Coffee & Compatibility

Ms. Julie Shroyer and Mr. James Fleischmann, of Wheat Shroyer Government Relations, join Coffee & Compatibility to describe what it is like to be ASHI’s eyes and ears in Washington D.C. and to let our listeners in on current legislation impacting clinical laboratory science.

In this episode, Dr. Alexandre Loupy discusses his group’s recent discoveries and insights into biomarker discovery for transplant patients.

Tune in for a very special episode with Dr. Robert Montgomery. Dr. Montgomery is the Professor of Surgery and Director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute. For over a decade he served as the Chief of Transplant Surgery and the Director of the Comprehensive Transplant Center at Johns Hopkins. 

Coffee and Compatibility hosts Eric and Kelley recap their first year as podcasters. Tune in to hear about their favorite episodes, hosting the ASHI Annual Meeting, and what happens behind the scenes. 

Guest Dr. Abeer Madbouly explains the field of bioinformatics and how it has the potential to shape the future of histocompatibility and immunogenetics.

Check out the live episode of Coffee & Compatibility at the 2021 ASHI Annual Meeting in Orlando with special guests: 

Executive Producer and ASHI Chief Operating Officer Mandi Cruz

ASHI President-elect Dr. Robert Liwiski

2021 J Marilyn MacQueen Rising Star Award recipient Dylan Smith

Professor of Surgery & Epidemiology and Associate Vice Chair of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University Dr. Dorry Segev

Dr. Massimo Mangiola, of NYU, joins us to explain the differences between epitopes and eplets, the current state of eplet research in transplantation risk assessment and how this work is shaping the future of transplant compatibility considerations.

This episode will explore killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) testing in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplantation with experts Drs. Paula Arnold and Luis Hidalgo. We will explore recent literature on KIR utility in clinical decision-making.

This episode will cover some hot topic issues facing immunogenetic laboratories. Tune in to hear from ASHI's President-elect Dr. Annette Jackson as she discusses various controversies within transplant diagnostics and ways to improve patient focused testing.

With TWO special guests this episode, Coffee & Compatibility is back! Mr. Walter Herczyk and Ms. Doreen Sese join us as we dive into the future of the HLA field from the technologist perspective.