April 2007 Annual Meeting -- Final Program and List of Vendors We have been approved for P.A.C.E. credits by ASCLS.
Also, please note that there will be two vendor related events -1. Rodney Major from Immucor/Gamma will be in the parking lot both days for demonstrations with the bus that houses Immucor/Gamma's "Galileo ECHO" (April 24 from 10AM to 4PM, and April 25 from 10AM to 4PM). 2. Mimi Rubino will hold a "Proview User's Group" at 4:45 PM on Tuesday. Ortho Diagnostics
Tuesday April 24, 2007 -- Regency I:
9:00:
“Trauma and Transfusion – Expect the Unexpected, Are You Ready?”
Beth A. Hartwell, M.D., Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-001-07
9:50:
Coagulation for Blood Bankers
Donna Castellone, MS, MT (ASCP), SH New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-002-07
10:40:
11:00:
Coffee and Exhibits
“Coagulation and Blood Bank: What We Get and What You
Give!” Donna Castellone, MS, MT (ASCP), SH New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-003-07
12:00:
Lunch (Santa Fe Buffet) / Awards / Exhibits
1:30:
Konugres Lectureship
“The Hemostatic Effect of Red Blood Cells” C. Robert Valeri, M.D. Director, Naval Blood Research Laboratory, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-004-07
2:30:
2:50:
Coffee and Exhibits
“DNA: What Is It Good For?”
Rich Haspel, M.D. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-005-07
3:40:
“Medico-Legal Autopsy”
Mindy Hull, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-006-07 4:45: Proview User Group Mimi Rubino Ortho Diagnostics
Tuesday April 24, 2007 -- Whittier Room:
9:00 [Regency I]:
“Trauma and Transfusion – Expect the Unexpected, Are You Ready?”
Beth A. Hartwell, M.D., Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX
Tuesday April 24, 2007 -- Whittier Room:
9:00 [Regency I]:
“Trauma and Transfusion – Expect the Unexpected, Are You Ready?”
Beth A. Hartwell, M.D., Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-001-07
9:50:
“Survivor’s Tool Kit for Unannounced Inspections”
Olive Sturtevant, MHP, MT (ASCP), SBB Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1
Program # 598-007-07
10:40:
Coffee and Exhibits
11:00:
“Cell Therapy 24/7: Standards, Inspections, Outcomes, and
Trends” Kathy Loper, MHS, MT (ASCP) Director, Cell Therapy Division, AABB Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-008-07
12:00:
Lunch (Santa Fe Buffet) / Awards / Exhibits
1:30 [Regency I]:
Konugres Lectureship
“The Hemostatic Effect of Red Blood Cells” C. Robert Valeri, M.D. Director, Naval Blood Research Laboratory, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-004-07
2:30:
2:50:
Coffee and Exhibits
“Meeting the Need -- Organ & Tissue Donation”
UNOS sponsored speaker: Denise Batchelder, RN New England Organ Bank, Newton, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-009-07
3:40 [Regency I]:
“Medico-Legal Autopsy”
Mindy Hull, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-006-07
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Wednesday April 25, 2007, Regency I:
9:00:
“When It Rains, It Pours: Calm Through the Storm”
Beth A. Hartwell, M.D. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, TX Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-010-07
9:50:
“Review of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Transfusion”
Janet Vincent, MS, SBB (ASCP)
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-011-07
10:40:
11:00:
Coffee and Exhibits
“Drug-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Study
Approach” Karen Quillen, M.D., Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-012-07
12:00:
Lunch (Executive Buffet: Apple and Brie Stuffed Chicken and Roast Top Sirloin) /
Awards / Exhibits
1:30:
Karen Tiegerman Memorial Lecture
“The History of Blood Transfusion” Kay Doyle, PhD, MT (ASCP), Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Labs and Sciences, UMass, Lowell, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-013-07
2:30:
Coffee and Exhibits and Raffles
2:50:
“The Current Status of HPC Transplantation”
Thomas Spitzer, M.D. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-014-07
3:40:
“The Conundrum of Differentiating Between Graft vs. Leukemia Effect and Graft vs. Host
Disease” Daniela Krause, M.D., PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-015-07
Wednesday April 25, 2007 -- Whittier Room:
9:00:
“Collecting Blood in a Third World Country: the PEPFAR
Initiative” (ARC Sponsored Lecture) Bryan Spencer, MPH American Red Cross, Dedham, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-016-07
9:50 [Regency I]:
“Review of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Transfusion”
Janet Vincent, MS, SBB (ASCP) University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-011-07
10:40:
11:00:
Coffee and Exhibits
“The Bombay Phenotype: One Patient, Many Lessons”
Christopher Stowell, M.D., PhD Director, Blood Transfusion Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-017-07
12:00:
Lunch (Executive Buffet: Apple and Brie Stuffed Chicken and Roast Top Sirloin) /
Awards / Exhibits
1:30 [Regency I]:
Karen Tiegerman Memorial Lecture
“The History of Blood Transfusion” Kay Doyle, MT (ASCP), Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Labs and Sciences, UMass, Lowell, MA Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-013-07
2:30:
2:50:
Coffee and Exhibits and Raffles
“Automation: Quality not Quantity … One Laboratory’s Experience”
Alice Cashin, MT (ASCP) Elliot Hospital, Manchester, NH Level: Basic Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-018-07
3:40: “Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury: What’s Going On?” Kurt Heim, M.D., PhD Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA Level: Intermediate Contact Hours: 1 Program # 598-019-07 April 2007 Annual Meeting -- List of Vendors Abbott Diagnostics American Red Cross Blood Services/Northeast Region Baxter Bayer Health Care Bioarray Solutions Biotest CSL Behring Digi-Trax Fisher HealthCare/Accumetrics Gambro BCT
Grifols, Inc. Haemonetics Corporation Helmer HemoCue: A Quest Diagnostics Company Immucor Gamma Iris Sample Processing
KOL Biomedical The Maine Blood Center Novo Nordisk, Inc. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Rhogam Blood Bank Education (ortho-wire.com) Pall Medical Precision Dynamics Corporation Rees Scientific Corporation Rhode Island Blood Center Sarstedt, Inc. SCC Soft Computer Shamrock Scientific Talisman, Ltd. Terumo Medical Corporation Wescott Laboratory Solutions, LLC
