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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

Event Location

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
About George Zhang, MHA
Manager, Department of Lab Medicine & Pathology
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
About Steve Westr
Histotechnologist
ACD/Bio-Techne, Loxahatche, FL
About Christina Narakorn, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM, PA(ASCP)CM
Manager, Laboratory Education
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
About Richard Gammon, M.D.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine and Blood bank
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
About Juan C. Alvarez Rodgriguez, PMP, MLS(ASCP)CM
Director of Laboratory Administration
UF Health - Jacksonville
About Aaron Odegard, MS, MLS(ASCP)SM
Quality Laboratory Coordinator
Baptist Hospital, Jacksonville
About Wyenona Hicks, MT(ASCP), SBB
Retired
Educator and Author
About Carola M. Zalles, M.D.
Pathologist
Baptist/Wolfson Hospitals
About Yvette McCarter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
UF Health - Jacksonville
About Heather McNasby, MHSH, MT(ASCP)
Director, MLT & MLS Programs
Keiser University, Orlando, FL
About Sarah Van Kirk, MLS,(AAB)
Clinical Laboratory Scientist
Werfen Instrument Laboratory
About Magan Warren, BS, (MT(ASCP)
Market Support Manager
Cell-a-Vision
About Emilia Marrero-Greene, M.Ed., M(ASCP), MT(AAB)
Microbiology Supervisor
Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL
About LaShanta Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP), SH(ASCP)
Scientific Engagement & Clinical Education Scientist
Diagnostica Stago US
About Frederico Rodriguez Quezada, SBB, MLS(ASCP)
Client Services Manager
FACT Global, Gainesville, FL
About Luis Plaza-Rios, MLS(ASCP)
Microbiology Instructor
University of Central Florida
About Linda Valdes, MS, MT(ASCP)QLS
Laboratory Executive Director of Policy & Quality
Advent Health, Central Florida Division
About Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS
Program Director
Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
About Halcyon St. Hill, Ed.D., MS, MT(ASCP), FASAHP
Professor Emeritus
Florida Gulf Coast University

Event Sponsors

Event Schedule

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

      Professor EmeritusFlorida Gulf Coast University
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      09:00 AM
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        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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              Carola M. Zalles, M.D.

              PathologistBaptist/Wolfson Hospitals
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                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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                    LaShanta Brice, DCLS, MLS(ASCP), SH(ASCP)

                    Scientific Engagement & Clinical Education ScientistDiagnostica Stago US
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                      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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                          Sarah Van Kirk, MLS,(AAB)

                          Clinical Laboratory ScientistWerfen Instrument Laboratory
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                          Tripat Kaur, Ed. D, MS, MT (ASCP)

                          Director, Program Director, Medical Lab. Science ProgramHillsborough Community College
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                            Christina Narakorn, MHS, MLS(ASCP)CM, PA(ASCP)CM

                            Manager, Laboratory EducationMayo Clinic Jacksonville
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                            02:00 PM
                              speaker

                              Wyenona Hicks, MT(ASCP), SBB

                              RetiredEducator and Author
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                              Sponsors
                                speaker

                                Heather McNasby, MHSH, MT(ASCP)

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

                                Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS

                                Program DirectorFlorida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
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                                  speaker

                                  Steve Westr

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

                                    Magan Warren, BS, (MT(ASCP)

                                    Market Support ManagerCell-a-Vision
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                                    Sponsors
                                      speaker

                                      Frederico Rodriguez Quezada, SBB, MLS(ASCP)

                                      Client Services ManagerFACT Global, Gainesville, FL
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                                        speaker

                                        Maridaliz Rodriguez, PhD, MA, MLS

                                        Program DirectorFlorida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
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                                        speaker

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

                                        Microbiology SupervisorLakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL
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                                        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
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                                            05:00 PM

                                            FSCLS Board/Business Meeting

                                            05:00 PM - 06:30 PM