Pacific Northwest Local Section events

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2025 Meetings

October 7, 2025

From Data to Decision: Enhancing Test Utilization in Toxicology with Informatics and Analytical Approaches
Time: 11:00 am- 12:00 pm
Program Information

July 29, 2025

ADLM 2025 University of Washington Alumni and Pacific Northwest Local Section Mixer
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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May 8, 2025

Method Validation
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
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2024 Meetings

October 17, 2024

For Better or Worse? Three Major Shifts Shaping the Laboratory Community
Time: 3:00 - 6:00 pm
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July 30, 2024

ADLM 2024 University of Washington Alumni and Pacific Northwest Local Section Mixer
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
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May 16, 2024

Improving Racial Healthcare Inequities through Mitigating Systemic Racism
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
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2023 Meetings

November 9, 2023

(Excel)lent Solutions: Leveraging Microsoft Excel In The Clinical Laboratory
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm
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July 25, 2023

2023 the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) University of Washington Alumni and Pacific Northwest ADLM Chapter Event
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Invitation

May 4, 2023

Developing and Deploying Data Analytic Applications for Clinical Laboratory Operations
Time: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Invitation

2022 Meetings

October 13, 2022

Where Have All the Techs Gone?
Time:5:00 - 7:30 pm
Invitation

2021 Meetings

April 15

Strategies for Handling Large-Scale Testing Failures and Errors in the Clinical Laboratory
Time: 5:00-6:30 pm
Location: Virtual Event
Invitation

2020 Meetings

January 23

Clinical Lab 2.0: How the Laboratory Can Support Value Based Care, Optimize Patient Outcomes, and Reduce Total Costs of Care?
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Location:
Andina1314 NW Glisan St.
Portland, OR 97209
Invitation

2016 Meetings

August 2

PNW Gathering in Philadelphia
Invitation

January 22

Diagnosing Inborn Error of Metabolism
Seattle, WA
Program Information

2015 MEETINGS

July 28

Joint Pacific NW Section of ADLM and UW Department of Laboratory Medicine Event
Atlanta, GA

June 25-26

PLUGS Summit 2015: Ending Patient Harm & Financial Waste Associated with Mis-ordering of Laboratory Tests
Seattle Children's Research Institute
Program Information 

March 26

How To Promote The Value of Clinical Laboratory Testing to Physicians, Students, and the General Public
Program Information

David D. Koch, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Director, Clinical Chemistry, Toxicology, and Point of Care
Grady Memorial Hospital
Professor, Pathology and Lab Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Alan H.B. Wu, PhD, DABCC, FACB
Director, Clinical Chemistry
San Francisco General Hospital
Professor, Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

Janet Kreizman
CEO, Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (formerly AACC)
Washington, D.C.

2014 MEETINGS

May 16

A Local and National Intervention to Improve the Utilization of Clinical Laboratory Tests
Seattle Children's Hospital
Program Information

Michael Astion, MD, PhD
Seattle Children's Hospital
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105

January 23

Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacometabolomics for Personalized Medicine
Portland, OR
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Steven H. Wong, PhD, DABCC(TC), FACB
President, American Association of Clinical Chemistry
Director, Clinical Chemistry
Professor, Pathology
Co-director, Clinical and Translational Mass Spectrometry Center
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Department of Pathology
Winston-Salem, NC 27106

2013 MEETINGS

December 5

Analytical, Legal, and Therapeutic Implications of Neonate Drug Testing
Portland, OR
Program Information

Steve Cotten, PhD
Associate Director, Chemistry and Toxicology
Assistant Professor, Pathology
Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center
4164 Graves Hall
333 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

October 10

Thalassemias: Learning New Tricks from an Old Dog
Seattle, WA
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Dina Greene, PhD, DABCC
Scientific Director, Chemistry
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California
1725 Eastshore Highway
Berkeley CA, 94710

March 21

Interpretation of Cardiac Troponin: Generations, Populations & Standardization
Seattle, WA
Program Information

Robert H. Christenson, PhD
President, American Association of Clinical Chemistry
Professor of Pathology and Medical and Research Technology
University of Maryland Medical Center