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American Society for Mohs Histotechnology

2023 Program at a Glance

  Registration Fees Optional Workshop Fees
Members $275 $50
Non-Members $475 $75

 

Friday, May 5

Optional Workshops (additional fee required)
7:00 - 8:30 am A to Z Workshop
Guy Orchard PhD, MSc, CSci, FIBM; Mohammad Shams, Bsc, Msc,(Senior Biomedical science)
 
CLIA/Regulatory Standards Workshop
Camille J. McKay, M.Ed., BSHCA, HTL, CL; Robert Tagliaferro, HT (ASCP)CM
   
General Session 1
   
8:45 - 8:50 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
 Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL
8:50 - 9:05 am An Algorithmic Approach to Reading a Mohs Slide
Aaron Steen, MD
9:05 - 9:35 am Embedding Techniques
Zipporah Cassidy; Rodney K. Barber, HT; Daniel H. Gong, MS, MBA, C-PM, CWMP
9:35 - 10:05 am Cutaneous Malignacies treated by Mohs micrographic surgery: Cases from New York University
Maressa Criscito, MD
10:05 - 10:30 am Break
   
General Session 2
 
10:30 - 11:30 am Workforce Shortage and Grassroots Approach to Getting the Word Out
Camille J. McKay, M.Ed, BSHCA, HTL, CLT
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Whole Mount Sections - Start to Finish
Brandon W. Possum, HT
12:00 - 1:00 pm Break
   
General Session 3
 
1:00 - 1:15 pm Setting Up Mohs Labs for Maximum Efficiency
Amanda Diaz, MS, HT (ASCP); Cristina Terteac, HT, HTL (ASCP)
1:15 - 2:15 pm Personality Assessments and Neuropsychological Evaluations to Help Lead a Team
Camille J. McKay, M.Ed., BSHCA, HTL, CL
2:15 - 2:45 pm T Blue Staining and Troubleshooting
2:45 - 3:15 pm Ear Wedges
Tonya Woodard
3:15 - 3:30 pm Break
   
General Session 4
3:30 - 4:30 pm
  IHC (Mart-1 and Pan CK)
Catherine VanHooft, HT
  Preparing for a JC/CAP/CLIA Inspection - How to Prepare and Become Familarized
Camille J. McKay, M.Ed., BSHCA, HTL, CL
4:30 - 5:30 pm

Saturday, May 6

 
Optional Workshops (additional fee required)
7:00 - 8:30 am Workshop: Theory and Procedures of Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining in the Mohs Lab
Melinda M. Chow, MS, HT (ASCP)CM
8:30 - 9:30 am Business Meeting (Members Only)
   
General Session 5
   
9:45 - 10:15 am      Giant Case - Start to Finish
Lindsey E. Riggs, HTL; Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP)
10:15 - 10:45 am Specimen Labeling in the Mohs Lab
Beth Greer, HT
10:45 - 11:00 am Break
   
General Session 6
 
11:00 - 11:30 am Tumor Identification
John Carrucci, MD, PhD, FACMS
11:30 - 12:00 pm Creating a Digital Library for Mohs Slides for Teaching and Research
Brandon W. Possum, HT
12:00 - 1:00 pm Break
   
General Session 7
   
1:00 - 1:30 pm        How to Train a New Mohs Tech, the Techs Perspective
Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP); Norma Lilia Anderson, HT (ASCP); Brandon W. Possum, HT
1:30 -2:30 pm Mentorship, Collaboration in the Mohs Laboratory 
Angela Yepes, LPN, HTL
2:30 - 3:30 pm Unusual Mohs cases from the other side of the pond (UK)
Guy Orchard PhD, MSc, CSci, FIBMS
3:30 - 4:30 pm Troubleshooting Panel
Zipporah Cassidy; Jeanie Wade, HT (ASCP), Brandon W. Possum, HT
 4:30 pm Meeting Adjourned

(Program subject to change)