Infectious Diseases

Molecular Methodologies & Technologies

Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Diagnosis

Program Committee Moderator(s)

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  Heba Mostafa, MD. PhD. D(ABMM) (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of Molecular Virology
  Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Co-Moderator (Early Career)(s)

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  Kenneth Gavina, PhD, D(ABMM) (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
  Pathology and Laboratory MEdicine
  Indiana University School of Medicine
  Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Session

Description: This session will focus on current advances in developing molecular diagnostic syndromic panels for infectious diseases, their clinical integration and utility, and challenges associated with testing cost and reimbursement.

Presentations:

• 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM PST

  Multiplex Syndromic Panels: Challenges and Opportunities for Reimbursement
  

  Breakout Speaker: Meghan Starolis, PhD – Quest Diagnostics
• 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM PST

  Multiplex Infectious Disease Molecular Panels: Technology and Challenges
  

  Breakout Speaker: Linoj Samuel, PhD – Henry Ford Health
• 11:15 AM – 11:45 AM PST

  Unraveling Complexity: the Clinical Benefits and Challenges of Syndromic Panel Testing
  

  Breakout Speaker: Bert K. Lopansri, MD (he/him/his) – Intermountain Medical Center