Symposium Program

ISLH 2025 Educational Content

Educational Program

The ISLH Annual Meeting is a 3 day conference preceded by a one-day educational workshop.
  Tue - May 06      Wed - May 07      Thu - May 08      Fri - May 09   


Friday, May 9th

8:00 - 8:30 AM
BREAK: COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITS
Ballroom
8:00 - 8:15 AM
MEETING: BUSINESS MEETING
Hall C1
8:30 - 10:00 AM
CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 10: UPDATES ON QUALITY IN HEMATOLOGY LABS
Chair/Organizer: Swati Pai, Sumedha Kulkarni
Hall C1

8:30
What is the Point of Automated Haematology Counting EQA?
Barbara De La Salle. UK NEQAS Haematology

9:00
Process of Developing a Reference Method and Primary Standard for PT/INR Measurement
Ton van den Besselaar. Leiden University Medical Center

9:30
Using CLSI Documentary Standards to Bring Quality to the Clinical Flow Cytometry Laboratory
Virginia Litwin. Eurofins/ISAC

CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 9: UPDATES ON ACQUIRED RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS
Chair/Organizer: Marian Rollins-Raval, Sarah Patterson
Hall C4

8:30
VEXAS-Morphologic Findings in 52 Patients (AJCP paper) & Vacuolization of Erythroid Precursors: Etiologies and Management
Saja Asakrah. Emory School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

9:00
Anemia of Inflammation - Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
Menaka Pai. McMaster University

9:30
Structural Sexism in Medicine (Iron Deficiency Anemia)
Michelle Sholzberg. St. Michael's Hospital
10:00 - 10:45 AM
BREAK: COFFEE BREAK / EXHIBITS
Ballroom
10:45 - 11:45 AM
PLENARY SESSION: SPECIAL PLENARY: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Chair/Organizer: Giuseppe d'Onofrio, Martha Eva Viveros
Hall C1

10:45
Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Flow Cytometry: Utilization and Validation for Clinical Purpose (Implementation)
Wolfgang Kern. MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory

11:15
Artificial Intelligence Application in Flow Cytometry for Use of Detection of Minimal Residual Disease in Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia
Min Shi. Mayo Clinic
12:15 - 1:15 PM
CORPORATE WORKSHOP: CORPORATE LUNCH WORKSHOP - SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS
Hall C4

Laboratory Implications for Hemophilia Gene Therapy and Other Novel Hemophilia Treatments
After several decades of basic science and pre-clinical investigation hemophilia gene therapy has entered the clinic. Several Phase 3 studies have now been completed, and three hemophil. (show more)


1:45 - 3:15 PM
CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 11: CELLULAR ANALYSIS: DIGITAL HEMATOPATHOLOGY / PATHOLOGY / NEW CONCEPTS
Chair/Organizer: Gina Zini, Tracy George
Hall C1

1:45
Digitalization in Hematopathology: What Has Changed?
Olga Pozdnyakova.

2:15
Diagnostic Hematopathology Approach to Eosinophilia
George Deeb. Emory University

2:45
Current Challenges and Opportunities in Digital Hematopathology
Clinton Campbell. McMaster University

CONCURRENT SESSION: CONCURRENT 12: BLEEDING DISORDERS: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Chair/Organizer: Karen Moffat, Martha Eva Viveros
Hall C4

1:45
Update on Laboratory Diagnosis of Von Willebrand Disease
Kristi Smock.

2:15
Challenges of Diagnosing Hereditary Bleeding Disorders in Resource-Challenged Countries
Anthony Chan. McMaster University

2:45
Fibrinogen Deficiencies
Natalie Mathews. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine