Course Agenda

Please note all times are in Eastern Time

	TUESDAY May 16
	9:00 am	Welcome and Agenda Overview	*Lauren Ritterhouse, MD, PhD* Massachusetts General Hospital
	9:15 am	Technology: Nucleic Acids Extraction, Pre-Analytic Considerations	*Lauren Ritterhouse, MD, PhD*
	10:00 am	Technology: Microarrays with Clinical Examples	Angela M. Lager, PhD University of Chicago
	10:45 am	Break
	11:00 am	Identity Testing with Case Studies	Jesse Cox, MD, PhD, A(ACHI) University of Nebraska Medical Center
	12:00 pm	Technology: Sanger Sequencing with Clinical Examples	Honey V. Reddi, PhD, FACMG Medical College of Wisconsin
	12:45 pm	Lunch
	1:30 pm	Technology: NGS	Jason N. Rosenbaum, MD Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
	3:30 pm	Break
	3:45 pm	NGS Bioinformatics	Jason N. Rosenbaum, MD
	5:00 pm	Technology: Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques with Clinical Examples	*Eric Vail, MD* Cedars Sinai
	6:00 - 6:30 pm	Meet the Faculty


	WEDNESDAY, May 17
	9:00 am	Welcome and Updates	*Lauren Ritterhouse, MD, PhD*
	9:02 am	Math 101: Applications of Bayesian Analysis in Molecular Testing	Annette S. Kim, MD, PhD Brigham and Women's Hospital
	10:15 am	Cytogenetics with Case Studies	Yassmine Akkari, PhD Nationwide Children’s Hospital
	11:15 am	Break
	11:30 am	FISH with Case Studies	Angela M Lager, PhD
	12:15 pm	HLA Genetics with Case Studies	Ryan Peña, MD, PhD, D(ABHI) Tufts Medical Center
	1:15 pm	Lunch
	2:00 pm	Germline Cancer Syndromes	*Diana Mandelker, MD, PhD* Memorial Sloan Kettering
	2:45 pm	Inherited Conditions I with Case Studies	Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, MD, PhD, FACMG University of UTAH/ARUP
	4:00 pm	Break
	4:15 pm	Inherited Conditions II with Case Studies	Pinar Bayrak-Toydemir, MD, PhD, FACMG University of UTAH/ARUP
	6:00 - 6:30 pm	Meet the Faculty


THURSDAY, May 18
	9:00 am	Welcome and Updates	*Lauren Ritterhouse, MD, PhD*
	9:02 am	Hematopathology I with Case Studies (Myeloid)	Annette S. Kim, MD, PhD
	10:00 am	Molecular Pathology Pearls in Lymphoid Malignancies	Rena Xian, MD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
	11:00 am	Break
	11:15 am	Key Molecular Laboratory Management Concepts that Impact Patient Care	Erin H. Graf, PhD, D(ABMM) Mayo Clinic Arizona
	12:15 pm	Laboratory Finances: Reimbursement, Laboratory Budgets and Implications for your Routine Practice	Erin H. Graf, PhD, D(ABMM)
	1:15 pm	Lunch
	2:00 pm	Molecular Oncology I with Case Studies	*Laura J. Tafe, MD* Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System
	3:45 pm	Break
	4:00 pm	Molecular Oncology II with Case Studies	*Laura J. Tafe, MD*
	5:00 pm	Pharmacogenomics with Case Studies	*Lawrence Jennings, MD, PhD* Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
	6:15 - 6:45 pm	Meet the Faculty


FRIDAY, May 19
	9:00 am	Welcome and Final Updates	*Lauren Ritterhouse, MD, PhD*
	9:02 am	Infectious Diseases I: Overview of an Appropriate Infectious Diseases Molecular Menu and How it Should be Used with Case Studies	Erin H. Graf, PhD, D(ABMM)
	10:15 am	Infectious Diseases II: Important Limitations and Stewardship Approaches to Infectious Disease Molecular Testing with Case Examples	Erin H. Graf, PhD, D(ABMM)
	11:30 am	Break
	11:45 - 12:15 pm	Faculty Panel (Includes closing remarks and adjournment)

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