Executive War College Post-Conference Workshop May 1

Special Workshop 1

Digital Pathology and AI-Powered Image Analysis: Innovators, New Products, and More

Thursday, May 1, 2025 ● 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Reception and Exhibition ​

Thursday, May 1, 2025

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast and Exhibition ​

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Introduction to this Workshop

Ulysses Balis

Ulysses Balis
MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer,
Director of Pathology Informatics
and A. James French Professor,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI

8:10 AM - 8:50 AM

Overview of New Developments and Technologies in Anatomic Pathology Analytical Phase

Ulysses Balis

Ulysses Balis
MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer,
Director of Pathology Informatics
and A. James French Professor,
University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI

8:50 AM - 9:35 AM

Establishing a High-Volume Digital Scanning Laboratory: Lessons on the Journey from Concept to Today's Reality

Joseph Doppler

Joseph Doppler
Manager,
Mayo Clinic-Rochester: Dept. Laboratory Medicine & Pathology

9:35 AM - 10:10 AM

Success with Histology and Scanning to Support Whole Slide Imaging and Digital Pathology

Sumie Edwards

Sumie Edwards
Project Manager,
ARUP Laboratories,
Salt Lake City, UT

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Morning Break and Exhibition

10:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Delivering Standardized, High-Quality Glass Slides to Scanners in Support of AI Analysis of WSIs

Vanessa Visioni, Vice President, Milestone SRL

Vanessa Visinoni
Vice President,
Milestone SRL,
Sorisole, Italy

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch and Exhibition

12:30 PM - 1:10 PM

Adopting AI for Primary Diagnosis of Certain Cancers: Improving Diagnostic Accuracy, Shortening Time to Answer, and Improving Patient Outcomes

Renuka Kulkarni

Renuka Kulkarni
MD,
Pathologist,
BioReference Laboratories, Inc., Elmwood Park, NJ

1:10 PM - 1:45 PM

Latest Developments in Coding, Billing, and Collecting on Claims involving Digital Pathology Services and More

Ann Lambrix, VP, Revenue Cycle Management Solutions, Lighthouse Lab Services

Ann Lambrix
VP,
Payor and Revenue Management,
GoPath Diagnostics

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned and Open Discussion

PANEL

Chair: Ulysses Balis
Panelists: Joseph Doppler, Sumie Edwards, Vanessa Visinoni, Renuka Kulkarni, Ann Lambrix

2:30 PM

End of Program

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Who Attends the Executive War College

Health Systems and Hospital Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Leadership

Hospital C-Suite Administrators

Laboratory Vice Presidents

Pathology Lab Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Directors

Molecular and Genetic Lab Leaders

Precision Medicine & Genetic Program Directors/Administrators

Laboratory Section Managers/Leaders/Supervisors

Representative Labs:

  • ACL Laboratories/Advocate Health
  • Cleveland Clinic Laboratories
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Baptist Health South Florida
  • Banner Health
  • Intermountain Health Outreach Labs
  • Baylor Scott & White Health
  • Cedars Sinai
  • Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center
  • Fabric Genomics
  • Kaiser Permanente

Independent Laboratories and Pathology Groups

Laboratory Owners/C-Suite/Vice Presidents/Directors

Pathology Group Owners/Directors

Pathology Group Practice Administrators

Physician Group Lab Owners/Directors

Public Health/Population Health VP’s/Directors

Life Sciences/Research Labs

Representative Labs:

  • Mayo Clinic Laboratories
  • ARUP (Reference Lab)
  • LabCorp (Reference Lab)
  • TriCore (Reference Lab)
  • GeneDx
  • Sonic Labs (Reference Lab)
  • Michigan Pathology Specialists (Pathologist Group)
  • Pacific Pathology Labs (Pathology Group)
  • NorDX (Animal Reference Lab)
  • Novartis (Research Pharm (Life Sciences)
  • AstraZeneca (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Caris Life Sciences (Pharm/Life Sciences)
  • Sonora Quest (Population Health Division)

Partners and Suppliers to Laboratory and Pathology Groups

In Vitro Diagnostic Manufacturers

LIS/Pathology LIS/LIMS/RCM/IT

Diagnostic Instrument, Product & Technology

Informatics Products and Services

Suppliers of Automation, Analyzers, and Assays

Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), Coding, Billing, and Collections

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

Representative Companies:

  • Abbott (Diagnostics)
  • Epic Corporation (EMR/LIS)
  • Clinisys LIS
  • Cerner LIS
  • Telcor (Technology)
  • XIFIN (Technology/Informatics)
  • LifePoint Informatics
  • Change Health Care (RCM/billing)
  • HC1 (RCM)
  • Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc. (RCM)
  • COLA (Regulatory)
  • College of American Pathologists (Regulatory)
  • Beckman Diagnostics (Diagnostics)
  • Bio-Rad Laboratories (Diagnostics)
  • Hologic (Diagnostics)
  • Cardinal Health (Product & Technology)
  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP (Legal)