2017 SCASM Annual Spring Symposium

Los Angeles Meeting

Saturday, March 11, 2017

New Location:
PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH’S MEDICAL CTR.
Hope Conference Rooms A-C
501 South Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91505

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Program Schedule

7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 – 8:05 a.m.
Welcome & Introduction

8:05 – 9:00 a.m.
Collaboration between Hospital Epidemiology and Clinical Laboratories
Paul D. Holtom, MD

9:00 – 9:55 a.m.
Essentials of Next-Generation Sequencing for Clinical Microbiologists
Peera (P) Hemarajata, MD, PhD, D(ABMM)

9:55 – 10:15 a.m.
Break

10:15 – 11:05 a.m.
Morphologic Identification of Intestinal Protozoa: Diagnostic Dilemmas and Overcoming Challenges
Blaine Mathison, M(ASCP)

11:05 – Noon
Catching up with Zika!
Rachel Civen, MD, MPH
Nicole Green, PhD, D(ABMM)

MEETING CONVENER
Rosemary She, MD
Shelley Miller, PhD, D(ABMM)

SPEAKERS
Paul D. Holtom, MD
Hospital Epidemiologist, LAC+USC Medical Center
Professor of Medicine & Orthopedics
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Peera (P) Hemarajata, MD, PhD, D(ABMM)
Pathology & Lab Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Blaine Mathison, M(ASCP)
Technical Specialist
Parasitology & Fecal Testing Laboratory
ARUP Laboratories

Rachel Civen, MD, MPH
Acute Communicable Disease Control
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Nicole Green, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Public Health Laboratories
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

FOUR HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT

Attendance Policy
In compliance with California State Continuing Education (CE) Regulations, participants MUST attend the entire session to earn CE credits. NO exceptions and NO partial credit will be awarded for late arrivals or early departures.

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SCASM is recognized by the State of California as an Accrediting Agency for Continuing Education for Clinical Laboratory Science (Registration 075). At the completion of the program, four hours of Continuing Education credit will be awarded.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation must be received in writing at least one week prior to the Symposium.
Registration fee will be refunded less a $25 processing fee. A fee of $35 will be assessed on all returned checks.