Events

Rutgers Course: Megaloblastic Anemia

George hosts the Megaloblastic Anemia unit for the Rutgers University School of Health Professions Clinical Laboratory Science program graduate course CLSC5123E-Sp17: Advanced Hematology. The unit opens Thursday, March 30 and closes Wednesday, April 5, and includes an audio PowerPoint presentation, Megaloblastic Anemia, located on the Educational Modules page. Course participants must log in to Fritsma […]

IL Acquires Accriva

Today, January 20, 2017, Werfen (Barcelona) and their partner, Instrumentation Laboratory (IL, New Bedford, MA), announced their acquisition of Accriva Diagnostics of San Diego. Accriva manufactures and distributes the Hemochron coagulation testing instrument, which performs point of care PT/INR, PTT, and ACT assays, and the VerifyNow antiplatelet therapeutic efficacy device. Click or tap here for […]

2017 NASTH Fellowship

Second notice, forwarded on behalf of the North American Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis: Dear NASTH Members, The deadline for Mentor Requests for the 2017 Fellowships is extended to February 10. We are in the midst of our application period for the 2017 NASTH Sponsored Research Fellowships, an 8 – 10 week program for […]

Conference Calendar

George has updated the Fritsma Factor conference calendar to provide information on 2017 events (and beyond 2017) that offer hemostasis updates. If you would like your conference or webinar to appear, please send conference name, sponsor, date and time, and location or digitial access address to [email protected].

2017 NASTH Fellowship

The North American Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (NASTH) announces their 2017 NASTH Research Fellowship. Applications went online on December 1, 2016 and are due March 30, 2017. Click or tap here for complete information and applications. NASTH membership is free and open to scientists and clinicians. NASTH hosts the 10th Scientific Symposium of the Hemostasis and […]

ASCLS Region III Triennial

Please join us this week in Birmingham, Alabama for the ASCLS Region III Trienniel conference at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. There are many excellent presentations in the area of hemostasis, transfusion management, and diagnostic errors. Click or tap here for complete information. George presents “Improving Acute Care with Coagulation Mixing Studies” on Thursday, November […]

The 100th Anniversary of Heparin 1916–2016

On behalf of Dr. Jawed Fareed, the Loyola University Chicago Office of Continuing Medical Education extends an invititation to the Heparin Centennial Symposium: Scientific and Clinical Developments and their Impact on the Understanding of the Pathogenesis of Thrombosis and Its Management. The conference will be held in the Center for Translational Research and Education on […]

Anticoagulant Therapy

Bangor Presentations

George was in beautiful Bangor, Maine, Monday, September 12, where he provided two presentations for regional medical laboratory scientists, sponsored in part by Dahl-Chase Diagnostic Services. Handouts for George’s talks are provided below. Please click or tap if you would like to have the handouts. Measuring the DOACs, Whatever Happened to the PT and PTT? […]

Anticoagulant Therapy

IL Acquires ROTEM

Mr. Dean Willett, Precision BioLogic Inc. Director of Marketing and Business Development passed along the news that Instrumentation Laboratory, Inc, (IL) a Werfen company, today acquired CA Casyso AG (Basel, Switzerland) and its Tem subsidiaries (Tem), manufacturer of the ROTEM Delta and ROTEM Sigma rotational thromboelastometry instruments. Click or tap here for IL‘s press release.

ISTH Advanced Training: Urgent

Monday, August 15 is the early registration deadline for the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis November 1–4 Advanced Training Course in Thrombosis and Hemostasis (tap or click) at the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. Don’t miss this opportunity!

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George Fritsma is a medical laboratory scientist, educator, and author. George holds faculty appointments with Rutgers University and Michigan State University, and is a member of the International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis, American Association of Clinical Chemists, and American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science.

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