Sylvia L. Asa, MD, PhD is the Pathologist-in-Chief and Medical Director of the Laboratory Medicine Program at the University Health Network and Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. Her topic will be "How can we harness innovation to transform medical diagnostics?".

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