Course Schedule

FRIDAY, JUNE 25
Morning Session
7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Course Introduction
8:15 a.m. Specimen Handling, Preparation and Processing
9:15 a.m. Culturing Techniques
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Harvesting Techniques
12:00 p.m. Lunch: Test Taking Strategies

Afternoon Session
1:00 p.m. Chromosome Banding Techniques
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Use and Maintenance of Microscopes, Photographic Equipment and Computers for Image Analysis
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

SATURDAY, JUNE 26
Morning Session
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Chromosome Analysis Part I
9:15 a.m. Chromosome Analysis Part II
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Chromosome Analysis Part III
12:00 p.m. Lunch /Optional Laboratory Tour

Afternoon Session
1:00 p.m. Chromosome Analysis Part IV
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. General Laboratory and Management Skills Part I
3:45 p.m. General Laboratory and Management Skills Part II
5:00 p.m. Adjourn

SUNDAY, JUNE 27
Morning Session
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Mock NCA Exam
12:00 p.m. Lunch

Afternoon Session (Optional Karyotype Workshop)
1:00 p.m. Chromosome Identification
3:00 p.m. Practice Karyotyping
5:00

Clinical Faculty

Our faculty members are highly qualified and experienced in the field of clinical cytogenetics:

Kimberly Hayes,BS,CLSp(CG)	Denise Lovshe, BS, CLSp(CG)
Mildred Colon,BS,CLSp(CG)	Angela Marcum,BS,MT,CLSp(CG)
Eleanor Gutterman,BS,MT,CLSp(CG)	Anamaria Fals, BS,MT,CLSp(CG)
Martha Valuenzuela,BS,CLSp(CG)	Zebunnisa Khan,MS,CLSp(CG)
Gayathri R. Kongovi,MS,MT,CLSp(CG)	Lisa Falgout,BS,CLSp(CG)
Vicki Hopwood, MS, CLSp(CG), CLDir	Susan Zagryn,BS,MT,CLSp(CG)
Elizabeth A.H. Allen,BA,CLSp(CG)	Patrick Cheong,BS,MT,CLSp(CG)
Kathy Thompson, MD, ABMG	Armand Glassman,MD
Sen Pathak,Ph.D.,FNASc	Asha Multani, Ph.D.,CLSp(CG)
Leanne Gaulden,BS,MT,CLSp(CG)	Patrick Ivbievbiokun, M.S., CLSp(CG)
Jerome McCombs, Ph.D, ABMG	Dr. Subrata Sen, Ph.D.
Delia Perez, BS,CLSp(CG)	Joanne Cheng, BS, MT, CLSp(CG)