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Spring Meeting 2013

Please join us at the Annual Spring Meeting

Friday, April 5, 2013
8 AM to 4:30 PM

Hotel Pennsylvania
401 Seventh Avenue
Between W32 & W33 St
18th Floor
New York NY
800.780.5733

The Hotel Pennsylvania is located near subway lines 1, 2 & 3 and is directly across the street from Penn Station.

Download Registration Form Meeting Program and Registration in pdf format for Spring 2013 here. Telephone reservations will not be accepted.

RSVP by
March 22, 2013

$50 Advanced Registration NYC ASM Members

$60 On-Site Registration Members (limited availability)

$75 Advanced Registration
Non-Members

$100 Non-Members
On-Site Registration
(limited availability)

$75 Join NYC ASM with Advanced Registration as a Member

Moderators

The program will be moderated by

Dr Stephen G Jenkins
President NYC ASM

Dr Michael H Levi
President-elect
NYC ASM

Course Objectives

After completion of this symposium, participants will be:
• Possess knowledge of both traditional and new methods for parasite identification and gain insight into their epidemiology
• Be cognizant of the current rapid assays to detect bacteremia
• Have learned the latest diagnostic advances in detecting neonatal Group B streptococcal infections
• Recognize the pathogens that can be contracted when traveling abroad
• Have tested their ability to identify the pathogen in case presentation format

Program

8:00-8:50 AM
Registration
Continental Breakfast

8:50-9:00 AM
Welcome
Dr William Riley
President NYC ASM

9:00-9:45 AM
2013 Update in Diagnostic Parasitology
Lynne S Garcia

9:45-10:30 AM
From Phages to Arrays: Adjunctive Assays to Detect Bacteremia
Dr Karen C Carroll

10:30-11:30 AM
Break and Visit the Exhibits

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease: Where Are We Now?
Dr Melissa B Miller

12:15-1:45 PM
Luncheon and Awards
Visit the Exhibits

1:30-2:30 PM
Travel Medicine: The Joy and
Perils of Exotic Travel
Dr Salvador Alvarez

2:30-3:30 PM
Challenging Case Presentations and Brain Twisters
Dr Michael A Saubolle

3:30-4:30 PM
Refreshments and Trivia Contest in Exhibit Area
You must be present to win!

Meeting Photos

Thomas Lee has been the official photographer at many NYC ASM meetings. You can contact him for a link to his photogallery: nycasmphotos@gmail.com
Below, from previous years.


Corporate Sponsors

NYC ASM wishes to pay special tribute to our sponsors who have so generously supported our educational programs. Please visit the exhibits and support our sponsors. The Exhibition Hall is on the 18th floor; it will be open from 8 AM to 4 PM. Sponsors listed below are linked to their web sites.

Platinum Award Members
• Becton Dickinson
  Diagnostics
• bioMerieux

Gold Award Members
• Abbott Molecular
• AdvanDx
• Alere
• BioFire Diagnostics Inc
• Cepheid
• HOLOGIC Gen-Probe
• Meridian Diagnostics
• Roche Molecular
  Systems
• Siemens Healthcare
  Diagnostics Inc
• Thermo-Fisher
  Scientific
• ViraCor & IBT
  Laboratories

Faculty

Salvador Alvarez MD
Chair, Division of
Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville FL

Karen C Carroll MD
Professor of Pathology and Medicine
Director, Division of Medical Microbiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore MD

Lynne S Garcia MS
Former Manager
UCLA Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Director, LSG & Asso
Santa Monica CA

Melissa B Miller PhD
Associate Director
Microbiology and Immunology Laboratory
Director, Molecular Microbiology Laboratory
University of
NC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC

Michael A Saubolle PhD
Medical Director
Infectious Diseases Division
Laboratory Sciences of
Arizona/Banner Health
Clinical Associate
Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona
College of Medicine
Phoenix/Tucson AZ