichols, Associate Professor of Pathology at Tufts University School of Medicine and Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry at Baystate Health. 

12:00 - 1:15

Lunch

1:15 - 2:30

“Rapid HIV Testing at the Point of Care” 

Dr. Sheldon Campbell, Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. 

2:30 - 3:00

Round Table Discussion

3:00

Closing


RSVP by May 5th:

Susan.Griffin@carolinashealthcare.org


Where to Stay: 

Rooms have been blocked at:

Hampton Inn located right next door to the Hilton Garden Inn.

530 E Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA 28202-2830

Tel: (704-373-0917

 

You must state you are with Carolinas Medical Center and would like our corporate rate.  The rates range from $89 to $99.  The hotel is located in the heart of Uptown Charlotte just 1 mile from Carolinas Medical Center.


Directions (click on either map for a pdf file)

The meeting will be held in the auditorium at the Carolinas College of Health Sciences located on our campus.  Here are some directions.

I-77 S to Charlotte

  • Take I-77 South to EXIT 9 (Wilkinson Blvd/I-277 E/John Belk Frwy/US-74E)

  • Take EXIT 9B to merge onto I-277 N / US-74 E

  • Take EXIT 2A (Kenilworth Ave)

  • Stay to the right and take the KENILWORTH AVE ramp.

  • Turn RIGHT at bottom of ramp at the light onto KENILWORTH AVE.

  • Turn LEFT at the next light onto E MOREHEAD ST.

  • Go to second light and turn RIGHT onto S KINGS DR.

  • Go to next light and turn RIGHT onto MEDICAL CENTER DR.

  • Parking will be in PARKING LOT B on your RIGHT.

I-85 S to Charlotte

  • Take I-85 South to EXIT 38 merging onto I-77 S/US-21 S toward COLUMBIA.

  • From here follow the I-77 S to Charlotte directions.

I-85 N to Charlotte.

  • Take I-85 North to EXIT 36 (Brookshire Blvd/NC-16).

  • At top of ramp exit to the RIGHT toward DOWNTOWN merging onto NC-16 S toward Charlotte.  This will become I-277.

  • Continue around downtown and take EXIT 2A (Fourth St/NC-16 toward Third St)

  • At bottom of ramp turn LEFT onto E 4TH ST.

  • At next light turn LEFT onto MCDOWELL ST.

  • At fourth light turn LEFT onto E MOREHEAD ST.

  • Go to second light and turn RIGHT onto S KINGS DR.

  • Go to next light and turn RIGHT onto MEDICAL CENTER DR.

  • Parking will be in PARKING LOT B on your RIGHT.

FROM PARKING LOT B:

  • From Parking Lot B walk towards the hospital.

  • At STOP SIGN, turn LEFT.

  • Follow sidewalk around to end of road.  Carolinas College of Health Sciences will be on the right.


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