Join Us April 11, 2008
at the Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, Virginia

Agenda I RSVP I Directions I Speaker Profile

Agenda

9:30AM-10AM Registration
10:00-11:30AM ABG Overview Karen Robinson, POCC Lewis-Gales Medical Center
11:30-12PM VA POCC Business Meeting
12:00-1:00PM Lunch/Networking
1:00-2:30PM Coagulation Today and In the Future Doctor Paula Santrach
2:30-3:00PM Closing Remarks
RSVP
Vickie Donnelly Via email at vpdonnel@sentara.com
Directions
The Virginia Historical Society
428 N. Boulevard
Richmond, VA
Tel: 804.358.4901
From Southside, Petersburg, Emporia (I-95)
Take I-95 North. Immediately after crossing the James River Bridge on I-95, take the first exit (74A) onto I-195 (Downtown Expressway). There is a $0.50 toll. Take the Boulevard exit. Proceed on Idlewood Avenueon until it intersects with the Boulevard. Turn right on the Boulevard. The VHS is on your left at the corner of Kensington Avenue and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

From Washington D.C. and Fredericksburg (I-95)
Take I-95 South/ I-64 East to Exit 78 (Boulevard). Turn right onto Boulevard (heading south). Proceed on Boulevard, crossing over Broad Street, Grace Street, Monument Avenue, and Patterson Avenue. Turn right onto the next street (Kensington Avenue). The VHS is on your left at the corner of Kensington Avenue and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

From Charlottesville, Waynesboro, and Staunton (I-64)
Take I-95/ I/64 East to Exit 78 (Boulevard). Turn right onto Boulevard (heading south). Proceed on Boulevard, crossing over Broad Street, Grace Street, Monument Avenue, and Patterson Avenue. Turn right onto the next street (Kensington Avenue). The VHS is on your left at the corner of Kensington Avenue and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

From Virginia Beach and Norfolk (I-64)
Take I-64 West. Take exit 78 (the Boulevard). Following signs for the Boulevard, turn left off exit ramp (proceed 0.1 miles). Turn right onto Robin Hood Rd and move to the left lane (proceed 0.1 miles). Turn left onto the Boulevard (proceed 1.2 miles). Turn right onto Kensington Ave. The VHS is at the corner of Kensington and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

From downtown Richmond
Take Broad Street west. Turn left on Robinson Avenue (in front of the Science Museum). Proceed on Robinson to third light (blinking); make right onto Kensington Ave. Proceed on Kensington. The VHS is on your left at the corner of Kensington and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

From the West End
Take Broad Street east. Turn right on the Boulevard. Turn right on Kensington Ave. The VHS is on your left at the corner of Kensington and Boulevard. Free parking in the VHS lot behind the building. [Map]

Speaker Profiles
Paula Santrach Dr. Santrach received her medical degree from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Her post-graduate training included a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. She is certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine by the American Board of Pathology. She is a member of the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American Association of Blood Banks, and the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

Dr. Santrach manages the delivery of phlebotomy services, point of care testing, and stat laboratory services at Mayo Rochester. Her interests in this area are bedside coagulation testing, the diagnosis of cardiac injury and point-of-care delivery options. Within the Division of Transfusion Medicine, she is the Director of Donor Services and the Director of the Intraoperative Autotransfusion Team. Her interests include the use of autologous blood to minimize transfusion risks, blood conservation, and transfusion strategies in cardiac surgery.

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