The 31st annual Executive War College (April 28–30, 2026, New Orleans) will bring together leading experts to address major disruptions in clinical laboratories, including AI-driven transformation, workforce challenges, digital pathology adoption and evolving federal reimbursement reforms.
NEW ORLEANS, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Market disruptions on multiple fronts are driving clinical laboratories, genetic test companies and anatomic pathology laboratories to modernize their operations for long-term sustainability. These challenges will be major topics when a top-flight roster of lab experts, innovators and lab leaders gather in New Orleans April 28-30, 2026, for the 31st annual Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical Laboratory and Pathology Management. The event takes place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel New Orleans.
"Laboratory medicine continues to operate under structural pressures as the healthcare landscape keeps shifting," stated Ashleigh Harris, conference producer of Executive War College. Clinical laboratories are facing disruptions on multiple fronts - external regulatory scrutiny, reimbursement volatility, workforce instability and accelerating technology that are all reshaping the ecosystem in real time. Successful laboratories will need to take many of these challenges on simultaneously to build durability and remain competitive.
To give lab leaders and pathologists an inside track to prepare for these multiple disruptions, the conference's 145 expert speakers includes:
- Syed T. Hoda, MD, Director of Digital Pathology, Director of Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology, Clinical Professor, NYU Langone Health, will review how their organization achieved a fully digital workflow in one year that accelerated diagnostics.
- Susan Van Meter, President, American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), will co-present with experts to discuss federal reforms including the RESULTS Act that could reshape reimbursement, market competition and revenue stability.
- Cory A. Roberts, MD, MBA, CEO, Sonic Healthcare, USA will address the strategic considerations for laboratory mergers and acquisitions, as well as opportunities for laboratories to grow organically and harness emerging technologies.
- Lâle White, CEO, XiFin, Inc., will discuss how AI is transforming the forces reshaping healthcare into catalysts for growth, denial reduction and workforce efficiency.
- Ted Schwab, Innovator, Strategist and Entrepreneur of Schwab Tremblay Solutions, LLC, will lead a discussion with technology experts who will cover the emerging technologies of automation and robotics that are transforming diagnostics and the future of the lab workforce.
Now in its 31st year, Executive War College is the nation's largest, most respected gathering on clinical lab management and operations – attracting the attendance of senior lab executives, administrators and pathologists who gather to learn, network and collaborate with thought leaders, experts, and analysts in developing the right strategies for their labs. It's why major lab industry companies actively support this unique gathering include: organizations such as AstraZeneca, CrelioHealth, ELLKAY, Health Carousel, Leica Biosystems, LigoLab, MedSpeed, Philips, Roche, Synergen, TELCOR, Thermo Fisher Scientific, US HealthTek and XiFin, Inc.
In addition to more than 90 information-packed presentations comprising an enlightening and expansive range of topics, Executive War College 2026 will also feature two post conference all day events on April 30, including Executive Forum on Digital Pathology Management: Scalable Implementation Strategies That Deliver Business and Operational Impact, moderated by Christopher Garcia, Chair, Data Strategy Committee, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic.
"Our expert content is what differentiates Executive War College and provides true value to our attendees," Harris stated. "The event is fine-tuned to provide real-world solutions for laboratories and pathology practices to be successful. We will navigate, propose and present solutions for the urgent issues that continue to challenge the clinical laboratory industry.
A maximum-capacity attendance is expected at this year's 31st Executive War College. To register and for more information on Executive War College 2026, visit https://executivewarcollege.com You may also contact Amanda Curtis at [email protected]
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