7:30 am
28th AMLI ANNUAL MEETING 2015
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:35 am
Opening Remarks
Susan Orton, Ph.D., AMLI President
Plenary Session 1
New Insights, Test Updates and Emerging Technologies
for the Clinical Immunology Laboratory
Co-Chairs: Antony Bakke, Ph.D. and Barbara Detrick, Ph.D.
8:35 am
Identification and Monitoring of IgG-4 Related Diseases
Shiv Pillai, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
9:20 am
Autoimmune Diagnostics: Merging New Autoantibody Detection
Technologies
Peter D. Burbelo, Ph.D., NIDCR, Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
10:05 am
Break
10:30 am
Next Generation Sequencing Technologies: Application and
Challenges for Cancer Genomics
Nirali Patel, M.D., Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina
11:15 am
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy of Cancer: Vital
Insights from the Immunology Laboratory
Saar I. Gill, M.D., Ph.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
12:00-1:30 pm
Luncheon Seminar hosted by Thermo Fisher Scientific
ANA – One Lab’s Experience in Changing from IFA to EliA
James D. Peele, Ph.D., Director of Clinical Chemistry, Baptist
Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida
PLENARY SESSION 2
Hot Topics:
Monogenic Immune Defects: Models for Human Immunobiology
Co-Chairs: Vijaya Knight, M.D., Ph.D. and Roshini Abraham, Ph.D.
2:00 pm
Overview of PIDs as Models for Understanding the Human Immune System
Maurice O’Gorman, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), MBA, M.Sc., Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles, California
2:45 pm
RAG1 Deficiency – Molecular Mechanisms and Gene Correction
Yu Nee Lee, Ph.D., Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
3:30 pm
GATA2 Deficiency – Understanding Hematopoiesis and Immunology
from a Single Gene Defect
Alexandra Freeman, M.D., NIAID, National Institutes of Health
4:15 pm
SCID Newborn Screen – What To Do When the Result is Abnormal
Jordan Abbott, M.D., National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
5:00-7:00 pm
Meet the Exhibitors – Poster Session Reception
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
PLENARY SESSION 3
Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Epidemiology, Response, and Control
Co-Chairs: Harry Prince, Ph.D. and Amy L. Leber. Ph.D.
8:30 am
Vaccination in the 21st Century: Successes and Challenges
Michael T. Brady, M.D., Nationwide Children’s, Columbus, Ohio
8:55 am
Diagnostic Dilemmas for a Vaccine Preventable Disease: Pertussis
Amy L. Leber, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio and Harry Prince, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Viracor-IBT Laboratories, Los Angeles, California
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Outbreak Response for Vaccine Reportable Diseases: Measles and
Mumps in Ohio
Elizabeth Koch, M.D., M.P.H and T.M., Columbus Public Health, Columbus, Ohio
11:15 am
Fearbola vs. Ebola – A Hospital and Community Response When
a Potential Patient with Ebola Comes Home to Plan Her Wedding
Thomas S. Alexander, Ph.D., D(ABMLI), Summa Health System, Akron, Ohio
12:00-1:30 pm
Luncheon Seminar hosted by Inova Diagnostics:
Integrating the Autoimmune Lab: Improving Quality and Efficiency Through Automation
Gabriella Lakos, M.D., Ph.D., ABMLI, Medical Director, Director of Assay Development, Inova Diagnostics
Claudia Ibarra, Vice President Laboratory Operations, Exagen Diagnostics, Inc.
2:00-3:00 pm
Erwin Neter Memorial Lecture
Curiosity, Serendipity and the Scientific Mindset – Observations of an Immunobiologist
Richard J. Ablin, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon), Dr. h.c.
University of Arizona College of Medicine, The Arizona Cancer
Center and BIO5 Institute, Tucson, Arizona
3:00-3:30 pm
Abstract Award Presentations
4:00-6:00 pm
Meet the Exhibitors Poster Session Reception
6:15 pm
Annual Dinner
Superior Seafood and Oyster Bar
Enjoy an authentic New Orleans meal! Then bus back to the hotel
or into the heart of the French Quarter for nighttime exploration!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
PLENARY SESSION 4
Diagnosis and Management of Food Allergies
Co-Chairs: Trivikram Dasu, Ph.D. and Evan Ntrivalas, M.D., Ph.D.
8:30 am
Food Allergy: What it Is and What it Isn’t
Victoria Dimitriades, M.D., Louisiana State University Health
Sciences Center and Children’s Hospital of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
9:15 am
Pediatric Food Allergies: Diagnostic Challenges and Cutting
Edge Testing
Bruce J. Lanser, M.D., National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Peanut Anaphylaxis: From Bench to Bedside
Devi Jhaveri, D.O.
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals,
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and
UH Regional Hospitals, Richmond Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
11:15 am
Red Meat, Ticks and Food Allergy: Possible Role for
Galactose-alpha-1, 3-galactose (Alpha Gal)
Gailen D. Marshall, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. FACP DFACAAI FAAAAI, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
12:00-1:30 pm
FREE AFTERNOON
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
PLENARY SESSION 5
A Case Study Approach to Troubleshooting IFA
Chairs: Susan S. Copple, M.S., MT(ASCP) SI and Carol Buchner, B.S., MT(ASCP) CLS
8:30 am
Overview of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases –
Emphasis on SLE
Rebecca Kramer, Lupus Foundation of America Texas, Houston, Texas
9:15 am
An Overview of ANCA Associated Vasculitis
Steven R. Ytterberg, M.D., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
Troubleshooting IFA Testing: A Case Study Approach
Robert Boyes, B.S. and Susan S. Copple, M.S., MT(ASCP) SI, Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, California
11:15 am
Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitis
Luis R. Espinoza, M.D.
Thibodaux Regional Rheumatology Clinic, Thibodaux, Louisiana
12:00 noon
Closing Remarks