ADLM Middle East

Opening and Welcome

Mark J. Golden, FASAE, CAE | CEO, AACC
Saeed Al Amoudi, MBBS, MD | CEO Al Borg Medical Laboratories

Plenary: Overcoming the Challenges of Emerging Infectious Diseases: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Experience

Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG

Session 1: Everyday Testing Challenges in Laboratory Medicine

• Dealing with Everyday Testing Emergencies: Examples and Practical Solutions
  Patti Jones, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
• Preanalytical Sample Transport/Storage
  Joe El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
• Optimizing Design and Construction in Complex Laboratory Settings
  James Donnelly, PhD, DABCC, FADLM, FCACB

Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak

Session 2: Laboratory Management and Quality Assurance

• Development, Implementation and Validation of Moving Averages in a Hospital-Based Laboratory
  Mark A. Cervinski, PhD, DABCC
• Proficiency Testing and Quality Assessment
  Ola Elgaddar, MD, PhD, MBA
• Variability In, Variability Out: Essentials of Quality Assurance in NGS
  Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG

Exposition continued and Break

Session 3: Advances and Biomarkers in Neurological Disease and Biomarkers

• Biochemical Markers for the Diagnosis of Neuro-inflammatory Disorders
  Anu Jacob, MD, DM FRCP
• Alzheimer's Disease
  Mari DeMarco, PhD, DABCC, FCACB
• Using the APE2 Score to Triage Paraneoplastic Profiles
  Mark A. Cervinski, PhD, DABCC

Plenary: Providing Value Beyond Values: The Role of the Clinical Biochemist as a Consultant and a Coach

Mark A. Cervinski, PhD, DABCC
Laila Abdel Wareth, MBBCh, FCAP, FRCPC, EMHCA

Session 4: Big Data and Machine Learning in Clinical Laboratories

• A Path to Sharing and Integrating Traceable, Clinical Laboratory Data
  Thomas Durant, MD
• Digitalizing Medical Laboratories
  Zulfiqar Shaikh
• The State of Interoperability and External Laboratory Results
  Thomas Durant, MD

Industry Workshops, Exposition, and Lunchbreak

Session 5: Emerging Biomarkers and Technologies: The Future of Lab Medicine

• Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury: Highlights from the AACC Academy Guidance Document
  Joe El-Khoury, PhD, DABCC, FADLM
• The Promise and Pitfalls of Cell-Free DNA for Personalized Medicine
  Christina Lockwood, PhD, DABCC, DABMGG
• Proteoforms and Their Expanding Role in Laboratory Medicine
  Mari DeMarco, PhD, DABCC, FCACB

Exposition continued and Break

Session 6: Advances and Biomarkers in Neurological Disease and Biomarkers

• Biomarkers of Preeclampsia
  Manal Mohamed Kamal
• Newborn Screening
  Mohamed Elsammak, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPath, CCT
• Pediatric Reference Intervals: CALIPER and Beyond
  Patti Jones, PhD, DABCC, FADLM