Virtual Lectures

PACE
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Kevin Halling, M.D., Ph.D., will review basic cancer genetics concepts and discuss examples of how RNA sequencing can be used to detect clinically relevant alterations in tumors such as gene fusions, point mutations, tumor mutation burden, and gene expression of individual genes or sets of genes.

In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” you will learn ways that Mayo Clinic is capitalizing on partnerships to reduce safety risks and environmental impacts, discuss challenges encountered with greening the laboratory efforts, and discover successful solutions and implementation strategies.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Justin Kreuter, M.D., goes over the importance of maintaining a healthy blood donor community by talking about the effects of blood donation on stored iron and describes which individuals are at a higher risk for iron deficiency anemia.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This month’s “Virtual Lecture” focuses on special considerations in the use of DOACs. Ariela Marshall, M.D., will discuss treatment of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the outcomes of DOACs, as well as DOAC and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Then, Waldemar Wysokinski, M.D., Ph.D., will discuss the reversal of DOACs and outcomes.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Katherine Geiersbach, M.D., and Ruifeng (Ray) Guo, M.D., Ph.D., will describe currently available testing offered in Mayo Clinic’s Genomics Laboratory and review the genetics of malignant progression in melanocytic lesions.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This “Virtual Lecture” will discuss what autoimmune neurology is, as well as how neural antibody profiles and the field itself have evolved. This program will also cover how discoveries happen within the Neuroimmunology Laboratory and how these discoveries can lead to novel therapies and possible cures.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This “Virtual Lecture” will discuss the complex factors that determine liver-graft eligibility from both a surgeon’s and pathologist’s perspectives.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., will discuss the limitations of each type of urine test, metabolic pathways of opioids, urine drug-testing case studies, and he will provide the latest laboratory medicine practice guidelines on testing for controlled substances.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Audrey Schuetz, M.D., discusses the diagnosis of a bloodstream infection and how it is one of the most critical functions within a health care team.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This month’s “Virtual Lecture” is a case-based presentation covering the common causes of granulomatous lung disease.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
This month’s “Virtual Lecture” will explore the assessment of transfusion in the best interest of the patient.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” James Hernandez, M.D., expresses the importance of safety and why it is integral in processing and phlebotomy.

PACE / State of CA / State of FL
In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” Elli Theel, Ph.D., will discuss the IMPACTS initiative in Belize that involves multiple departments at Mayo Clinic and the University of Notre Dame.