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FSCLS 2025 Fall Symposium

Friday, Sep 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM EDT

FSCLS 2025 Fall Symposium, FSCJ North Campus, 4501 Capper Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32218, United States

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Friday, Sep 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM EDT

FSCLS 2025 Fall Symposium, FSCJ North Campus, Jacksonville, Florida, 32218, United States.

Event Description : FSCLS 2025 Fall Symposium

FSCLS, invites you to attend its annual unique continuing education fall symposium to gain new medical information, current practices, and networking opportunities for laboratory professionals and students, and exlplore  exhibits from leaders in the clinical laboratory science industry.

Date: Friday, September 5, 2025 7:00AM - 5:00PM EST

Location: Florida State College at Jacksonville, North Campus, 4501 Capper Road, Jacksonville, FL 32218

Target Audience: Clinical Laboratory Scientists, Directors, Managers, Researchers, Supervisors, Technologists, Technicians, Phlebotomists, POCT Coordinators, other health professionals and medical laboratory students.

Symposium Educational Sessions Standards & Goals

The program offers CEUs that meet Florida license/biennium license renewal, including Florida Clinical Laboratory Personnel mandatory requirements for Florida license/biennium license.  When attended in full, earn at least 8 contact hours, and attend exhibits from leaders in the clinical laboratory science industry. CEUs as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E ® pending approval, meets CE Broker and FL liscensing requirements.

For more information visit: https://www.fscls.org/home

Contact Lynne Ulmer at lynnu1030@gmail.com

 

Registration - Early registration discount ends August 30, 2025

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About Organizer

Florida Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (FSCLS) Organizer name

https://www.fscls.org/home

Speakers

About Tripat Kaur, Ed. D, MS, MT (ASCP)
Director, Program Director, Medical Lab. Science Program
Hillsborough Community College
Sep 05, 2025
01:00 PM

Session 5b - Chemistry in Body Fluids: Advancing Patient Care

01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
About George Zhang, MHA
Manager, Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Sep 05, 2025
10:00 AM

Session 3c: Musings of a Recovering Non-Lab Now Lab Person

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
About Steve Westr
Histotechnologist
ACD/Bio-Techne, Loxahatche, FL
Sep 05, 2025
02:00 PM

Session 6c - Cutting Edge IHC Antibodies: Expanding the Repertoire

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
About Christina Narakorn, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM, PA(ASCP)CM
Manager, Laboratory Education
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
Sep 05, 2025
01:00 PM

Session 5c - Transplant Services: The Big Picture

01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
About Richard Gammon, M.D.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine and Blood bank
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
Sep 05, 2025
11:00 AM

Session 4c - All Things Platelets – 2025 AABB International Clinical Practice Guidelines and Cold Stored Platelets: Increasing Understanding and Acceptance

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
About Juan C. Alvarez Rodgriguez, PMP, MLS(ASCP)CM
Director of Laboratory Administration
UF Health - Jacksonville
Sep 05, 2025
04:00 PM

Session 8a - Closing Keynote: Recalibrate Your Mind

04:00 PM - 04:50 PM
About Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)SM
Quality Laboratory Coordinator
Baptist Hospital, Jacksonville
Sep 05, 2025
04:00 PM

Session 8b - Career Panel

04:00 PM - 04:50 PM
About Wyenona Hicks, MT(ASCP), SBB
Retired
Educator and Author
Sep 05, 2025
02:00 PM

Session 6a - Spotlighting the Hematology in Immunohematology

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
About Carola M. Zalles, M.D.
Pathologist
Baptist/Wolfson Hospitals
Sep 05, 2025
10:00 AM

Session 3b - Breast Cancer Prognostic Markers

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
About Yvette McCarter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
UF Health - Jacksonville
Sep 05, 2025
09:00 AM

Session 2b - Microbial Mysteries

09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
About Heather McNasby, MHSH, MT(ASCP)
Director, MLT & MLS Programs
Keiser University, Orlando, FL
Sep 05, 2025
07:45 AM

Welcome & Introductions

07:45 AM - 07:55 AM
02:00 PM

Session 6b - Florida Educator’s Information Session

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
About Sarah Van Kirk, MLS,(AAB)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Werfen Instrument Laboratory
Sep 05, 2025
01:00 PM

Session 5b - Chemistry in Body Fluids: Advancing Patient Care

01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
About Magan Warren, BS, (MT(ASCP)
Market Support Manager
Cell-a-Vision
Sep 05, 2025
03:00 PM

Session 7a - Hematology Case Studies Utilizing CellaVision Digital Imaging

03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
About Emilia Marrero-Greene, M.Ed., M(ASCP), MT(AAB)
Microbiology Supervisor
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL
Sep 05, 2025
03:00 PM

Session 7c - Stump the Microbiologist!

03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
About LaShanta Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP), SH(ASCP)
Scientific Engagement & Clinical Education Scientist
Diagnostica Stago US
Sep 05, 2025
11:00 AM

Session 4b - Saved by the Lab: The Enduring Role of Routine Coagulation Testing in Patient Care

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
About Frederico Rodriguez Quezada, SBB, MLS(ASCP)
Client Services Manager
FACT Global, Gainesville, FL
Sep 05, 2025
03:00 PM

Session 7b - Accreditations, Certifications, and Audits: How to Survive an Inspection in a Highly Regulated World

03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
About Luis Plaza-Rios, MLS(ASCP)
Microbiology Instructor
University of Central Florida
Sep 05, 2025
10:00 AM

Session 3a - MALDI-TOF in the Lab: Advantages and Disadvantages

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
About Linda Valdes, MS, MT(ASCP)QLS
Laboratory Executive Director of Policy & Quality
Advent Health, Central Florida Division
Sep 05, 2025
09:00 AM

Session 2a - Laboratory Errors (2-hour session per FL license requirements)

09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM

Session 4a - Laws and Rules of the Florida Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
About Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS
Program Director
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
Sep 05, 2025
01:00 PM

Session 5a - HIV, Neurocognitive Disorders, and Drugs of Abuse

01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
02:00 PM

Session 6b - Florida Educator’s Information Session

02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
03:00 PM

Session 7c - Stump the Microbiologist!

03:00 PM - 03:50 PM
About Halcyon St. Hill, Ed.D., MS, MT(ASCP), FASAHP
Professor Emeritus
Florida Gulf Coast University
Sep 05, 2025
08:00 AM

Opening Keynote: Medical Laboratory Professionals & Healthcare Transformation: AI, Head and Heart Traits, and Patient Centered Care

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Session #1

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Sessions on Sep 05, 2025

07:30 AM

Registration/Check in

07:30 AM - 02:00 PM
07:30 AM

Refreshments/Coffee

07:30 AM - 08:00 AM
07:45 AM

Welcome & Introductions

07:45 AM - 07:55 AM
    speaker

    Heather McNasby, MHSH, MT(ASCP)

    Director, MLT & MLS ProgramsKeiser University, Orlando, FL
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    08:00 AM
      speaker

      Halcyon St. Hill, Ed.D., MS, MT(ASCP), FASAHP

      Professor EmeritusFlorida Gulf Coast University
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      09:00 AM
        speaker

        Linda Valdes, MS, MT(ASCP)QLS

        Laboratory Executive Director of Policy & QualityAdvent Health, Central Florida Division
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        09:00 AM
          speaker

          Yvette McCarter, PhD, D(ABMM)

          Director, Clinical Microbiology LaboratoryUF Health - Jacksonville
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          10:00 AM
            speaker

            Luis Plaza-Rios, MLS(ASCP)

            Microbiology InstructorUniversity of Central Florida
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              speaker

              Carola M. Zalles, M.D.

              PathologistBaptist/Wolfson Hospitals
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                speaker

                George Zhang, MHA

                Manager, Department of Lab Medicine & PathologyMayo Clinic, Jacksonville
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                11:00 AM
                  speaker

                  Linda Valdes, MS, MT(ASCP)QLS

                  Laboratory Executive Director of Policy & QualityAdvent Health, Central Florida Division
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                    speaker

                    LaShanta Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP), SH(ASCP)

                    Scientific Engagement & Clinical Education ScientistDiagnostica Stago US
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                    Sponsors
                      speaker

                      Richard Gammon, M.D.

                      Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine and Blood bankMoffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
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                      01:00 PM
                        speaker

                        Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS

                        Program DirectorFlorida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
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                          speaker

                          Sarah Van Kirk, MLS,(AAB)

                          Clinical Laboratory ScientistWerfen Instrument Laboratory
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                          speaker

                          Tripat Kaur, Ed. D, MS, MT (ASCP)

                          Director, Program Director, Medical Lab. Science ProgramHillsborough Community College
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                          Sponsors
                            speaker

                            Christina Narakorn, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM, PA(ASCP)CM

                            Manager, Laboratory EducationMayo Clinic Jacksonville
                            SocialLink
                            02:00 PM
                              speaker

                              Wyenona Hicks, MT(ASCP), SBB

                              RetiredEducator and Author
                              SocialLink
                              Sponsors
                                speaker

                                Heather McNasby, MHSH, MT(ASCP)

                                Director, MLT & MLS ProgramsKeiser University, Orlando, FL
                                SocialLink
                                speaker

                                Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS

                                Program DirectorFlorida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
                                SocialLink
                                  speaker

                                  Steve Westr

                                  HistotechnologistACD/Bio-Techne, Loxahatche, FL
                                  SocialLink
                                  03:00 PM
                                    speaker

                                    Magan Warren, BS, (MT(ASCP)

                                    Market Support ManagerCell-a-Vision
                                    SocialLink
                                    Sponsors
                                      speaker

                                      Frederico Rodriguez Quezada, SBB, MLS(ASCP)

                                      Client Services ManagerFACT Global, Gainesville, FL
                                      SocialLink
                                        speaker

                                        Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS

                                        Program DirectorFlorida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
                                        SocialLink
                                        speaker

                                        Emilia Marrero-Greene, M.Ed., M(ASCP), MT(AAB)

                                        Microbiology SupervisorLakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL
                                        SocialLink
                                        04:00 PM
                                          speaker

                                          Juan C. Alvarez Rodgriguez, PMP, MLS(ASCP)CM

                                          Director of Laboratory AdministrationUF Health - Jacksonville
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                                          Sponsors

                                          Session 8b - Career Panel

                                          04:00 PM - 04:50 PM
                                            speaker

                                            Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)SM

                                            Quality Laboratory CoordinatorBaptist Hospital, Jacksonville
                                            SocialLink
                                            05:00 PM

                                            FSCLS Board/Business Meeting

                                            05:00 PM - 06:30 PM