In Person Educational Seminar: Undetected Point-of-Care Hypoglycemia Can Be Life-Threatening to the Patient
Scottsdale Marriott Old Town
7325 East 3rd Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 8:00am MT - 1:00pm MT
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Topic
Common factors affecting glucose meter accuracy. How improved accuracy drives better patient outcomes. Strategies for implementing interference-free testing systems.
Credits Offered
This event offers
2.5 CERP credits
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).
Additional Information
Bedside glucose testing is one of the most commonly performed tests in the hospital and many clinicians take the accuracy and reliability of these results for granted. However, certain glucose meters have interferences from medications and other endo
Speakers
Professor and senior director of clinical pathology at the University of California, Davis Medical Center
Experienced Director Of Chemistry with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Clinical Pathology, Medical Devices, Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, and Clinical Pharmacology. Strong healthcare services professional with a NIH/NHLBI - Emergency Medicine K12 Career Training focused in acute injury biomarkers and pharmacokinetics from University of California, Davis - School of Medicine.
System Point of Care Manager
Banner Hospitals / Laboratory Sciences of Arizona
Senior medical director and scientific affairs at Nova Biomedical
Former surgeon, chair of the department of surgery and president of Winchester Hospital.
Assistant Professor, Tuffs University school of medicine
Being a successful surgeon requires good communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to consistently and confidently lead a team. I am a general and colorectal surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience in both private practice and academic hospitals. Throughout my career, in addition to maintaining a thriving and busy practice, I have assumed key leadership roles in the hospitals I work at. These roles, such as President of the Medical Staff and Chair of the Department of Surgery involve managing hospital departments, physicians, and effecting change across the organization during times of flux and uncertainty, including 2 hospital mergers. I have also been extensively involved in teaching medical students, surgery residents, and family medicine residents over the years as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine, and have won numerous teaching awards for this. This involves distilling complex medical and clinical topics to a varied audience. I have also written numerous scientific papers and summarized scientific articles for the journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, and have been a reviewer for this journal as well.