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The Explosion in Molecular Diagnostic Testing is Creating Huge Opportunities and Challenges for Hospital and Independent Reference Laboratories Considering Expanding Their Testing Services

Washington G-2 Reports, the front-runner in independent news and information specializing in the healthcare industry, and Pathology Service Associates, LLC (PSA) present a new forum on Building a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, January 26-27 in Miami, FL.

Molecular diagnostics testing is exploding nationwide, expanding by more than 20 percent annually compared to most other laboratory procedures. By 2009, the number of molecular diagnostic tests performed in the US is projected at 67 million -- nearly double the number performed in 2003. Genetic testing is unquestionably reshaping both the laboratory and pathology sectors and the larger health care marketplace.

To assist healthcare organizations determine the key financial considerations, the hottest offerings, the successful business models employed by successful labs to establish their foothold in this exploding market, the critical legal, compliance, reimbursement, and coding issues, and more, Washington G-2 Reports, a subsidiary of IOMA, Inc., developed the Building a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory conference, to be held on January 26 & 27, 2006 at the Radisson Miami Hotel.

Featured Speakers from World-Class Genetics and MDx Laboratory Expert Include:

--  Daniel H. Farkas, PhD, HCLD, ChondroGene, Ltd.
--  Angela Caliendo, MD, PhD, Emory Medical Laboratories and Emory
    University Hospital (former President, Association for Molecular Pathology
    and Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics)
--  Bassem Bejjani, MD, FACMG, Signature Genomic Laboratories, LLC and
    Sacred Heart Medical Center
--  Atul Butte, MD, PhD, Stanford University
--  Kevin C. Halling, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic
--  Jeffrey A. Kant, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
--  Michael A. Lewinski, PhD, Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
--  Jane M. Rachel, MT (ASCP), St. Luke's Hospital
--  Gregory J. Tsongalis, MHS, PhD, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
--  Thomas M. Williams, MD, TriCore Reference Laboratories and University
    of New Mexico School of Medicine
--  Hadi Yaziji, MD, Baptist Health Systems, Anderson Cancer Center and
    University of British Columbia
    

Presenting from the Presidents/CEO perspective are:

--  Ronald C. McGlennen, MD, President and Medical Director, Access
    Genetics
--  Tricia Hughey, CEO, UniPath
--  Gail Page, Ciphergen
    

For more information about the Building a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory Conference, call Randy Cochran at 212-576-8740 or visit the conference website at www.ioma.com/molecular.

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