AACC Show Day 2

It's become an annual tradition for the Westgard QC corporation to hold a dinner/party at the AACC/ASCLS show  a gathering of friends, distinguished colleagues, and other ne'er-do-wells. Dr. Westgard likes to hold the event at low key restaurants. No fancy steak house - someplace with a good brew instead. Since it was Chicago, we found an Irish pub.

We also found time to celebrate the birthday of one of our honored guests, Stacy Walz, who is member of the University of Wisconsin MT program (more on that soon) as well as the President of the ASCLS chapter in Wisconsin. It's truly a sign of her dedication that she was willing to spend her birthday hanging out with a bunch of old laboratorians. (Stacy is pictured at right with Don Wiebe of the UW Hospital and Clinics).

Dietmar Stockl, David Parry, and Linda Thienpont.
David Parry probably broke the record for the most number of abstracts that involved Sigma metrics this year. Dietmar is the driving force behind STT-Consulting.com which is a great educational resource.

Dr. Jeremie Gras, Jennifer Le Breux, and Dr. Ian Giles.
Jeremie broke the record for the most number of analytes in a single Sigma-metric abstract (over 100). Jennifer and Ian are good friends from Sysmex America.

Finally, here is Stacy getting her Birthday Cake from all of us:

To Stacy's left, among others, are good friends Carl Garber, Paula Santrach, Anders Kallner, and Sharon Ehrmeyer.