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TxSSAMT Fall Continuing Education Program and Meeting
Friday April 18, 2008
7:00-4:00 Meeting Registration/Sign-in
7:50-8:00 Welcome/Announcements – Pat Westbrook, MT (AMT), President
8:00-9:00 “The Laboratory Response Network (Part 1) – A Historical Perspective”
31-101-08 Linda S. Harrison, MT (ASCP), Microbiologist, Brooke Army Medical Center
8:00-9:00 “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome”
31-102-08 SSG Brian Parsch, CRT, NPS, CPFT, U.S. Army, Instructor/Writer, Respiratory Therapy Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
9:00-10:00 “The Laboratory Response Network (Part 2) – Bacterial Overview”
31-103-08 CPT Edward F. Keen III, Ph.D, U.S. Army, Assistant Chief, Microbiology, Brooke Army Medical Center
9:00-10:00 “Pulmonary Functions Testing”
31-104-08 SFC Robert Waite, CRT, U.S. Army, Instructor/Writer, Respiratory Therapy Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
10:00-11:00 “Parasitology Review”
31-105-08 Ronald Muntz, MT (ASCP), Microbiologist, Brooke Army Medical Center
11:00-12:00 “Sexually Transmitted Diseases”
31-106-08 LTC Wade Aldous, Ph.D., U.S. Army, Chief, Microbiology, Brooke Army Medical Center
10:00-12:00 “Lean Six Sigma”
31-107-08 COL Donna S. Whittaker, Ph.D., U.S. Army, Director, Innovation, Initiatives and Improvement, Army Medical Department Center and School
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own/TxSSAMT Board Meeting
1:00-3:00 “Molecular Diagnostics for Dummies”
31-108-08 Capt G. Shane Hendricks, USAF, BSC, Associate Chief, Diagnostic Services, Wilford Hall Medical Center
1:00-2:00 “The Military Pharmacy Technician in the 21st Century”
31-109-08 SFC Larry Royer, U.S. Army, NCOIC Lab Subjects, Pharmacy Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
2:00-3:00 “Asthma Overview”
31-110-08 Oscar Lopez-Martinez, RRT, Instructor, U.S. Army Respiratory Therapy Program, Army Medical Department Center and School
3:00-4:00 “CMV and B19: Relation to Transfusion and Transplantation”
31-111-08 LtCol J. Peter R. Pelletier, USAF, MC, FS, Chairman, Pathology Department, Wilford Hall Medical Center
3:00-4:00 “The Role of Dental Assistants in Today’s Army”
31-112-08 SFC (P) Ronald, D. Weimer, Jr., U.S. Army, Preventive Dentistry Specialist, Chief Instructor, Department of Dental Science, Army Medical Department Center and School
4:00-5:00 “Cytotechnology 101”
31-113-08 SSG Marjorie De La Garza, CT (ASCP), U.S. Army, Instructor, Interservice Cytotechnology Program, Brooke Army Medical Center
4:00-5:00 “Development and Testing of Vaccine Candidates to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus”
31-114-08 MAJ Peter Platteborze, Ph.D., U.S. Army, Chief, Chemistry Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
6:30-9:00 Wine and Cheese Social and TxSSAMT World Famous Auction
All Members, attendees, speakers and guests are encouraged to attend. Remember to bring items to the auction and help support the TxSSAMT Scholarship and Awards Fund.
TxSSAMT Fall Continuing Education Program and Meeting
Saturday April 19, 2008
7:00-4:00 Meeting Registration/Sign-in
7:50-8:00 Welcome/Announcements – Michelle Jenkins, MT (AMT), Vice-President
8:00-9:00 “Laboratory Blood Sample Collection and Handling”
31-115-08 LTC Sheryl Dunn, MT (ASCP), U.S. Army, Chief, Blood Bank/Hematology Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
8:00-9:00 “Cervical Cancer Screening & Prevention”
31-116-08 Julie A. Lavender, MS, RNC, Education and Training RN, Wilford Hall Medical Center
9:00-10:00 “The Anemias: Iron Deficiency, Hemoglobinopathies, and Megaloblastic Anemias”
31-117-08 LTC Sheryl Dunn, MT (ASCP), U.S. Army, Chief, Blood Bank/Hematology Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
9:00-10:00 “Avian Bird Flu”
31-118-08 SFC Michael Gentner, U.S. Army, Instructor/Writer, Chemistry Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
10:00-11:00 “Transfusion-Transmitted Diseases in Donor Blood”
31-119-08 LTC Sheryl Dunn, MT (ASCP), U.S. Army, Chief, Blood Bank/Hematology Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
10:00-11:00 “Running Shoe Prescription”
31-120-08 SSG Robert O. Floran & SSG Tamu N. Stanberry, U.S. Army, Instructor/Writer, Army Medical Department Center and School
11:00-12:00 TxSSAMT Business Meeting – All members are encouraged to attend
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own. Please enjoy one of the many area restaurants.
1:00-2:00 “Blood Bank Gel In a Nutshell”
31-121-08 Lorraine Holmes, MT (ASCP)SBB, Retired Education Coordinator, MT School
1:00-2:00 "Demonstrated Competency is Not Enough: What does your Character say about You as a Healthcare Professional"
31-122-08 Christopher Damon, AMT Executive Director
2:00-3:00 “Biological Threat Agents: Not Just a Military Problem”
31-123-08 Joy Innace, Chemical-Biological-Radioactive-Nuclear-Explosive (CBRNE) Br Instructor, Army Medical Department Center and School
3:00-4:00 “Leishmaniasis”
31-124-08 SSG Aaron Payton, MLT, AHI (AMT), U.S. Army, Microbiology Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
4:00-5:00 “Combat Laboratory Medicine Today”
31-125-08 SFC Michael Gentner, U.S. Army, Instructor/Writer, Chemistry Br, Army Medical Department Center and School
Thanks for your attendance!
Please travel home safely.
Visit us online at http://www.txssamt.org/
Note: Schedule is subject to change.
Where: Medical Center LaQuinta
San Antonio
$99/night includes hot breakfast and free parking, free high
speed internet. Eight miles from Riverwalk/etc
Phone: Direct 210-525-8090; Say you are with TxSSAMT.
or 800-531-5900
Host: Jeff Lavender ( Registration to be mailed here)
636 Infantry Post Rd
San Antonio TX 78234-1302
ph 210-226-8657
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