Speaker Profile
M.D., Ph.D., Assistant in Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Biography
Dr. Le is a practicing molecular pathologist who is currently the Director of Technology Development at the MGH Center for Integrated Diagnostics. His clinical and research interests include development of novel target enrichment, bioinformatics analysis, and medical informatics solutions for next-generation sequencing and their application for clinical molecular diagnostics. He has a strong interest in applying big data descriptive and predictive analytics in healthcare with the goal of efficiently delivering laboratory results and clinical decision support.
Session Abstract
Session Synopsis: NGS-based liquid biopsy assays have great promise for multiple clinical applications, but challenges associated with detection sensitivity, bioinformatic analysis and validation must be overcome in order to drive routine clinical adoption. Join leaders in the field as we discuss the progress, potential and remaining obstacles of using NGS for this application.
