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  • Thursday, October 17, 2024
  • 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM  
    Cellular Therapy Standards Committee Meeting
  • Friday, October 18, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM  
    AABB Board of Directors Meeting
  • 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM  
    Cellular Therapy Standards Committee Meeting
  • 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM  
    Cybersecurity Summit
  • 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM  
    SATELLITE REGISTRATION-BADGE PICK-UP ONLY
  • 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM  
    REGISTRATION
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Corporate Partners & Foundation Symposium
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    New Assessor Training LIVE Segment
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Assessor Reception
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Biotherapies Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM  
    AABB Foundation Reception - A Party with a Purpose!
  • Saturday, October 19, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM  
    REGISTRATION
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Cellular Therapy Subsections-All Group Meeting
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Corporate Partners & Foundation Office
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    VIP Corporate Partners & Foundation Lounge
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM  
    Bookstore and AABB Central
  • 7:30 AM – 7:30 PM  
    Coat and Luggage Check
  • 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM  
    AABB Foundation Run for Research Packet Pick-up
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    The Importance of Mentors...or The Long and Winding Road (presented by LeeAnn Walker, Sally Frank Memorial Award recipient)
    Program Chair: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Award Presenter: Jayanna K. Slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health
    Award Recipient: LeeAnn Walker, MEd, MLS(ASCP)SBB – The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    The Use of HLA-Typed Cellular Transfusions and/or Infusions for In Vivo Adsorption of Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies (DSAs) as a Desensitization Strategy for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients
    Speaker: Deanna C. Fang, MD – UC San Diego School of Medicine
    Speaker: Stefan Ciurea, MD – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
    Program Chair: Minh-Ha Tran, DO – AABB Member
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Laboratory Clinicians and Transfusion Medicine Specialist at the Center of Patient Safety
    Program Chair: Marisa Saint Martin, MD, ACC – Loyola University Medical Center
    Speaker: Kimberly Klein, MD – M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Speaker: James Kelley, MD, PhD – OneOme
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    RBC Transfusions for Patients with Hematologic Conditions: Hemoglobin Thresholds, Iron Metabolism
    Speaker: Monica B. Pagano, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Speaker: Kleber Y. Fertrin, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Fred Hutch Cancer Center
    Program Chair: Katerina Pavenski, MD (she/her/hers) – Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto
    Hematology and Coagulation
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Preparing for the Data Deluge: Mitigating the Informatics Challenges of Expanded RBC Genotyping Data
    Speaker: John C. Spinosa, MD, PhD – Lantana Consulting Group
    Program Chair: Ross Fasano, MD – Emory University
    Speaker: Marianne E.M Yee, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Information Technology and Informatics
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Infectious Diseases, Viruses
    Program Chair: Ralph R. Vassallo, MD FACP – Vitalant
    Program Chair: Tobias Cohen, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 11:15 AM  
    Enhance and Challenge Your Assessor Skills
     CE: 2.75 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 2.75 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP) Exam Prep
    Speaker: Jennifer Chain, Dr – CSM Consulting, LLC
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 2 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 12:30 PM  
    THOR-AABB Collaborative Session: Hemostatic Resuscitation Practice for Women, Prehospital Programs, and International Implementation
    Speaker: Alyssa Ziman, MD – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Speaker: Phil Spinella, MD – University of Pittsburgh
    Speaker: Molly Sherwood – Allo Hope Foundation
    Speaker: Bryan A. Cotton, MD, MPH, FACS – Memorial Hermann Hospital
    Program Chair: Mark Yazer, MD – University of Pittsburgh
    Speaker: John B. Holcomb, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Speaker: Audra Taylor – South Texas Blood &Tissue
    Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Speaker: Vanessa Agostini – IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino Genova
    Speaker: Daise Esswein Muller, MD – SAMU Aeromédico de Santa Catarina, Brasil
    Patient Blood Management
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 3.75 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Sterility Testing for Cellular Therapies: Updates and Challenges.  What should we be doing?
    Program Chair: J. Wade Atkins, MS, MLS, SBB, CQA, CABP(H) – NIH/CC/DTM
    Speaker: Elizabeth Lessey-Morillon, PhD, RAC (she/her/hers) – Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research; Office of Therapeutic Products; Office of Cellular Therapy & Human Tissue CMC; U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Debate: Liberal Versus Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Acute Myocardial Infarction (AABB/ISBT Joint Session)
    Program Chair: Simon J. Stanworth, DPhil, MD – University of Oxford
    Speaker: Jeffrey L. Carson, MD (he/him/his) – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
    Speaker: Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FASA – Englewood Health
    Patient Blood Management
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Coverage and Reimbursement Policy 101 for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies
    Program Chair: Susan N. Leppke, MPH (she/her/hers) – AABB
    Speaker: Justin Halls, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Phoenix Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Richard R. Gammon, MD – Carter BloodCare
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Storage Lesion
    Program Chair: Cristina Figueroa Villalba, MD – Yale School of Medicine
    Program Chair: John R. Hess, MD, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Sickle Cell Disease Psychosocial Support and Advocacy
    Program Chair: Yvette C. Tanhehco, MD, PhD, MS, CABP(AABB) – Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Speaker: Yvette C. Tanhehco, MD, PhD, MS, CABP(AABB) – Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Speaker: Adrienne Shapiro (she/her/hers) – Axis Advocacy
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Transfusion Support for Xenotransplantation
    Speaker: Victoria Costa, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Program Chair: Timothy Hilbert, MD PhD JD – NYU Langone Health
    Speaker: Massimo Mangiola, PhD – NYU Langone Health
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Enhancing Laboratory Competency with AI: Meeting AABB Standards for Cell Processing Facilities and Blood Banks
    Program Chair: WANXING CUI, PhD – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Speaker: Daisy Annette, MLS (ASCP) SBB – Our Blood Institute
    Speaker: Jyotiska Biswas – ThinkTrends
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Blood Donor Issues
    Program Chair: Eric Senaldi – New York Blood Center
    Program Chair: Gwendolyn Jones – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    AABB RBC and Platelet International Guidelines: What is new: Liberally Restrictive and Restrictively Liberal?
    Program Chair: Claudia Cohn, MD, Phd – University of Minnesota
    Speaker: Simon J. Stanworth, DPhil, MD – University of Oxford
    Speaker: Ryan A. Metcalf, MD – ARUP Labs and Utah School of Medicine
    Speaker: Monica B. Pagano, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Immunohematology
    Program Chair: Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Program Chair: Tony S. Casina, CLS(ASCP)SBB – Independent Consultant - TSC Consulting
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee Business Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Pediatric Transfusion Medicine Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Directors Subsection Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    Leadership and Administration Subsection Meeting
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM  
    New Member/First-Time Attendee Lunch
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM  
    AABB Foundation Research Symposium
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Cellular Therapy Section Coordinating Committee
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Technical Practices, Serology, and Genomics Subsection Meeting
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Case Studies: Cyber Threats in Healthcare
    Program Chair: Mandy F. O'Leary, MD, MPH – H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
    Speaker: Martin Grable – OneBlood
    Speaker: Sarah Harm, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Vermont Medical Center
    Speaker: Zach Nelson, CISSP GSOM GCTI – Health-ISAC, Inc.
    Speaker: Susan Robinson, MBBS, MDRes, FRCP, FRCPath (she/her/hers) – Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Critical Role of an Assay Lifecycle in Analytical Development for Cell and Gene Therapy Products
    Program Chair: Scott Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global
    Speaker: Scott Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global
    Speaker: Brent Morse, MS – Dark Horse Consulting Group
    Speaker: Emmanuel Casasola (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Cryopreserved Platelets: From Bench to Bedside
    Program Chair: DENESE C. MARKS, PhD – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Speaker: DENESE C. MARKS, PhD – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Speaker: Michael Reade, MBBS MPH DPhil DMedSc (he/him/his) – University of Queensland
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Ask the Standards
    Speaker: Audra Taylor – South Texas Blood &Tissue
    Program Chair: Chris Bocquet – AABB
    Speaker: Kate Brown, PhD (she/they) – CooperSurgical, Inc.
    Quality
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Cross-Cultural Conversations: Advancing Equity Through Interprofessional Education: A Template For Organizational Change (presented by Yvette Miller, Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award recipient)
    Award Presenter: Arthur W. Bracey, MD
    Award Recipient: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Multidisciplinary Massive Transfusion Protocol Simulations: Updates and Best Practices in Simulation Science
    Program Chair: TRISHA WONG, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
    Speaker: TRISHA WONG, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
    Speaker: Michelle Brown, PhD, MS, MLS(ASCP) SBB (she/her/hers) – The University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Education/Developing Curriculum
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Oral Abstract - COVID
    Program Chair: Mike Busch, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Vitalant Research Institute
    Program Chair: Freddy Nguyen, MD, PhD – Fellow - MIT
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Blood Safety Evaluation
    Program Chair: Philip Norris, MD – Vitalant Research Institute
    Program Chair: Emily Coberly, MD – American Red Cross
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM  
    General Session
  • 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM  
    Exhibit Hall Open and Opening Reception
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM  
    Book Launch-Getting Started in Processing for Biotherapies
  • Sunday, October 20, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM  
    REGISTRATION
  • 6:45 AM – 8:30 AM  
    AABB Foundation Run for Research
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Coding and Reimbursement Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Industry Workshop presented by QuidelOrtho
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Industry Workshop presented by WellSky
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM  
    Transfusion Editorial Board Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Corporate Partners & Foundation Office
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    VIP Corporate Partners & Foundation Lounge
  • 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Bookstore and AABB Central
  • 7:30 AM – 6:30 PM  
    Coat and Luggage Check
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Operationalizing Delivery of Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease
    Speaker: Stella Chou, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
    Speaker: Yan Zheng, MD/PhD (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Speaker: Janet Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE – CHOP
    Program Chair: Ryan A. Metcalf, MD – ARUP Labs and Utah School of Medicine
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    The Future of Cellular Therapy Using Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Dendritic Cells
    Program Chair: Wen Lu, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Speaker: Jacques Galipeau, MD – University of Wisconsin in Madison
    Speaker: Michael P. Gustafson, PhD – Mayo Clinic in Arizona
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    New Directions in Coagulation Management and Transfusion Practice with Viscoelastic Testing in the OR
    Speaker: Timothy C. Carll, MD (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Speaker: Katherine Forkin, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Program Chair: Zhen W. Mei, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles
    Patient Blood Management
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    What Does the Transfusion Service Need to do to Implement an ABO Incompatible Pediatric Heart Transplant Program?
    Program Chair: Andrea Pelock, MT(ASCP) – Advocate Christ Medical Center
    Speaker: Kristen Nelson-McMillan, MD (she/her/hers) – Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
    Speaker: Jamie Moore, MLS (ASCP), SBB – Atrium Health
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Ensuring Blood Availability for Mass Casualty Events
    Program Chair: Nelson Hellwig, MBA – ACTS / Blood Emergency Readiness Corps
    Speaker: Belinda A. Flores, MA – South Texas Blood and Tissue
    Speaker: Amanda Hess, MBA (she/her/hers) – ImpactLife
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Blood Donor Center Staffing Analysis – Armed Services Blood Program
    Program Chair: Leslie Riggs, MS, MT (ASCP), SBB – Armed Services Blood Program
    Speaker: Mary Ann Spott, PhD, MPA, MSIS, MBA (she/her/hers) – Defense Health Agency, J-3/5/7, Armed Services Blood Program Division (ASBPD)
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    The Changing Landscape of Managing a Rare Blood Frozen Inventory
    Speaker: Sandy Wortman, MLS (ASCP) SBB – Carter Bloodcare
    Speaker: Margaret A. Keller, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Program Chair: Claribel Resto, MLS(ASCP) SBB – OneBlood
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 3:00 PM  
    SBB/BB Exam Review 2024
    Program Chair: Jayanna K. Slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health
    Speaker: Kaitlyn Taylor, SBB(ASCP) – LifeShare Blood Center
    Speaker: Natasha M. Leon, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM – Versiti
    Speaker: Diana L. Riddle, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – University of Texas Medical Branch
    Speaker: Sarah Burnett-Greenup, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM – The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    Speaker: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Speaker: Traci Paige, MT(ASCP)SBBcm (she/her/hers) – The National Institutes of Health
     CE: 4.25 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 4.25 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM  
    Plenary Oral Abstract Session
    Program Chair: Melissa M. Cushing, MD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM  
    AABB Foundation Booth
  • 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM  
    Exhibit Hall
  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM  
    Curated Posters Tour: Translational Science
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Abbott
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM  
    Book signing with Marion Reid,PhD, FIBMS, DSc(Hon), Bernard Fantus Lifetime Achievement Medal Recipient
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  
    Biotherapies Sizzling Topics Lunch
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  
    Hemovigilance Committee and Sub-Groups
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  
    IRL Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Annual Meeting Education Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Meet the Poster Author
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    Attendee Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    AABB Interorganizational Disaster Task Force Meeting (Invitation Only)
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Transfusion Medicine Subsection Coordinating Committee (TMSCC) Meeting
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Curated Poster Tour: Clinical Transfusion Medicine
  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM  
    International Meeting/Panel Discussion
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Global Transfusion Forum Meeting
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Sanofi
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    SBB Program Open House
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Houston-Area Attendees Networking Event
  • 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM  
    Open-mic Session-Maintaining and Retaining a Qualified Cell Therapy Workforce
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    AABB Foundation Scholars on Stage
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Blood donation, Race and Transfusion Medicine: Looking Back to Move Forward
    Program Chair: Patricia Brunker, MD, DPhil (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Speaker: Richard L. Haspel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Why is My Blood Product Being Quarantined? Investigations that Happen Behind the Scenes
    Program Chair: Shraddha Patel Babariya, MD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Saqib Alvi, MD (he/him/his) – American Red Cross- Baltimore, MD
    Speaker: Barry Siegfried, MD – American Red Cross
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Lesson's Learned Onboarding Cell and Gene Therapy Vendors and Clients in the 21st Century
    Program Chair: Kevin J. Land, MD – Vitalant
    Speaker: Melissa Marlowe, CHS, MBA – Vitalant
    Speaker: Kate Brown, PhD (she/they) – CooperSurgical, Inc.
    Speaker: Robert Marriott – Vitalant
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Point-of-care Transfusion Services With Remote, "Smart" Refrigerators Can Alleviate Laboratory Staffing Emergencies
    Program Chair: Melissa M. Cushing, MD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Speaker: Robert A. DeSimone, MD – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
    Speaker: Stephanie Kinney, MD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Diagnostic Blood Loss: An Ignored Component of the Multidisciplinary Pillar of Patient Blood management
    Patient Blood Management
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Blood Donor Testing
    Program Chair: Jean Stanley, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ)CQA – Roche Diagnostics Solutions
    Program Chair: Rim Abdallah, MD – Vitalant
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Donor Adverse Events
    Program Chair: Todd Nishimoto, MD – Blood Bank of Hawaii
    Program Chair: Sarah Vossoughi, MD, RN (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM  
    A Quality Bootcamp for Facility Compliance and Conformance to AABB Standards and Federal Regulations
    Quality
     CE: 2.75 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 2.75 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM  
    Blood Bank Guy Podcast LIVE Recording with Dr. Jeff Carson
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM  
    Open-mic Session-Utilization of Generative AI in Regulatory and Quality GXP Systems
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Sickle Cell Disease: Inching towards Transfusion Independence. Exploring the Journey from Chronic Transfusions to the Novel Biotherapeutics
    Speaker: Ross Fasano, MD – Emory University
    Program Chair: Jeanne E. Hendrickson, MD – Emory University
    Speaker: Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP (she/her/hers) – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University
    New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Transfusion Thresholds in Apheresis—Evidence or Art? Current Practice and Interactive Discussion
    Program Chair: Jensyn Cone Sullivan, MD – Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan
    Speaker: Jensyn Cone Sullivan, MD – Department of Pathology, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan
    Speaker: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) (she/her/hers) – Department of Pathology, University of Colorado-Anschutz School of Medicine
    Program Chair: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) (she/her/hers) – Department of Pathology, University of Colorado-Anschutz School of Medicine
    Therapeutic Apheresis
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Viral Vector Systems and Cellular Therapy
    Program Chair: Patrick Conley, MS, CBSP, NREMT (he/him/his) – Merrick and Company
    Speaker: Patrick Conley, MS, CBSP, NREMT (he/him/his) – Merrick and Company
    Speaker: Anderson Reuben, PE, LEED AP – Merrick
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Ultimate Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge 2024
    Program Chair: Jayanna K. Slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health
    Speaker: LeeAnn Walker, MEd, MLS(ASCP)SBB – The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
    Speaker: Sydney Klausing, MSTM MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Education/Developing Curriculum
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Beyond Gender-Based Sexual Activity Blood Safety Rules - Outcomes and Next Steps
    Program Chair: Isra Levy, MB,BCh, MSc, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Canadian Blood Services
    Speaker: Katy Davison, MSc (she/her/hers) – Blood Safety, UK Health Security Agency London, England, United Kingdom
    Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
    Speaker: Mindy Goldman, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, Apheresis, and Cellular Therapy Review Session for Trainees
    Speaker: Lance Williams, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Program Chair: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP
    Speaker: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP
    Speaker: David Oh, MD, MHA (he/him/his) – Hoxworth Blood Center
    Education/Developing Curriculum
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Crisis in the Rural Hospital Without Access to Blood Transfusion: Innovative Strategies to Address Global Blood Deserts and the Blood D.E.S.E.R.T. Coalition
    Program Chair: LINDA S. Barnes, DrPH, MHA, RAC, CABP(H) (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Speaker: Nakul P. Raykar, MD MPH FACS (he/him/his) – Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Asma Aliawadh, MBBS, MHM, MIPH (she/her/hers) – Langata and Kibera Sub-Counties, Kenya
    Speaker: Andrew Cap, MS, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
    Speaker: Caroline Wesonga Wangamati, MSc MA (she/her/hers) – Coalition of Blood for Africa
    Speaker: Lucy Asamoah-Akuoko, MD MPH PHD – National Blood Service Ghana
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Oral Abstract - SPOTLIGHT Extended Blood Storage
    Program Chair: Angelo D'Alessandro – University of Colorado Denver
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM  
    Hospital-Based Blood Collectors Roundtable
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM  
    Social Media Happy Hour
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM  
    AABB Volunteer Celebration: Recognize Our Volunteers & Learn How to Get Involved
  • Monday, October 21, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM  
    REGISTRATION
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Industry Workshop presented by Cerus Corporation
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Industry Workshop presented by Office of Radiological Security
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Molecular Testing Accreditation Committee
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM  
    Spanish Language Subsection (SLS)
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Corporate Partners & Foundation Office
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM  
    VIP Corporate Partners & Foundation Lounge
  • 7:30 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Coat and Luggage Check
  • 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM  
    Bookstore and AABB Central
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Source Plasma for Further Manufacture and Transfusion Medicine – Finding Common Ground
    Speaker: Toby Simon, MD (he/him/his) – Self employed
    Speaker: James Knowles, PhD (he/him/his) – Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association
    Program Chair: Michelle Fransen, MPH, MPS (she/her/hers) – Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    A Multidisciplinary Approach to Delivering Comprehensive Care for Chronically Transfused Children and Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: An Overview of the Vanderbilt Sickle Cell Pathways Experience
    Program Chair: Deva Sharma, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Speaker: Deva Sharma, MD (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Speaker: Jennifer Andrews, MD, MSc – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Speaker: Ann Abiola Ogbenna, MBBS, MSc (Public health, Medical statistic option), FMCPath (she/her/hers) – College of Medicine, University of Lagos/ Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos Nigeria
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Clinical Relevance of ABO Antibodies and the New Era of Lectin Array Analysis of RBC ABO Glycosylation
    Speaker: Gregory A. Denomme, PhD (he/him/his) – Grifols Laboratory Solutions
    Speaker: Sean R. Stowell, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Program Chair: Jian Chen, MD, PhD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    There’s a Blood Donation Bill Proposed to Require WHAT!?—Navigating the Legislative Proposal and Change Process
    Speaker: Susan W. Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – Vitalant, Central Coast
    Leadership
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Donor and recipient safety and transfusion efficacy research: Past, Present and Future (presented by Michael Busch, Landsteiner-Alter Award recipient)
    Program Chair: Aaron A.R. Tobian, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Award Presenter: Brian Custer, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vitalant Research Institute
    Award Recipient: Mike Busch, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Vitalant Research Institute
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Pediatrics
    Program Chair: Stella Chou, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania
    Program Chair: Nabiha Saifee, MD PhD – Seattle Children's Hospital
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Patient Blood Management
    Program Chair: Richard R. Gammon, MD – Carter BloodCare
    Program Chair: Alexandra Jimenez, MD – New York Blood Center
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:15 AM – 6:30 PM  
    Session Overflow Room
  • 8:30 AM – 11:00 AM  
    AABB Foundation Research & Development Summit
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM  
    The AABB Cellular Starting Material Forum: From Consent to Characterization - Enhancing Allogeneic Donor Practices
    Program Chair: Jeff Wren – AABB
    Speaker: Priya Baraniak, PhD (she/her/hers) – OrganaBio
    Speaker: Colleen Delaney, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Deverra Therapeutics
    Speaker: Diana Hernandez, BSc PhD (she/her/hers) – Anthony Nolan Research Institute
    Speaker: Robert Tressler, MS, PhD – Excellos
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM  
    AABB Foundation Booth
  • 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM  
    Exhibit Hall
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Innovation and Challenges in Donor Recruitment
    Program Chair: Elizabeth Hartwell, MD – Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
    Speaker: Brian Bautista – Versiti
    Speaker: Hunter Shaffer, MBA – Blood Centers of America (BCA)
    New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Management of Hematotoxicity from Immune Effector Cell Therapy and Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy
    Program Chair: Patricia Shi, MD (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center
    Speaker: Alexis Leonard, MD (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Should Rh Immune Globulin Be Administered After First Trimester Bleeding Events?
    Program Chair: Julie K. Karp, MD (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Speaker: Sarah Horvath, MD, MSHP, FACOG (she/her/hers) – Penn State Hershey Medical Center
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Alloimmunization to RBC Transfusion: Mechanisms, Interventions, and Future Directions (presented by James Zimring, Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award recipient)
    Program Chair: Ronit Slotky, PhD, MSc, CABP (she/her/hers) – Hackensack University Medical Center
    Award Presenter: Krystalyn E. Hudson, PhD (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Award Recipient: James Zimring, MD, PhD – University of Virginia
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Preventing Blood Product Tracking In a Mass Casualty Event from Becoming a Disaster
    Speaker: Ricardo Sumugod, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB (he/him/his) – Northwestern Medicine
    Speaker: Crystal Theiler, MLS(ASCP)SBB CM – Aurora Medical Center/ Advocate Health
    Program Chair: Colleen A. Aronson, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – Advocate Health
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Platelet Storage
    Program Chair: Andrew Cap, MS, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research
    Program Chair: Reuben P. Jacob, M.D. (he/him/his) – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Transfusion Medicine Service Operations
    Program Chair: Elizabeth P. Crowe, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Program Chair: Ingrid Perez-Alvarez, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Sanofi
  • 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Open-mic Session-Shaping How Cell Therapy Manufacturers Approach New Product Launches
  • 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM  
    Physician Leadership Roundtable
    Speaker: Claudia Cohn, MD, Phd – University of Minnesota
    Program Chair: Leah Mendelsohn Stone, JD – Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies
     CE: N/A
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM  
    Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Quality and Regulatory Subsection Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Therapeutic Apheresis and Transfusion Practices Subsection Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    Attendee Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    Awards Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    Transfusion Safety and Patient Blood Management Subsection
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM  
    Curated Poster Tour: Education and Donor Behavior
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM  
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Terumo
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM  
    CABP Celebration Hour
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    AABB Foundation Scholars on Stage
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Making Learning Stick – Effective Training for Blood and Biotherapies Professionals
    Program Chair: Jaime McGillivray (she/her/hers) – Canadian Management Centre
    Speaker: Jamie Li, MA (she/her/hers) – Canadian Management Centre (CMC)
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Mechanisms of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Towards Rejuvenation of the Aging Hematopoietic System
    Program Chair: Ying Liang, PhD/MD (she/her/hers) – Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, NYBC
    Speaker: Katherine King, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Baylor College of Medicine
    Speaker: Marie-Dominique Filippi, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation
    Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    What is Interventional Transfusion Medicine / Hemotherapy? Why It May Represent a New Future for Transfusion Medicine.
    Program Chair: Shiu-Ki Hui, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Speaker: Hlaing Tint, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas Health Science Center , McGovern Medical School
    Speaker: Lisa Hensch, MD – Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Paradigm Changes in Transfusion Medicine – Disaster Preparedness
    Speaker: Jose F. F. Quesada, MLS(ASCP), SBB – South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
    Speaker: Audra Taylor – South Texas Blood &Tissue
    Program Chair: Samantha G. Ngamsuntikul, MD (she/her/hers) – BioBridge Global
    Management
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    What is the Status of the U.S. Blood Supply? Preliminary Findings of the 2023 NBCUS and Latest Trends From Blood Collectors
    Speaker: Ian T. Kracalik, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Speaker: Katie Risvold (she/her/hers) – Circulate
    Speaker: Hunter Shaffer, MBA – Blood Centers of America (BCA)
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Pediatric Transfusion Medicine: A Coming of Age Journey (presented by Cassandra Josephson, Emily Cooley Memorial Award recipient)
    Program Chair: Wen Lu, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Award Presenter: Naomi L.C Luban, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's National Hospital, GWU School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    Award Presenter: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Award Recipient: Cassandra Josephson, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (JHACH)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    In Limbo with ABO: The Type Discrepancies You’re Probably Seeing But No One is Talking About
    Speaker: Rebecca Coward, MLS (ASCP), SBB – WakeMed
    Speaker: Madeline Konicek, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – Versiti Wisconsin
    Program Chair: Elizabeth S. Allen, MD – University of California San Diego
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Pathogen reduction
    Program Chair: Andrea McGonigle – Associate Medical Director, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Health System
    Program Chair: Edward S. Lee, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Yale School of Medicine
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM  
    IRL Accreditation: Helpful Hints and Case Studies for Better Conformance
    Program Chair: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Janis R. Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Thierry Peyrard, PharmD, PhD, European Specialist in Laboratory Medicine (he/him/his) – French Blood Establishment (EFS), Paris, France; University of Paris Cité and University of Antilles, INSERM, BIGR
    Speaker: Claribel Resto, MLS(ASCP) SBB – OneBlood
    Speaker: Karen Milks, MLS(ASCP)SBB CM – Alba Biosciences
    Speaker: Yoon Hlas, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – Vitalant Laboratories
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 2.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM  
    Open-mic Session-Emerging Challenges and Solutions in the CGT Supply Chain
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Choose Your Own Adventure: Exploring the Depths of Serology and Peaks of Genomics
    Program Chair: Lynsi Rahorst, MHPE, MLS(ASCP)SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Speaker: Lynsi Rahorst, MHPE, MLS(ASCP)SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Speaker: Sunitha Vege, MS – New York Blood Center
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Overview of Cell-Based Biologics Manufacturing as a Contracted Service
    Program Chair: Christie Malone, MT(ASCP)SBB, CABP – GenCure
    Speaker: Lee Buckler, JD (he/him/his) – Blood Centers of America
    Speaker: Rogelio Zamilpa, PhD – GenCure
    Speaker: Sanjin Zvonic, PhD (he/him/his) – Dark Horse Consulting Group
    Speaker: Dominic Clarke, PhD – Cryoport Systems
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Ask the FDA and CMS/CLIA
    Program Chair: Karen E. Palmer, MT(ASCP) CQA(ASQ) – AABB
    Speaker: Catherine McGraw, MSN, RN – CBER, OBRR
    Speaker: Irma Sison, MD, MBA – Office of Therapeutic Products
    Quality
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Innovation in Transfusion: How Creative Partnerships are Improving the Care of Critically Ill Trauma Patients
    Program Chair: Randi Schaefer, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN – Schaefer Consulting
    Speaker: Warren Christina, MSHS,MLS(ASCP)SBB – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
    Speaker: Tom Dransfield, NRP (he/him/his) – New Orleans EMS
    Speaker: Mark Piehl, MD, MPH – WakeMed
    New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Solve It! Scenarios in Apheresis and Cellular Therapy
    Program Chair: Vasiliki E. Kalodimou, Professor Dr. CABP (H), IARMES (she/her/hers) – IASO Materbity & Research Hospital & EUC
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Cell Therapy: Creative Inventory Management & Discard
    Program Chair: Brenda Alder, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CABPH(AABB) (she/her/hers) – Northside Hospital Atlanta
    Speaker: Jennifer Westerman, MT(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – Northside Hospital Atlanta
    Speaker: Rupal Brahmbhatt, MLS (AMT), CABP (AABB) – Northside Hospital Atlanta
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Lyophilized, Stem-cell Derived, and Synthetic Platelet Products are Closer Than You May Think.
    Program Chair: Claudia Cohn, MD, Phd – University of Minnesota
    Speaker: Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University
    Speaker: Cedric Ghevaert, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath (he/him/his) – University of Cambridge / NHS Blood and Transplant
    Speaker: Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD – Cellphire, Inc
    New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM  
    Resilience Explored: Navigating Post-Pandemic Blood Products Utilization Trends and Supply Challenges in North America
    Program Chair: Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP (she/her/hers) – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University
    Speaker: Baia J. Lasky, MD – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Asim Alam, FRCPC, DRCPSC (he/him/his) – Canadian Blood Services, University of Toronto
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    From Courts to Congress: Navigating the Healthcare Policy Landscape in 2024
    Program Chair: Zbigniew M. Szczepiorkowski, MD, PhD – Dartmouth Health
    Speaker: Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH – Childrens National Hospital
    Speaker: Leah Mendelsohn Stone, JD – Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Trans, Non-binary, and Gender-Diverse Peoples: How You Can Make a Difference for Donors, Patients, and Communities
    Program Chair: Phil Accooe, MBA, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CLS, CABP, PMP – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
    Speaker: Avery Belyeu – The Montrose Center
    Speaker: Natalie Vanek, MD (she/her/hers) – Legacy Community Health
    Speaker: Lou Weaver – MD Anderson Cancer Centre; Lou Weaver Consulting
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Validating the BECS
    Program Chair: Suzanne H. Butch, MA, MLS(ASCP)SBB, DLM (she/her/hers) – Michigan Medicine
    Speaker: Stephanie Kinney, MD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    Information Technology and Informatics
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Mechanisms and Technologies Towards Expanding Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation
    Program Chair: Larry Luchsinger, PhD – New York Blood Center
    Speaker: Colleen Delaney, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – Deverra Therapeutics
    Speaker: Adam Wilkinson, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    The Role of Blood Operators and Transfusion Services in Preventing and Responding to Transfusion-transmitted Malaria
    Program Chair: Steven Drews, PhD FCCM D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – Donation Policy and Studies, Canadian Blood Services; Professor, Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
    Speaker: Susan Nahirniak, MD, FRCPC (she/her/hers) – Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine, Alberta Precision Laboratories & Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Alberta
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Hemorrhage Control and Resuscitation: New Tools.
    Program Chair: John R. Hess, MD, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Speaker: Srinivasa R. Raghavan, PhD – University of Maryland, College Park
    Speaker: Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
    New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Turning Over Every Rock: Exploring Advanced Techniques in Platelet and Red Blood Cell Autoantibody Testing
    Program Chair: Waseem Q. Anani, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories
    Speaker: Angela Treml, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Science institute Versiti
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM  
    Oral Abstract - Clinical Transfusion Medicine
    Program Chair: Mary Berg – University of Colorado
    Program Chair: Beth S. Raju, M.D. – Mount Sinai Hospital / Icahn School of Medicine
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • Tuesday, October 22, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    REGISTRATION
  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Corporate Partners & Foundation Office
  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM  
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 7:00 AM – 11:30 AM  
    VIP Corporate Partners & Foundation Lounge
  • 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM  
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Bookstore and AABB Central
  • 7:30 AM – 12:15 PM  
    Coat and Luggage Check
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Beyond CAR T: Non-Conventional Applications of CAR Technology in Biotherapies
    Program Chair: Indira Guleria, PhD, D(ABHI), CABP(H) – BIDMC and Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Rafet Basar, MD – MD Anderson
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Cross-cultural Conversations: Our Words and Interactions Have Power
    Program Chair: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Tamara A. Henry, Ed.D (she/her/hers) – The George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health
    Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Addressing Racial Disparities Across Donation Products for Marginalized Peoples
    Program Chair: Sylvia Okonofua, n/a – Black Donors Save Lives
    Speaker: Sylvia Okonofua, n/a – Black Donors Save Lives
    Speaker: Warren Fingrut, MD – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Blood Bank Guy Essentials LIVE!
    Program Chair: D. Joe Chaffin, MD – Loma Linda University
    Speaker: Meghan Delaney, DO, MPH – Childrens National Hospital
    Speaker: Kevin J. Land, MD – Vitalant
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    A Model to Improve Transfusion Quality Systems Worldwide: AABB (Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies -AMMTAC (Mexican Association of Transfusion Medicine, AC) International Partnership Chronicles
    Speaker: Celina Montemayor-Garcia, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Canadian Blood Services
    Speaker: Maria Isabel Castro Pérez, MC. (she/her/hers) – AMMTAC (Mexican Society of Transfusion Medicine, AC
    Speaker: Emmanuel Fernandez, MD (he/him/his) – National Institute of Pediatrics
    Leadership
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    A Global Perspective of Roles, Responsibilities and Impact of Transfusion Safety Officers
    Program Chair: Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD, CABP(H) (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Asawari Bapat, MD, PGDHHM, CABP(H), DABRM, FABRM. (she/her/hers) – Global Regenerative Medicine Consultant
    Speaker: Richard Schäfer, MD – Medical Center University of Freiburg
    Speaker: Nour Al-Mozain, MD, CABP, QIA – King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research center-Riyadh
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Biotherapy Spotlight
    Program Chair: David Stroncek, MD – National Institutes of Health
    Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM  
    Oral Abstract - SPOTLIGHT Administrative - Assessing blood donor risks
    Program Chair: Mary Townsend, MD (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Duffy (ACKR1): Antibodies, Chemokines and Potential Therapeutic Targets-Not Just for Transfusion Anymore
    Program Chair: Sally Campbell-Lee, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Speaker: L.A. Naiche, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Speaker: Rachel Martini, PhD – Davis Lab
    Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Managing Risk, Maximizing Safety: The Essentials of Proactive Risk Assessment
    Program Chair: Faisal Alsaqri, MSc, CLBSSB – King Abdulaziz Medical City -Riyadh
    Speaker: Faisal Alsaqri, MSc, CLBSSB – King Abdulaziz Medical City -Riyadh
    Speaker: Hillary Brown, BS, MLT (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital Cellular Therapy Lab (CTTL)
    Quality
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Lord of the Antibodies
    Speaker: Jasem M. Albasri, MSTM, SBB(ASCP)CM – Prince Sultan Military Medical City
    Program Chair: Sue T. Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM – Versiti
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Is Your Firm Ready for an FDA Office of Inspections and Investigations Inspection?  Hear about the Most Frequently Cited Observations and Inspectional Process from FDA’s Office of Biologics Inspectorate
    Program Chair: Tricia Samaniego Martinez – US Food and Drug Administration
    Speaker: Scott Ballard, MS, CABP – US Food and Drug Administration
    Speaker: Laurissa Flowers – US Food and Drug Administration
    Public Health, Policy and Ethics
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Mouse Models
    Program Chair: Elizabeth Stone, MD, PhD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Program Chair: Chance J. Luckey, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Oral Abstract - Genomics
    Program Chair: Margaret A. Keller, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Program Chair: Patricia Brunker, MD, DPhil (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM  
    Coming to Terms with Changing Transfusion Practices in the NICU
    Program Chair: Rida Hasan, MD – University Of Washington Medical Center
    Speaker: Nabiha Saifee, MD PhD – Seattle Children's Hospital
    Speaker: Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Transfusion Service
     CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM  
    2024/25 Board of Directors Lunch & Meeting