Lupus Anticoagulant: Laboratory Investigation and Methods Webinar

At the end of this session, you will be able to:
Define the laboratory criteria for the diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS)
Distinguish between a factor inhibitor and a lupus inhibitor
Describe the most commonly used tests for the laboratory diagnosis of APLS
Describe some of the pitfalls of APLS testing

Dr. John Mitsios  holds a PhD degree in chemistry from the University of Ioannina, Greece, and is a postdoctoral fellow at the San Diego-California School of Medicine. His main research interest is in coagulation, with an emphasis on the laboratory diagnosis of bleeding disorders. He was an assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an assistant clinical chemist at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Most recently, he was deputy director of the Specialty Coagulation Laboratory at BioReference Laboratories and co-author of 20 peer-reviewed articles and three book chapters. Currently, he is a senior clinical hemostasis consultant at Siemens Healthineers.