Blood, Sweat and Smears - A Machaon Diagnostics Podcast
Episodes
5 Questions with Dr. Chirag Parikh
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
5 Questions is a series of Blood, Sweat and Smears episodes hosted by Senior Director, Bjorn Stromsness, who asks 5 questions to physicians in and aro...
HLH, CXCL9 and Clinical Decision-Making with Dr. Joe Rocco
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Joe Rocco, a NIAID Assistant Clinical Investigator who specializes in Hemophagoc...
Clinical Research Focus - Candy Bermingham, Arcus Biosciences
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we focus on the research side of Machaon Diagnostics. Dive into the future of medicine with this podcast, which explores how exciting...
5 Questions with Dr. James Malone
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
A Year of mHam 2.0 - Three Observations with host Dr. Brad Lewis
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 h...
5 Questions with Dr. Ebens
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
5 Questions with Dr. Lara Patriquin
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
Scott Canna, MD returns to discuss the Cytokine Release Syndrome (12-test) Panel
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, speaks again with Scott Canna, MD. Dr. Canna is a physician-scientist studying the mechanisms that ...
5 Questions with Dr. Richard Burwick
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
5 Questions with Dr. Ramy M. Hanna
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
5 Questions with Dr. Anthony Sabulski
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
5 Questions with Dr. Kelly Davidson
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
5 Questions with Dr. Saara Kaviany
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
ASH, 1 Question to Physicians
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Blood, Sweat and Smears, our senior director of Business Development, Bjorn Stromsness, attended the American Society of Hematology...
Modified Ham with Dr. Robert Brodsky
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Robert Brodsky, a Professor of Medicine and Oncology and Director of Hematology ...
ASN - Kidney Week, 1 Question to Physicians
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Blood, Sweat and Smears, our senior director of Business Development, Bjorn Stromsness, attended the American Society of Nephrology...
5 Questions with Dr. Xiao Peng
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
5 Questions with Dr. Anita Dhanrajani
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 aro...
5 Questions with Dr. Gefen
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
5 Questions with Dr. Kopko
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 arou...
Mixing Studies
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 we...
Diagnosing Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and the role of HIPA Testing
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, discusses heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, also known as HIT. Dr. Lewis addresses what HIT is...
Diagnosing and treating Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Scott Canna, from the Division of Rheumatology and the Immune Dysregulation Prog...
Diagnosing and treating aHUS in a 40-day-old patient
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, discusses a pediatric case of aHUS with Dr. Amara Finch, a Pediatric Resident Physician at the Un...
Renal transplants and the roles of testing around it
08 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, talks with Dr. Christina Klein, a transplant nephrologist and the head of the transplant program at...
Understanding next-generation sequencing (NGS)
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, continues his conversation with Jamey Kain, Vice President of Genetic Innovation here at Machaon. ...
How to choose panels for next-generation sequencing (NGS)
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, talks with Jamey Kain, Vice President of Genetic Innovation here at Machaon. Brad and Jamey discuss...
Psychological and Emotional Impact of VTE Diagnosis; Improving Patient Outcomes
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Kerstin de Wit and our Medical Director, Dr. Brad Lewis, discuss the importance of accessing and educating patients with newly diagnosed veno...
From CLS to CEO, the story of Machaon Diagnostics
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear an interview with Mike Ero, Machaon Diagnostics' Founder and CEO. A Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) who added an MBA,...
Bleeding Disorders in Women: Considerations pre, during & postpartum
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Andra James, MD, MPH is a Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Duke University Center, and consulting prof...
COVID-19 VITT - What we know so far
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, MD, discusses COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT) and diagnostic strategies.Â
PAI-1 with Dr. Brad Lewis
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dr. Brad Lewis talks about PAI-1, testing for PAI-1 and where things look to be heading for the future of this gene and conditions ass...
Challenges in diagnosing Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Michelle Hermiston, MD, PhD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist) at UCSF and our Medical Director, Brad Lewis,...
aHUS in Pregnancy
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, MD, discusses aHUS/TMAs in pregnancy with Richard Burwick, MD, MPH - Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics a...
Hypercoagulability and COVID-19 (Updated March 25, 2020)
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our Medical Director, Brad Lewis, addresses a number of questions around hypercoagulability and COVID-19.
soluble Complement 5b-9 (sC5b-9)
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Lewis discusses sC5b-9 in this podcast addressing; what sC5b-9 testing is, why you want to know about this test and when to use it. Dr. Lewis...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Lewis discusses hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH); when you want to think about HLH, why you want to think about HLH, and how to diagn...
Blood, Sweat and Smears - Post-Bone Marrow Transplant TMA
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lewis discusses TMAs in the post-BMT setting, recent research into the topic, when to think about it and what to do about it.Â
Hypercoagulability explained for patients
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Review of TMAs
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hypercoagulability Testing
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lab Testing for Patients Taking Hemlibra (Emicizumab-kxwh)
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Blood, Sweat and Smears - Common errors and misconceptions around coagulation
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Blood, Sweat and Smears - What to make of an equivocal aHUS result
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Blood, Sweat and Smears - Diagnosing Thrombotic Microangiopathies
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Blood, Sweat and Smears - Hemophilia Genetic Testing
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Lewis discusses considerations for genetic testing when it comes to hemophilia and rare forms of von Willebrand disease.
Blood, Sweat and Smears - Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brad Lewis talks through how he thinks about Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and when testing is called for. Dr. Lewis leverages his decade...