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Send your Writing!Eric Kaldjian, MD, Chief Medical Officer
The potential for non-invasive tests that provide equivalent research and diagnostic value as can be obtained from tissue biopsies is real, but not yet realized. Tissue biopsies allow for identification, phenotyping and molecular analysis of cancer and...
Mark H. Stoler, MD
Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are the etiologic agents for a significant fraction of many cancers in humans. Our understanding of the pathogenesis of these tumors has led to almost continuous refinement in our approach to managing patients at risk for these...
Mehrdad Nadji, MD
With the advent of the molecular techniques in the past ten years, there has been a steady increase in the utility of the diagnostic and predictive biomarkers in human tumors. In this educational exercise we will first examine what is the nature of these...
This program focuses on the key aspects of why people and organizations do or do not reach their ultimate mission. In this program, Dave not only shows the key reasons but also creates strategies and tools to help your participants make significant progress...
Steven Olsen, MS, HT (ASCP)
The speaker will present the journey to seek ISO-level accreditation by a high complexity laboratory. He will illustrate the choices made and the lessons learned–taking what may be seemingly scalating costs and challenges, and turning them into solutions with...
Steven Olsen, MS, HT (ASCP)
The greatest challenge in any organization is staying relevant. To stay relevant requires change and innovation. However, there are multiple human factors working against change and to be successful at continual change requires knowing the basis of human ...
James Burchette, HT (ASCP)
A review of fluorochromes and the specialized microscope used in immunofluorescence techniques will begin this presentation. A typical (human skin and kidney) clinical specimen will be followed from receipt in the laboratory, through freezing, cryomicrotomy...
Maureen Doran, B.A., M.S., HTL(ASCP)
Histology laboratories perform a wide range of special stains that include multiple chemicals many of which have unique hazards. This workshop will cover the appropriate handling of dyes and reagents used in special stains. The discussion will consist of...
Maureen Doran, B.A., M.S., HTL(ASCP)
Histology is an occupation that potentially places employees at risk of exposure to chemical hazards. Appropriate hazard and exposure assessment procedures are necessary to protect ourselves and assure a safe working environment for everyone.
Clifford Chapman, HTL(ASCP), QIHC (ASCP)
Skin specimens received in the histology laboratory for dermatopathology are among the most difficult to handle successfully. The pathologist must be able to see the dermal-epidermal junction in each tissue section in order to make a diagnosis, thus every skin...