MEDLAB TRACK 1 MEDLAB TRACK 2
October 21, 2020 - Wednesday

0900 - 1000

A survey of point-of-care testing in three emergency medical services: Air ambulances, a stroke ambulance, and community paramedicine

Speaker:

Assoc Clinical Prof Anna K. Füzéry, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Moderator:

Asst/Prof Wanvisa Treebuphachatsakul, Asst Professor, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand

 

1030 – 1130

Interpretation of laboratory results – Development of an interpretive service for the laboratory

Speaker: 

Prof. James H. Nichols, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Moderator:

Assoc Prof Busadee Pratumvinit, Assoc Professor, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

 

1200 – 1300

Networking break

1300 - 1430

Utility of the 1-hour vs 3-hour high-sensitivity cardiac troponin algorithm

Speaker:

A/Prof Chien-Chang Lee, Asst Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Moderator:

Asst/Prof Kanit Reesukumal, Asst Professor, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

1300 - 1430

NGS for infectious disease

Speaker:

Dr Vincent Escuyer, Director, Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA

Moderator:

Dr Suwatchareeporn Rotcheewaphan, Head of Mycobacteria Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

1500 - 1600

Challenges of diagnosing COVID-19 in low prevalence settings

Speaker:

Prof Gerald J. Kost, Professor Emeritus, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA

1500 - 1600

Clinical Microbiology Panel Discussion:

Updates in COVID situations and diagnostic tools

Moderator:

Dr Pokrath Hansasuta, Head of Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Panelists:

Dr Sharon Yvette Angelina Villanueva, Associate Professor, College of Public Health, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Dr Wael Faroug Mohamed Elamin, Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor, King's College Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Prof Ida Parwati, Chairman of College of Indonesian Clinical Pathology, Dr Hasan Sadikin, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia

Dr Ekasit Kowitdamrong, Virology Unit, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Prof. Heungsup Sung, Chairperson, COVID-19 Diagnosis Test Management Committee, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Seoul, South Korea

 

1630 - 1730

Updates on POC for infectious disease

Speaker:

Dr Robert Sautter, Previous Director of Microbiology and Point of Care, Carolinas Pathology Group; Principal, RL Sautter Consulting LLC, Lancaster, South Carolina, USA

Moderator:

Prof Nattiya Hirankarn, Chair of Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

End of day 2