Blood, Sweat and Smears - A Machaon Diagnostics Podcast

Blood, Sweat and Smears - A Machaon Diagnostics Podcast

Blood, Sweat and Smears is a podcast focused on thrombosis and hemostasis and is hosted by Benign Hematologist, Dr. Brad Lewis. Dr. Lewis shares some of his knowledge built over decades of experience in hematology and laboratory testing.

Episodes

September 26, 2025 34 mins

A retrospective look at the Modified Ham (mHam 2.0) Complement-Dependent Cell Killing Assay, one year after its release.

Don't forget, this test has a STAT TAT of < 24 hours (M-F).


Visit ➡️ https://mham.machaondiagnostics.com/ to learn more. 


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5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Christen Ebens, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Program at the University of Minnesota. 

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July 7, 2025 25 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Lara Patriquin, a radiologist at the University of Utah and a speaker and coach for Thinking2Point0.

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In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, speaks again with Scott Canna, MD. Dr. Canna is a physician-scientist studying the mechanisms that drive autoinflammatory and/or hyperinflammatory diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). 

Dr. Lewis and Dr. Canna discuss the Cytokine Release Syndrome (12-test) Panel, when to order it, and when you order it- what to do with all the results.

This test ...

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5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Richard M. Burwick, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine with San Gabriel Valley Perinatal Medical Group.

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April 18, 2025 12 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Ramy M. Hanna, MD, Associate Professor — Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation, Medicine, and the Director of the Center for Rare Kidney Diseases and Glomerulonephritis at the Univer...

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March 28, 2025 16 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by pediatric hematologist-oncologist Dr. Anthony Sabulski from Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Dr. Sabulski is a Member of the Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency and an Assistant ...

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March 18, 2025 12 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kelly Davidson, Assistant Professor of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Virginia, who specializes in a variety of benign and malignant hematologic diseases with a focus on cellular hematology. 

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January 6, 2025 19 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Saara Kaviany, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Director of Pediatric Stem Cell and Cellular Therapy Program, The Clinical Director of Comprehensive Immune Deficiency and Dysregulation Clincini...

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December 20, 2024 4 mins

In this episode of Blood, Sweat and Smears, our senior director of Business Development, Bjorn Stromsness, attended the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2024 in San Diego, CA, and asked nephrologists 1 question: what is the most critical test you order for your patients?

For more information on Machaon Diagnostics and our testing, please visit machaondiagnostics.com or call us at 1 (800)566-3462

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December 6, 2024 28 mins

In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Robert Brodsky, a Professor of Medicine and Oncology and Director of Hematology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore

Dr. Lewis and Dr. Brodsky discuss a new test he and his lab have recently developed, modified HAM (mHam) and how the test can be used.

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In this episode of Blood, Sweat and Smears, our senior director of Business Development, Bjorn Stromsness, attended the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2024 in San Diego, CA, and asked nephrologists 1 question: what is the most critical test you order for your patients?

For more information on Machaon Diagnostics and the testing we provide, please visit machaondiagnostics.com or call us at 1 800 566 3462....

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October 4, 2024 19 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Xiao Peng, who recently joined the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore faculty as Assistant Professor in the Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics. She is Co-Director of the newly formed New York ...

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September 5, 2024 11 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Anita Dhanrajani, a pediatric rheumatologist at Children's Hospital New Orleans, specializing in children with autoimmune diseases.

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August 5, 2024 11 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Ashley Gefen, MD, a pediatric nephrologist specializing in genetic kidney diseases, tubular disorders, and kidney stone disease at Phoenix Children's Hospital. 

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July 15, 2024 11 mins

5 Questions is a new series of Blood, Sweat and Smears, hosted by our Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness who asks 5 questions to physicians in and around the disease areas we work in. 

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Patricia Kopko, a Professor of Pathology at UC San Diego, Director of Transfusion Medicine, and Associate Director of the Immunogenetic and Transportation Laboratory.  

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August 14, 2023 16 mins

In this podcast our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, discusses mixing studies- more specifically what a mixing study is and what it isn't, as well as a few quirks we see in some of the mixing studies.

Click here ➡️ https://bit.ly/47wN5fN for information on all the different mixing studies that Machaon Diagnostics performs.



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In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, discusses heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, also known as HIT. 

Dr. Lewis addresses what HIT is, how to diagnose and interpret testing, and the role of functional testing like the HIPA (Heparin-Induced Platelet Antibody) test.


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In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Scott Canna, from the Division of Rheumatology and the Immune Dysregulation Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Lewis and Dr. Canna discuss Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH); what HLH is, treating and diagnosing HLH, and infections that make you particularly worried about the possibility of HLH developing.
 

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In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, discusses a  pediatric case of aHUS with Dr. Amara Finch, a Pediatric Resident Physician at the University of Utah.

Dr. Finch presents a fascinating case of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in a 40-day-old patient. Using Machaon Diagnostics' fast turnaround time, physicians were able to get the results for their aHUS Genetic Panel, saving the patient who was ...

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