ColLABorate 2025

ColLABorate 2025

American Society for Clinical Laboratory - Iowa (ASCLS-IA) is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program.

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5:30pm CDT

ASCLS-IA Spring Board of Directors Meeting Conference 166

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Atrium All Registration Desk Atrium South

8:00am CDT

Welcome Ballroom B&C

8:30am CDT

Laboratory Licensure - Where are we now? Ballroom ATim Schroeder Field Guide to Red Blood Cells: When Donuts Take New Shapes Ballroom B&CJuan Jose Sanchez Ramirez, MD "Defying Gravity" or How to Master Chemistry for the ASCP Exam! Room 127Amy Kapanka, MS, MLS(ASCP)SC

9:45am CDT

Navigating the Data Landscape: Practical Applications of Analytics in the Clinical Laboratory Ballroom B&CAnna E. Merrill, PhD, DABCC Mysterious Coagulation Results Investigations and Solutions Ballroom AYvonne Hinrichsen, MLT(ASCP) And the Golden Raspberry goes to…Microbiology! Room 127Karen Campbell, MAT, MLS(ASCP)

11:00am CDT

The Art of Coagulation: Unique Cases and Dilemmas Ballroom B&CLaShanta N Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, SH Clinical Next Generation Sequencing Applied to Gastrointestinal Oncology Ballroom AAnthony N. Snow, MD Turning Hematology & Coagulation Inside Out! Room 127Josh Kraushaar, MAE, MLS(ASCP)

12:00pm CDT

Exhibits with Our Industry Partners Ballroom DEF Lunch - Sponsored by Roche Diagnostics Atrium All

3:00pm CDT

Traumatic Brain Injury Test: Novel Biomarkers for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury can Reduce the Need for Head CT Ballroom AMaureen Rabbitte, RN Prehospital Transfusions Ballroom B&CAlex Smith, DO May the Force Be with You - A Guide to Critical Thinking in Blood Bank Room 127Janet Whitney, MEd. MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm

4:00pm CDT

Break Provided by ASCLS-IA Atrium All

4:15pm CDT

Labvocacy 2025 Ballroom B&CJim Flanigan, CAE

5:15pm CDT

ASCLS-IA Business Meeting Ballroom B&C

6:30pm CDT

Social Atrium All

7:00am CDT

Breakfast Atrium All Registration Desk Atrium South

8:00am CDT

CLIA Update: Personnel Regulations Tippie RoomMelinda Bochmann, BA, MLS (AMT) • Kristine Rotzoll, BS, MLS(ASCP) The Role of Dementia Neuropathology in Public Health Ballroom AJane Persons, MD, PhD

9:15am CDT

Going with the Flow-Advancing Patient Care with TEG 6s Technology Ballroom AMelody Hunt, MLT(ASCP) Lassa Fever Tippie RoomKatja Waltenberger, MLT • Michael Pentella

10:30am CDT

Drug Testing: Principles and Pitfalls Ballroom AMatthew D. Krasowski, MD, PhD Optimizing Coagulation Care: The Role of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Tippie RoomLaShanta N Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)CM, SH

11:30am CDT

Awards Luncheon - Sponsored by ASCLS-IA and ASCP Iowa Atrium All

12:30pm CDT

Immunologic Flow Cytometry in a Clinical Laboratory Tippie RoomAaruni Khanolkar, MBBS, PhD, D(ABMLI) Self-Collected Patient Testing and Changing Cervical Screening Guidelines Ballroom AKatherine Christel, MD

1:45pm CDT

AI in the Lab - Do you know what it knows? Tippie RoomJonathan Chapman, MLS (ASCP)cm, LIS (ASCP)cm Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn: A Case Ballroom ADavid Nai, MD, Diplomate (CP), ABPath

2:45pm CDT

Break Provided by ASCP Iowa Atrium All

3:00pm CDT

Let's Communicate; No Hidden Meanings Ballroom ALindsey Davenport-Landry, DCLS, MLS(ASCP)cm Sequencing and Bioinformatics: A Powerful Partnership for Clinical Testing Tippie RoomRamakrishna Sompallae, PhD