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  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    The Journey of Infectious Disease Diagnostics: From Gram Stain to Next Generation Sequencing
    Location: Ballroom, Level 1
    Program Committee Moderator: Heba Mostafa, MD. PhD. D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Program Committee Moderator: Ryan F. Relich, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    An Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Journey: From Gram Stain to Next Generation Sequencing
    Location: Ballroom, Level 1
    Plenary Speaker: Robin Patel, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Molecular at Home and Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Program Committee Moderator: Heba Mostafa, MD. PhD. D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Yi Ding, MD, PhD – Geisinger Medical Center
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    10:15 AM – 10:45 AM PST
    Cost-Effectiveness, Economic, and Business Considerations for Point-ofCare, At Home, and Home Collection Testing
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Breakout Speaker: Kevin D. Frick, PhD (they/them/theirs) – Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    10:45 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    Integrating At-Home and Point-of-Care Testing into Clinical Care: Impacts on Physician Decision-Making in Real-World Settings
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Breakout Speaker: Jeremiah Hinson, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    11:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    FDA Perspectives on Molecular at Home and Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Breakout Speaker: Courtney H. Lias, PhD (she/her/hers) – FDA
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    AMP Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Moderator: Weiwei Zhang, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Lab ManagementOncologyInfectious DiseasesInformaticsInherited Conditions
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    There’s a Fungus Among Us! Next-Generation Molecular Testing in Diagnostic Mycology
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Program Committee Moderator: Ryan F. Relich, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Marie Smithgall, MD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Medical Center
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    1:15 PM – 2:00 PM PST
    Novel Molecular Approaches to Fungal Disease Diagnostics
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Breakout Speaker: Sean Zhang, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    AMP Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Somak Roy, MD – Cinncinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Breakout Speaker: Annette Leon, PhD, MS, FACMG – Fabric Genomics
    Panelist: Sabah Kadri, PhD – Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Panelist: Ryan J. Schmidt, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles/Keck School of Medicine of USC
    Lab ManagementOncologyInfectious DiseasesInformaticsInherited Conditions
  • Friday, Nov 22nd
    2:00 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    The Global Burden of Fungal Diseases: An Urgent Need for Advanced Diagnostics
    Location: 301 - 305, Level 3
    Breakout Speaker: Paschalis Vergidis, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Navigating the Landscape of Open Source Tools for Applications in Molecular Pathology
    Location: 220 - 222, Level 2
    Program Committee Moderator: Heather Blankenship, PhD – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Wesley Goar, PhD (he/him/his) – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    OncologyInfectious DiseasesInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Diagnosis
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Program Committee Moderator: Heba Mostafa, MD. PhD. D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Kenneth Gavina, PhD, D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – Indiana University School of Medicine
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    10:15 AM – 10:45 AM PST
    Multiplex Syndromic Panels: Challenges and Opportunities for Reimbursement
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Meghan Starolis, PhD – Quest Diagnostics
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    10:15 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    Developing Open-Source Bioinformatics Pipelines and Packages for Molecular Pathology
    Location: 220 - 222, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Malachi Griffith, PhD (he/him/his) – Washington University
    OncologyInfectious DiseasesInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    10:45 AM – 11:15 AM PST
    Multiplex Infectious Disease Molecular Panels: Technology and Challenges
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Linoj Samuel, PhD – Henry Ford Health
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    11:00 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Open-Source Bioinformatics Pipelines and Packages for Infectious Diseases
    Location: 220 - 222, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Robert A. Petit, III, PhD – State of Wyoming
    OncologyInfectious DiseasesInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    11:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Unraveling Complexity: the Clinical Benefits and Challenges of Syndromic Panel Testing
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Bert K. Lopansri, MD (he/him/his) – Intermountain Medical Center
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    21st Century Diagnostic Parasitology – The Roles that Nucleic Acid Tests Play in Parasite Detection, Characterization, and Surveillance
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Program Committee Moderator: Ryan F. Relich, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    2:30 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    Nucleic Acid Testing for Parasite Detection, Characterization, and Surveillance
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Marc Couturier, PhD D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – ARUP/University of Utah
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • Saturday, Nov 23rd
    3:15 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    What Can Multiplex PCR and Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Tell Us About Parasitic Infections and Outbreaks?
    Location: 211 - 214, Level 2
    Breakout Speaker: Susan Madison-Antenucci, PhD (she/her/hers) – NYS DOH, Wadsworth Center
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5