10th Clinical Pathology Symposium

April 22, 2019 | 11am-2pm

 

We invite you to be a part of the Clinical Pathology Symposium. We hope that you find the symposium a rewarding and educational experience that you can share with your colleagues. 

 

Download Program  Visiting Speaker

11:00 AM - Clinical and Laboratory-Based Approaches for Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorders

G. Scott Winder, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

Carmen Gherasim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology

Objectives: 

  1. Recognize the incidence and clinical presentations of alcohol use disorders.
  2. Discuss laboratory approaches for detection, diagnosis, and treatment of alcohol use disorders.
  3. Describe current and emerging biomarkers and their clinical applications.

M-Learning: PATH-92046

 

12:05 PM: The Shifting Paradigms for Hemophilia Treatment

Steven W. Pipe, MD, Assistant Professor, Coagulation, Director Coagulation Laboratory, Department of Pathology

Michael Callaghan, MD, DMC/Children's in Detroit, Director, Sickle Center, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Objectives:

  1. Review of the past, present, and future of treatment for hemophilia.

  2. Understand the current clinical outcomes and remaining treatment gaps.

  3. Differentiate replacement therapy from substitution and rebalancing therapies with a focus on their respective mechanisms of action, advantages and risks.

M-Learning: PATH-92047-0001

 

1:10 PM: 3rd Annual Batsakis Lecture - Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigations in Michigan: Notes from the Field

Justin Henderson, MPH, Epidemiologist, Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Food and Dairy Division and Rapid Response Team

Objectives:

  1. Describe the three disciplines traditionally involved in foodborne outbreak investigations - laboratory, epidemiology and regulatory - focusing on the information and tools used by the latter two.

  2. Discuss several examples of foodborne outbreak investigations with Michigan involvement.

  3. Discuss recent multistate outbreaks of STEC associated with romaine lettuce and the role of public health in Michigan in the investigations.

M-Learning: PATH-92045

 

Clinical Pathology Symposium Planning Committee:

  • Heywyda Dari
  • Amy Drouillard
  • Lindsay Kochan
  • Sean Li
  • Kristina Martin
  • Janelle McCoy
  • Jill Russell
  • Linda Perry
  • Carol Young

Watch Videos of the Symposium:

Session 1

Session 2

Session 3 / John G. Batsakis Lecture

 

 

Kristina Martin

734-615-8863
Email: martkris@med.umich.edu