Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 11:00-11:30 AM CT
Roundtable presenters Nick Fingland, PhD, PMP, Senior Director, R&D Operations and Science, BD, and Chris Farnsworth, PhD, D(ABCC), Section Head of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Learn about digital pathology technology that is future-ready, yet practical for today’s
laboratory needs.
Webinar presenters Scott Hammond, Senior Systems Consultant, Digital Pathology Division, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Ursula Hofer, Imaging Technologist, Pathology Digital Imaging Lab, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Sandra Banky, PA(ASCP), Director of Operations, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
July 2016—Using single nucleotide polymorphism arrays in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: In patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, the identification of chromosomal abnormalities at the time of diagnosis is important for risk classification. The current standard of care includes karyotype and FISH analysis to identify recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities.
July 2016—Evaluating perineural invasion as a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer; A morphological analysis of unusual features in apoplectic leiomyomas; Diagnosis of frozen section to guide resection strategy for lung adenocarcinoma; A finding of ovarian carcinoma histotype based on limited sampling
July 2016—How to minimize cybersecurity risks from business associates: Like parents, through the decades, telling their teenagers, “It isn’t all about you,” cybersecurity firms are sending health care organizations a similar message: It isn’t all about you—it’s about your business associates too.
July 2016—What are the steps to validating maximum dilution for certain analytes when the stated manufacturer dilution is not enough? What is considered best practice for verifying platelet-poor plasma for coagulation? Is it necessary to measure platelet counts from 2.7 mL and 1.8 mL tubes? Is annual verification consistent with best practice?
July 2016—Michel: The good, bad, and ugly that labs need to know: Robert Michel’s opening remarks at the Executive War College, which can be seen as a kind of state of the union address for laboratory medicine, focused on the trends in the industry and the opportunities and dangers they create. “Fraud and abuse. That’s the ugly,” Michel began. “Folks who are doing lab medicine the right way aren’t really aware of what’s been happening outside the walls of their laboratories.”
