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Below is an archive of past Hot Topic presentations.
December 2017, "Metrics in Microbiology", presented by Linoj Samuel, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Division Head, Clinical Microbiology, Henry Ford Health System.
October 2017, "Update on MDRO: The Battle Continues!", presented by Janet A. Hindler, MCLS MT(ASCP), F(AAM), Independent Consultant.
August 2017, "Best Practices in Diagnosis of Anaerobic Infections", presented by Morgan A. Pence, PhD, D(ABMM), Director, Clinical and Molecular Microbiology, Cook Children's Medical Center.
June 2017, "An Update on Corynebacterium species and Their Clinical Significance", presented by Kathryn Bernard, M.Sc., ARM (CCM), Public Health Agency of Canada- Winnipeg.
April 2017, "The Story of Open Heart Surgery, Heater-Cooler Units and Mycobacterium chimaera", presented by Alice S. Weissfeld, PhD, D(ABMM), F(AAM), President and CEO, Lab Director, Microbiology Specialists Incorporated.
February 2017, "New Drugs: Few Tests", presented by Romney Humphries, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Section Chief, Clinical Microbiology, UCLA Health System.
December 2016, "Competency Assessment in Microbiology", presented by Susan E. Richardson, M.D., FRCPC, Hospital for Sick Children.
August 2016, "Update on Clostridium difficile Infection", presented by Alice Guh, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
June 2016, "IQCP Best Practices", presented by Susan E. Sharp, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Kaiser Permanente.
April 2016,"Stuff We Should NOT Be Doing", presented by Robert L. Sautter, Ph.D., RL Sautter Consulting LLC, Retired, Carolinas Pathology Group.
February 2016, "Molecular Multiplex Testing: Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Pathogens", presented by Melissa B. Miller, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
December 2015 - "Discovery of the Urine Microbiome: Implication for the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory", presented by Paul C. Schreckenberger, Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Center.
October 2015 - "Stool Culture Work Up" presented by Yvette S. McCarter, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of Florida Health- Jacksonville.
August 2015 - "Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium sp.: What’s New in 2015?" presented by Gerri S. Hall Ph.D., D(ABMM), F(AAM), Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic.
June 2015 - "Diagnosis and Advanced Molecular Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis" presented by Yvonne Qvarnstrom, Ph.D. and Michael Arrowood, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control.
April 2015 - "Verification of Non-FDA Approved Tests" presented by Michael Loeffelholz, Ph.D., D(ABMM), University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
February 2015 - "Optimizing Laboratory Test Utilization in Microbiology and Beyond" presented by Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Mayo Clinic.
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The December hot topic discussion, “Metrics in Microbiology” was presented by Linoj Samuel, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Division Head, Clinical Microbiology, Henry Ford Health System.