ATHENA SOCIETY EST. 1994

Brainstorming the future of clinical chemistry and its future role in health care

 

Eighth Meeting of The Athena Society

Corfu Imperial Resort
Corfu, Greece
September 5 -8, 2018

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Program and Agenda

2018 Corfu

Eighth Meeting of The Athena Society for Laboratory Medicine

2018 Organizers:

Basil Doumas, Ph.D., Medical College of Wisconsin

Ann M. Gronowski, Ph.D., Washington University

Shanon Haymond, Ph.D., Northwestern University

Jack Ladenson, Ph.D., Washington University

Evangelos Spanos, M.D., M.Sc, Ph.D., Biomedicine Ltd., Athens

Special Thanks to Eirini Papadaki of Biomedicine SA. (epapadaki@bioiatriki.gr) for her organizational skills and overseeing the logistics of the meeting. Without her, we would not be here!

 

2018 Athena Program

Wednesday, September 5

19:30-21:30

Reception

Thursday, September 6

8:30 Welcome & Purpose - A. Gronowski & S. Haymond
8:35 Introduction - Basil Doumas
9:15 If you don't think Theranos is real, look who is close behind - D. Grenache
8:45

Big Data

-Moderator A. Stankovic
8:45 "Pathology Data Base Mining” -T. Badrick
9:00 “What’s wrong with LOINC and aggregated lab data.” – G. Miller
9:15 "What is blockchain and what is its role in healthcare?"–S. Haymon
9:30 Discussion
10:15

Molecular-Based Technology

- Moderator-N. Rifai
10:15 "Towards the use of circulating DNA for cancer screening" -D. L
10:30 "Syndromic infectious disease testing: time as the bottleneck for effective point-of-care" - C. Wittwe
10:45 "Non Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) of Fetal Chromosomal Disorders: implementation in routine prenatal care"-V. Velissariou
11:00 "Expanding NIPT applications through understanding the biology of circulating fetal DNA"-R. Chiu
11:15

"Who or what is SHERLOCK?"-A. Gronowski

11:30 "Beyond genetic testing: Clandestine uses of DNA"-G. Bodor
11:45 Discussion

Friday, September 7

8:30

Cutting Edge Diagnostics (Part I)

- Moderator- I. Young
8:30 "Breath, Sweat and Tears"– M. Cervinski
8:45 "Mini, mighty and mature: The future state of clinical mass spectrometry"- M. DeMarco
9:00 "A multi-omics approach to diagnostics"- C.A. Burnham
9:15 "Bug or Virus: Can the host response provide the answer?"- S. Evans
9:30 Discussion
10:15

Cutting Edge Diagnostics (Part II)

- Moderator- I. Young
10:15 “Precision Medicine in Oncology: a critical role of the lab”- O. Laterza
10:30 "Will Continuous Glucose Monitoring happen in intensive care settings"– M. Scott
10:45 "Novel Testing for Cardiac Injury: Can We Improve Beyond Cardiac Troponin" –F. Apple
11:30

The Changing World of Academic Medicine

- Moderator-D. Bruns
11:30 "Regulatory approvals using real-world data. A modern twist on curate’s egg"- C. Fantz
11:45 "New paradigms of medical education"–A. Saenger
12:00 “Scientific publishing in the 21st Century: challenges and trends”- N. Rifai
12:15

Discussion

Saturday, September 8

8:30

Advances in Areas with Limited Resources

- Moderator-J. Ladenson
8:30 "Formation of The WHO Essential Diagnostics List"- L. Schroeder
8:45 "Innovative Diagnostics for the Developing World" S. Riley
9:00 “Will drones revolutionize medical sample delivery?”— T. Amukele
9:15 Discussion
10:00

Future of Healthcare

- Moderator –G. Miller
10:00 “Personal utility and value-based pricing in laboratory medicine”–P. Bossuyt
10:15 "Brave or Not, the Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing World is Here. What’s the Current Landscape?"- D. Grenache
10:30 "XPRIZE Tricorders and Point-of-Consumer Blood Diagnostics: Where are we now?"- E. Chan
10:45 "Predicting the impact of a whole-exome sequencing at the time of birth on current laboratory testing" E. Ashwood
11:00 Discussion
11:30

Summary & Lessons Learned

- R.Rej

Attendees

 

Name

Guest(s)

Email

Organization

Alvarez, Francisco (Paco)

Rosario

falvarezmen@gmail.com

 Hospital Universitario Central de  Asturias

Amukele, Tim

tamukel1@jhmi.edu

 Johns Hopkins

Apple, Fred

Jan

apple004@umn.edu

 U. of Minnesota

Ashwood, Ed

Candace

EDWARD.ASHWOOD@UCDENVER.EDU

Univ. Colorado

Badrick, Tony

Lynette

Tony.Badrick@rcpaqap.com.au

Royal College of Pathologists AU

Bodor, Geza

geza.bodor@ucdenver.edu

Univ. Colorado

Bossuyt, Patrick

p.m.bossuyt@amc.uva.nl

University of Amsterdam

Brown-Riley, Sarah

Rodger

rileys@slu.edu

St. Louis University

Bruns, David

Liz

dbruns@virginia.edu

 U. of Virginia

Burnham, Carey-Ann

Ryley

cburnham@wustl.edu

 Washington U. School of Med

Cervinski, Mark

Stan & Joyce

Mark.A.Cervinski@Hitchcock.ORG

 Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Center

Chan, Eugene

echan@dnamedinstitute.com

DNA Medicine Institute

Chiu, Rossa

Gary

rossachiu@cuhk.edu.hk

Chinese U. Hong Kong

Demarco, Mari

John

mdmrco@mail.ubc.ca

Univ. British Columbia

Doumas, Basil

Maria

basildoumas@gmail.com

Med. College Wisconsin

Evans, Sue

Dick

sueevans@att.net

BioDecisions Consulting

Fantz, Corinne

Doug, Ethan, Lucy

cfantz0220@gmail.com

Roche Diagnostics

Grenache, David

Dennis

David.Grenache@tricore.org

TriCore Laboratories

Gronowski, Ann

gronowski@pathology.wustl.edu

Washington Univ.

Haymond, Shannon

Ryan, Nathan & Kendall

Teri & Mary Lou

SHaymond@luriechildrens.org

Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Hiona, Mina

ursula14@yahoo.com

Guest of Biomedicine SA.

Jaffe, Al

Teresa

Jaffe.Allan@mayo.edu

Mayo Medical Labs

Ladenson, Jack

Ruth

ladenson@wustl.edu

Washington Univ.

Laterza, Omar

omar_laterza@merck.com

Merck

Lo, Dennis                          

Alice

y.m.dennis.lo@gmail.com

Chinese U. Hong Kong

McDonald, Jay

Sarah

mcdonald@uab.edu

University of Alabama

Miller, Greg

Gail

greg.miller@vcuhealth.org

Virginia Commonwealth University

Moutsatsou, Vivi

pmoutsatsou@med.uoa.gr

University of Athens

Moyer, Thomas

Diane

dtpm01@gmail.com

Mayo (Retired)

Papadaki, Eirini

 

epapadaki@bioiatriki.gr

Biomedicine SA

Rej, Bob

robert.rej@health.ny.gov

NY State Dept Health

Rifai, Nader

rifai@tch.harvard.edu

Boston Children's Hosp

Saenger, Amy

Alex

saen0006@umn.edu

Univ. Minnesota

Schroeder, Lee

Laurel

leeschro@med.umich.edu

Univ. Michigan

Scott, Mitch

Barb

mgscott@wustl.edu

Washington Univ.

Spanos, Evangelos

Mahi

MARKETING@BIOIATRIKI.GR

Biomedicine SA

Spanos, George

Alini

gspanos@bioiatriki.gr

Biomedicine SA

Stankovic, Ana

ana_stankovic@koliadaconsulting.net

Koliada Consulting

Tsitsopoulos, Stathis

stsitsopoulos@bioiatriki.gr

Biomedicine SA

Velissariou, Voula

vvelissariou@bioiatriki.gr

Biomedicine SA

Wilding, Peter

Audrey

pwilding@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

 U. of Pennsylvania

Wittwer, Carl

Noriko

carl.wittwer@path.utah.edu

 U. of Utah

Young, Ian

Catherine

i.young@qub.ac.uk

 Queens University, Belfast

Zinder, Oren

ozinder@matav.net.il

Rambam Med Center, Israel