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Thank you for your interest in the AMP 2024 Annual Meeting & Expo! The AMP 2024 Program Committee has been working hard to plan a comprehensive program, which will have a number of Scientific Presentations, Corporate Workshops, Innovation Spotlights and Networking Opportunities. 

Full Schedule

  • Tuesday, November 19, 2024
  • 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM PST
    AMP Reference Materials Forum (Separate Registration)
  • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    Attendee, Speaker and Exhibitor Registration and Check-In
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Attendee, Speaker, and Exhibitor Registration and Check-In
  • 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM PST
    Board of Directors Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM PST
    Coat & Bag Check
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM PST
    GetAMPed! (Separate Registration)
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Corporate Workshops
  • 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM PST
    AMP Committee Meetings (Invitation Only)
  • 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    GetAMPed! (Separate Registration)
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    JMD Editorial Board Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    AMP Committee Meetings (Invitation Only)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST
    Volunteer Welcome Reception (Invitation Only)
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    MGP Program Directors Meeting
  • Thursday, November 21, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Attendee, Speaker and Exhibitor Registration and Check-In
  • 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Poster Set-Up
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM PST
    Break
  • 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM PST
    Coat & Bag Check
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Curated Resource List for Training and Continuing Education in Molecular Pathology (A Special EdCoP Event)
    EdCop Speaker: Thomas Lee, MD, PhD – Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente
    EdCop Speaker: Yang Cao, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis
    EdCop Speaker: Lulu Sun, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    EdCop Speaker: Erica Vormittag-Nocito, MD – Northwestern University
  • 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM PST
    Opening Remarks
    Plenary Speaker: Jonathan A. Nowak, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • 9:40 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    Award for Excellence Recognition
  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    30 Years of Excellence
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PST
    Break
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Exploration of Emerging Informatics Innovations
    Program Committee Moderator: Julie W. Hirschhorn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Geisinger
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Samuel Harvey, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Informatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Implementation of Carrier Screening for Autosomal Recessive and X-linked Disorders - Clinical Practice and Laboratory Perspectives
    Program Committee Moderator: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG (she/her/hers) – Belay Diagnostics
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Sara Akhavanfard, MD, PhD, FACMG – Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals
    Inherited Conditions
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Professional Relations Committee (PRC) Discusses AMP Lawsuit Against FDA Challenging Oversight of Lab Developed Testing Procedures
    Breakout Moderator: Megan Anderson Brooks, PhD – Innovation Policy Solutions
    Advocacy
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Strategies and Challenges of Measurable Residual Disease Testing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
    Program Committee Moderator: Amir Behdad, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Bing Melody Zhang, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Unveiling Viral Associations in Human Cancer Using Genomic Data
    Program Committee Moderator: Arivarasan Karunamurthy, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Parsa Hodjat, MD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    OncologyInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 11:15 AM – 7:00 PM PST
    Expo Hall Open
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PST
    General Lunch — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PST
    Networking Lunches
  • 12:00 PM – 6:45 PM PST
    Innovation Spotlights
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    Laboratory Automation: Key Considerations for Implementation
    Program Committee Moderator: Tracy McMillen (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Program Committee Moderator: Tessara Baldi, n/a (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    AdvocacyLab Management
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PST
    Break
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    AMP/CAP/NSGC Slice Testing—Considerations from Ordering to Reporting
    Working Group Moderator: Susan Hsiao, MD, PhD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Inherited Conditions
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Continuing Challenges to Providing More Provider and Patient Friendly NGS Molecular Biomarker Reporting
    Working Group Moderator: Anthony Snow, MD – University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
    Lab ManagementOncology
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Genetics Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Stuart A. Scott, PhD – Stanford
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Emilie Lalonde, MSc, PhD, FACMG – London Health Sciences Center and Western University
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Informatics Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Heather Blankenship, PhD – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Alexander J. Neil, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Tech Topics Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Tracy McMillen (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Zhuo Xinming, PhD – Columbia University Irvine Medical Center
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Coffee Break — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters (Award Applicant Posters Attended)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST
    New Molecular Genomic Discoveries in B-Cell Neoplasms and Clinical Applications
    Program Committee Moderator: Amir Behdad, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Florida
    Program Committee Moderator: Craig Soderquist, MD – Columbia University
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
    Welcome Reception
  • Friday, November 22, 2024
  • 6:45 AM – 6:30 PM PST
    Coat & Bag Check
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM PST
    Case Studies in Genetics
    Moderator: Sara Akhavanfard, MD, PhD, FACMG – Case Western Reserve University / University Hospitals
    Moderator: Eli Williams, PhD – University of Virginia
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM PST
    Case Studies in Hematopathology
    Moderator: Joanna L. Conant, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont
    Moderator: Kevin E. Fisher, MD, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
    Case Studies in Hematopathology and Infectious Diseases
    Moderator: Cecilia Thomspon, PhD, D(ABMM), MLS(ASCP)CM (she/her/hers) – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
    Program Committee Moderator: Amir Behdad, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Florida
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
    Case Studies in Solid Tumors I
    Moderator: Anna Matynia
    Program Committee Moderator: Deepika Sirohi, MD – University of California San Francisco
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
    Case Studies in Solid Tumors II
    Moderator: Marjorie P. David, MD, MSc – UT Health San Antonio
    Program Committee Moderator: Arivarasan Karunamurthy, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Attendee, Speaker and Exhibitor Registration and Check-In
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST
    Break
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    The Journey of Infectious Disease Diagnostics: From Gram Stain to Next Generation Sequencing
    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
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM PST
    Expo Hall Open
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST
    Coffee Break — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM PST
    Innovation Spotlights
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    A RefResher in Laboratory Statistics: Using R in Validations and Verifications
    Program Committee Moderator: Tessara Baldi, n/a (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Michael O. Alberti, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Lab Management
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Bridging the Dimensions: Unleashing the Power of Deep Learning in Precision Medicine
    Program Committee Moderator: Heather Blankenship, PhD – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Shrey Sukhadia, PhD (he/him/his) – DHMC
    OncologyInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Incidental Detection of Acquired Variants in Germline Genetic Testing
    Program Committee Moderator: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG (she/her/hers) – Belay Diagnostics
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Wei Shen, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
    Inherited Conditions
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Molecular at Home and Point of Care Testing for Infectious Diseases
    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
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Utilization of Cell Free DNA in Characterization and Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Lymphoid Malignancies
    Program Committee Moderator: Craig Soderquist, MD – Columbia University
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Zejuan Li, MD, PhD, FACMG – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PST
    General Lunch — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PST
    Networking Lunches
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    EAC Townhall: 2024 Review of EAC Activities & Legislative Efforts
    Breakout Speaker: Jay Patel, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories
    Breakout Speaker: Vicky Pratt, PhD – Agena Bioscience
    Breakout Speaker: Eric Vail, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Breakout Speaker: Lindsey Trischler, MPAP (she/her/hers) – Innovation Policy Solutions
    Advocacy
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    AMP Clinical Bioinformatician Body of Knowledge
    Breakout Moderator: Weiwei Zhang, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Lab ManagementOncologyInfectious DiseasesInformaticsInherited Conditions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    Analytics, Informatics, AI and the Expanding Role of the Clinical Laboratorian
    Program Committee Moderator: Tracy McMillen (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Shivaprasad H. Sathyanarayana, PhD (he/him/his) – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Lab ManagementInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    There’s a Fungus Among Us! Next-Generation Molecular Testing in Diagnostic Mycology
    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
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    Whole Exome Sequencing in Solid Tumors - the Changing Paradigm of Clinical Oncology
    Program Committee Moderator: Deepika Sirohi, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): John M. Skaugen, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM PST
    Coffee Break — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM PST
    Human Tumor Atlas Network: Mapping Tumor Transitions at Molecular Resolution
    Program Committee Moderator: Arivarasan Karunamurthy, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Program Committee Moderator: Deepika Sirohi, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM PST
    Break
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST
    Business Meeting and Awards Session
    Main Contact: AMP User
  • 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM PST
    Amazing Molecular Party (Separate Registration)
  • Saturday, November 23, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM PST
    Attendee, Speaker and Exhibitor Registration and Check-In
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST
    Break
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST
    Coat & Bag Check
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Language of Innovation: Navigating Large Language Models in Healthcare
    Program Committee Moderator: Julie W. Hirschhorn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Geisinger
    Program Committee Moderator: Heather Blankenship, PhD – Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
    Informatics
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM PST
    Expo Hall Open
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST
    Coffee Break — Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 9:30 AM – 1:10 PM PST
    Innovation Spotlights
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Advances in Characterizing Structural Chromosomal Alterations: Utility of Optical Genome Mapping and Long Read Sequencing in Hematopoietic Cancers and the Germline Genome
    Program Committee Moderator: Craig Soderquist, MD – Columbia University
    Program Committee Moderator: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG (she/her/hers) – Belay Diagnostics
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Eric McGinnis, MD (he/him/his) – Vancouver General Hospital / University of British Columbia
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Navigating the Landscape of Open Source Tools for Applications in Molecular Pathology
    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
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Radiogenomics: Integrating Molecular and Imaging Data in Cancer Diagnosis
    Program Committee Moderator: Arivarasan Karunamurthy, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Catherine Gestrich, D.O. – UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Oncology
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Diagnosis
    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
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST
    Technologist Innovation Session
    Technologist Moderator: Tessara Baldi, n/a (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Technologist Moderator: Tracy McMillen (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM PST
    Exhibitor Appreciation Lunch—Visit Expo Hall and View Posters
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Poster Removal
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    2024 CAP/IASLC/AMP Updated Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Lung Cancer Patients for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Guideline Update
    Working Group Moderator: Susan Hsiao, MD, PhD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Oncology
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    AMP/ACMG/CPIC/CAP/DPWG/ESPT/PharmGKB/PharmVar DPYD Genotyping Recommendations
    Working Group Moderator: Stuart A. Scott, PhD – Stanford
    OncologyInherited Conditions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Hemepath Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Craig Soderquist, MD – Columbia University
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Aida Richardson, MD/PhD – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Infectious Diseases Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Heba Mostafa, MD. PhD. D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Krupa Jani, MS, ASCP(iMB) (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PST
    Platform Presentations of Selected Solid Tumors Abstracts
    Program Committee Moderator: Deepika Sirohi, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Ying-Hsia Chu, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PST
    Break
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    21st Century Diagnostic Parasitology – The Roles that Nucleic Acid Tests Play in Parasite Detection, Characterization, and Surveillance
    Program Committee Moderator: Ryan F. Relich, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health
    Infectious Diseases
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    AMP/CAP/SITC Recommendations for Tumor Mutational Burden Assay Validation and Reporting
    Breakout Moderator: Jonathan A. Nowak, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    From Pathology to the Biobank: Considerations for Managing Laboratory Samples and Data
    Program Committee Moderator: Tessara Baldi, n/a (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Lulu Sun, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Lab Management
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    Role of Gender Identification in Genetic Testing
    Program Committee Moderator: Stuart A. Scott, PhD – Stanford
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Stephanie Siegmund, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Harvard Medical School / Brigham & Women's Hospital
    AdvocacyLab ManagementOncologyInherited Conditions
     CE Credit: NOT CME/CMLE
  • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PST
    Standardization Efforts for AI
    Program Committee Moderator: Julie W. Hirschhorn, PhD (she/her/hers) – Geisinger
    Co-Moderator (Early Career): Nada Shaker, NS (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco, UCSF
    Lab ManagementInformatics
     CE Credit: 1.5
  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM PST
    Break
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PST
    Disparities in Genetic Testing
    Program Committee Moderator: Honey Reddi, PhD, FACMG (she/her/hers) – Belay Diagnostics
    Program Committee Moderator: Stuart A. Scott, PhD – Stanford
    Inherited Conditions
     CE Credit: 1.0
  • 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Closing Remarks
    Plenary Speaker: Somak Roy, MD – Cinncinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center