Wednesday, May 1
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| 1:00 – 5:00 pm |
Meeting Registration/Information |
Thursday, May 2
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| Pre-conference Workshops: View full schedule and workshop descriptions |
| 6:30 am – 5:00 pm |
Meeting Registration/Information |
| 7:30 am – 5:00 pm |
Pre-Conference Workshops
| 7:30 - 9:00 am |
Yoga
Kathi McAdoo |
$10 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 am |
IHC Phase I: Where Do I Begin?
Robert L. Milewski, HT |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 am |
Beginnger Cryostat
Rodney K. Barber, HT; Stephanie Petrow, HT |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
| 9:15 - 10:45 am |
IHC Phase II: The Technique of Immunohistochemistry
Robert L. Milewski, HT |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
| 9:15 - 10:45 am |
Intermediate Cryostat
Rodney K. Barber, HT; Stephanie Petrow, HT |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
| 9:15 - 10:45 am |
Implementing Procedure and Document Control in the Mohs Lab
Linda R. Cesario, DPM, HT (ASCP); Kahul G. Patel, MBA-HCM BS, MT (ASCP) |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
| 9:15 - 11:45 am |
Tipping Your Cap for CAP: Tips on How to Make Inspections Go Smoothly
Angelic R. Maden, HT (ASCP)cm; Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL; Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP) |
ASMH Members: $50
Non-Members: $75 |
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| 9:30 am – 7:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm |
Lunch |
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Pre-Conference Workshops continued
| 12:45 - 3:15 pm |
IHC Phase III: Immunohistochemistry Theory and Details for the IHC Lab
Robert L. Milewski, HT |
ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
| 12:45 - 3:15 pm |
The A to Z of Mohs Procedures: Technical Guidance on Potential Pitfalls
Guy F. Orchard, PhD, MSc, FIBMS; Mohammad Shams |
ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
| 12:45 - 3:15 pm |
CLIA: What You Need to Know
KImberly R. Brock, BS, HT (ASCP); Linda R. Cesario, DPM, HT (ASCP); Daniel Gong, MS, MSO, C-PM; Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP)cm |
ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm |
Building A Budget for the Mohs Lab
LIndsey E. Riggs, HTL
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ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm |
Theory and Procedures for Routine Staining of Mohs Slides
Melinda M. Chow, MS, HT (ASCP)cm |
ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
| 3:30 - 5:00 pm |
Advanced Cryostat
Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP) |
ASMH Members: $75
Non-Members: $125 |
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Friday, May 3
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| 6:30 am – 5:00 pm |
Meeting Registration/Information |
| 7:00 – 7:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 – 9:45 am |
General Session 1
| 7:30 am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
M. Maureen Gagnot, HT (ASCP), ASMH President |
| 7:45 - 8:15 am |
Grossing and Embedding Less Than Ideal Specimens
Angelic Maden, HT (ASCP)cm |
| 8:15 - 8:45 am |
Cutaneous Oncology: Why We Do What We Do
Valencia D. Thomas, MD, FACMS |
| 8:45 - 9:45 am |
Ergonomics in the Laboratory
Allison Eck, HTL (ASCP)cm, QLS, AHI |
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| 9:45 - 10:00 am |
Break (complimentary beverage/snack available in Exhibit Hall) |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
General Session 2
| 10:00 - 10:30 am |
Laboratory Safety:
Barbara S. Beck, HT/HTL (ASCP) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
To Mohs or Not to Mohs
Shari Ochoa, MD, MS, FACMS |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Troubleshooting Open Forum
Angelic R. Maden, HT (ASCP)cm; Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL |
| 11:30 am – 6:30 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
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| 1:00 – 3:30 pm |
General Session 3
| 1:00 - 1:45 pm |
Large or Small, the Mohs Lab Does it All. Private, Hospital and Corporate: How Do We Differ?
Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL; Angelic R. Maden, HT (ASCP)cm; Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP) |
| 1:45 - 2:30 pm |
The Ups and Downs of Maintaining Your Cryostat
James F. Kovach, Tech One Biomedical |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Harassment in the Workplace
Billy Parsons, VP Human Resources, US Dermatology Partners |
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| 3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Workshop - Beginner Cryostat
Robert Tagliaferro, HT (ASCP)cm |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Workshop - Advanced Cryostat
Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP) |
| 3:30 – 5:00 pm |
Workshop - IHC Phase I: Where Do I Begin?
Robert L. Milewski, HT |
| 5:00 – 6:30 pm |
Networking Reception - Exhibit Hall |
Saturday, May 4
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| 6:30 am – 4:00 pm |
Registration/Information Desk Open |
| 7:00 – 8:30 am |
Workshop - Advanced Cryostat
Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP) |
| 7:00 – 8:30 am |
Workshop - IHC Phase II: The Technique of Immunohistochemistry
Robert L. Milewski, HT |
| 8:00 am – 2:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Open |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am |
ASMH Business Meeting (members only) |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
General Session 4
| 10:00 - 10:30 am |
ASMH: We Have Come So Far, the Boundless Opportunities for the Future
Kimberly R. Brock, BS, HT, (ASCP); M. Maureen Gagnot, HT (ASCP); Daniel H. Gong, MS, MSO, C-PM |
| 10:30 - 11:00 am |
Artifact or Fiction: Recognizing H&E Patterns of Processing Errors
Bryan Carroll, MD, PhD, FACMS |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Troubleshooting Open Forum
Angelic R. Maden, HT (ASCP)cm; Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall |
| 1:00 – 2:30 pm |
General Session 5
| 1:00 - 1:30 pm |
Unusual Mohs Case Studies from the Other Side of the Pond
Guy F. Orchard, PhD, MSc, FIBMS |
| 1:30 - 2:15 pm |
Panel - Communication in the Lab
Richard S. Lewis, MD, FACMS; Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL; Matthew C. Fox, MD, FACMS; Leandra Turner, HT (ASCP)cm |
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| 2:15 – 2:30 pm |
Break |
| 2:30 – 4:30 pm |
General Session 6
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
A Cut Above the Rest: Why Quality Matters in Mohs Histotechnology
Jayne S. Joo, MD |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Whole Mount Sections
James O. Barlow, MD, FACMS |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm |
The Flipped Tissue Method
Norma L. Anderson, HT (ASCP) |
| 4:00 - 4:30 pm |
TBD
Kurt Hemmings |
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| 4:30 pm |
Meeting Adjourned |
| 6:30 - 9:00 pm |
25th Annual Meeting Anniversary Event |
