Full Schedule

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-ST-01-L - 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
Location: Session 4

Speaker: Deanna C. Fang, MD – UC San Diego School of Medicine

Speaker: Stefan O. Ciurea, MD – University of California, Irvine | UCI Health

Program Chair: Minh-Ha Tran, DO – UC Irvine School of Medicine

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-ST-02-L - Laboratory Clinicians and Transfusion Medicine Specialist at the center of patient safety
Location: Session 8

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

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-ST-05-L - RBC Transfusions for Patients with Hematologic Conditions: Hemoglobin Thresholds, Iron Metabolism
Location: Session 5

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

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-ST-06-L - Oral Abstract 12
Location: Session 6

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-ST-07-L - Preparing for the Data Deluge: Mitigating the Informatics Challenges of Expanded RBC Genotyping Data
Location: Session 7

Speaker: John C. Spinosa, MD, PhD – Lantana Consulting Group

Program Chair: Ross M. Fasano, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine

Speaker: Marianne E.M. Yee, MS,MD,BS – Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

Information Technology and Informatics

Favorite

8:15 AM – 11:15 AM

AM24-ST-08-L - Enhance and Challenge Your Assessor Skills
Location: Session 8

Speaker: Jennifer White, MAT – AABB

Speaker: Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS (ASCP), SBBcm, CABP, CQA (ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Speaker: Faiqa Sadique, MS, SBB, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Speaker: Matthew Swingholm, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm – AABB

Speaker: Melanie Sloan, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Favorite

8:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-04-L - 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

Speaker: Molly Sherwood – Allo Hope Foundation

Speaker: Bryan 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 L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP) – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Speaker: Eilat Shinar, MD, Blood Services Director – Magen David Adom

Speaker: Vanessa Agostini

Speaker: Daise Muller

Favorite

Alyssa Ziman, MD – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA ### 833810###Speaker###Section Chief, Transfusion Medicine; CLIA Medical Director, Clinical Laboratories, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center ###Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA###
Speaker: Alyssa Ziman, MD – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
### @@@ Phil Spinella, MD ### 2042499###Speaker#########
Speaker: Phil Spinella, MD
### @@@ Molly Sherwood – Allo Hope Foundation ### 2042500###Speaker###Director of Research###Allo Hope Foundation###
Speaker: Molly Sherwood – Allo Hope Foundation
### @@@ Bryan Cotton, MD, MPH, FACS – Memorial Hermann Hospital ### 2406572###Speaker###Professor at McGovern Medical School and Director###Memorial Hermann Hospital###
Speaker: Bryan Cotton, MD, MPH, FACS – Memorial Hermann Hospital
### @@@ Mark Yazer, MD – University of Pittsburgh ### 837474###Program Chair###Professor of Pathology###University of Pittsburgh###
Program Chair: Mark Yazer, MD – University of Pittsburgh
### @@@ John B. Holcomb, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham ### 2042498###Speaker###Professor of Surgery###University of Alabama at Birmingham###
Speaker: John B. Holcomb, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
### @@@ Audra L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP) – South Texas Blood & Tissue ### 2362147###Speaker###Vice President for Blood Operations###South Texas Blood & Tissue###
Speaker: Audra L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP) – South Texas Blood & Tissue
### @@@ Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood ### 1765585###Speaker###Chief Medical Officer###Australian Red Cross Lifeblood###
Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
### @@@ Eilat Shinar, MD, Blood Services Director – Magen David Adom ### 832914###Speaker######Magen David Adom###
Speaker: Eilat Shinar, MD, Blood Services Director – Magen David Adom
### @@@ Vanessa Agostini ### 2406573###Speaker#########
Speaker: Vanessa Agostini
### @@@ Daise Muller ### 2406574###Speaker#########
Speaker: Daise Muller
###

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-09-L - Sterility Testing for Cellular Therapies: Updates and Challenges. What should we be doing?
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: J. Wade Atkins, MS, MLS, SBB, CQA, CABP(H) – NIH/CC/DTM

Speaker: J. Wade Atkins, MS, MLS, SBB, CQA, CABP(H) – NIH/CC/DTM

Speaker: Dr. Anna Lau, PhD, D(ABMM) (she/her/hers) – NIH/CC/DLM

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-10-L - Debate: Liberal versus Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Location: Grand Ballroon B

Program Chair: Simon J. Stanworth, DPhil, MD – University of Oxford

Speaker: Jeffrey L. Carson, MD – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Speaker: Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP, FASA – Englewood Health

Patient Blood Management

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-11-L - Coverage and Reimbursement Policy 101 for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies
Location: Grand Ballroom C

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 – OneBlood

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-12-L - Discussion on the Application of Case-Based Learning in the Training of Postgraduate Trainees in Transfusion Medicine
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Bin Tan, Associate Professor (she/her/hers) – West China Hospital, Sichuan University

Speaker: Bin Tan, Associate Professor (she/her/hers) – West China Hospital, Sichuan University

Education/Developing Curriculum

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-13-L - Oral Abstract - 13

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-ST-14-L - Validating the BECS
Location: Session 7

Favorite

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-15-L - Sickle Cell Disease Psychosocial Support and Advocacy
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Yvette C. Tanhehco, PhD, MD, MS, CABP (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: Yvette C. Tanhehco, PhD, MD, MS, CABP (she/her/hers) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Speaker: Adrienne Shapiro, n/a – Axis Advocacy

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-16-L - Transfusion Support for Xenotransplantation
Location: Grand Ballroom B

Speaker: Victoria Costa, MD (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health

Program Chair: Timothy Hilbert, MD PhD JD – NYU Langone Health

Speaker: Massimo Mangiola, PhD (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health | Transplant Institute

Transfusion Service

Favorite

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-18-L - ISBT/Joint Session

Favorite

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-19-L - Oral Abstract - 14
Location: Session 6

Favorite

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-ST-20-L - Enhancing Laboratory Competency with AI: Meeting AABB Standards for Cell Processing Facilities and Blood Banks
Location: Session 7

Program Chair: WANXING CUI, PhD – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Speaker: Daisy Annette, MLS (ASCP) SBB – Our Blood Institute

Speaker: Jyotiska Biswas, n/a – ThinkTrends

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-21-L - Critical Role of an Assay Lifecycle in Analytical Development for Cell and Gene Therapy Products
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Scott Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global

Speaker: Scott Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global

Speaker: Brent Morse, n/a – Dark Horse Consulting Group

Speaker: Emmanuel Casasola, BS – BioBridge Global

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-22-L - Cryopreserved Platelets: From Bench to Bedside
Location: Grand Ballroom B

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 – University of Queensland

Transfusion Service

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-23-L - Ask the Standards
Location: Session 7

Speaker: Audra L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP) – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-24-L - Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-25-L - Multidisciplinary Massive Transfusion Protocol Simulations: Updates and Best Practices in Simulation Science
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: TRISHA WONG, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Science University

Speaker: TRISHA WONG, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Science University

Speaker: Michelle Brown, PhD, MS, MLS(ASCP) SBB – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Education/Developing Curriculum

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-26-L - Oral Abstract 15
Location: Session 6

Favorite

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

AM24-ST-27-L - Oral Abstract 16

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-01-L - The future of Cellular Therapy Using Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Dendritic Cells
Location: Session 4

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

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-02-L - New Directions in Coagulation Management and Transfusion Practice with Viscoelastic Testing in the OR
Location: Grand Ballroom B

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 (he/him/his) – University of California - Los Angeles

Patient Blood Management

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-03-L - What Does the Transfusion Service Need to do to Implement an ABO Incompatible Pediatric Heart Transplant Program?
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Program Chair: Colleen A. Aronson, BS, MT(ASCP) SBB (she/her/hers) – Advocate Health

Speaker: Andrea Pelock, MT (ASCP) – Advocate Christ Medical Center

Speaker: Kristen Nelson-McMillan, MD – Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn

Transfusion Service

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-05-L - Ensuring Blood Availability for Mass Casualty Events
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Nelson Hellwig, MBA – ACTS / Blood Emergency Readiness Corps

Speaker: Nelson Hellwig, MBA – ACTS / Blood Emergency Readiness Corps

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-07-L - 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 – Defense Health Agency, J-3/5/7, Armed Services Blood Program Division (ASBPD)

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-SN-08-L - The Changing Landscape of Managing a Rare Blood Frozen Inventory
Location: Session 8

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)

Favorite

8:15 AM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-04-L - SBB/BB Exam Review 2024

Program Chair: Jayanna K. slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health

Speaker: Kaitlyn Taylor, BS, SBB(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – LifeShare Blood Center

Speaker: Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross

Speaker: Natasha Leon, MT(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin

Speaker: Wyenona Hicks, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – OneBlood

Speaker: Diana L. Riddle, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – University of Texas Medical Branch

Speaker: Sarah Burnett-Greenup, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Medical Branch

Speaker: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross

Speaker: Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Speaker: Traci Paige, MT(ASCP)SBBcm – The National Institutes of Health

Favorite

Jayanna K. slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health ### 1762668###Program Chair###Coordinator of Quality and Analytics###Indiana University Health###
Program Chair: Jayanna K. slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health
### she/her/hers @@@ Kaitlyn Taylor, BS, SBB(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – LifeShare Blood Center ### 2118710###Speaker###Medical Technologist II###LifeShare Blood Center###
Speaker: Kaitlyn Taylor, BS, SBB(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – LifeShare Blood Center
### she/her/hers @@@ Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross ### 1762671###Speaker###Sr. Program Manager, BBT###American Red Cross###
Speaker: Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
### she/her/hers @@@ Natasha Leon, MT(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin ### 1762670###Speaker###Clinical Education Specialist###Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin###
Speaker: Natasha Leon, MT(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin
### @@@ Wyenona Hicks, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – OneBlood ### 1762669###Speaker###Manager of Medical Technology Education###OneBlood###
Speaker: Wyenona Hicks, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – OneBlood
### she/her/hers @@@ Diana L. Riddle, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – University of Texas Medical Branch ### 1762672###Speaker###Assistant Professor###University of Texas Medical Branch###
Speaker: Diana L. Riddle, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – University of Texas Medical Branch
### @@@ Sarah Burnett-Greenup, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Medical Branch ### 2087180###Speaker###Assistant Professor of Instruction###The University of Texas Medical Branch###
Speaker: Sarah Burnett-Greenup, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Medical Branch
### she/her/hers @@@ Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross ### 833235###Speaker###Director, IRL###American Red Cross###
Speaker: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
### @@@ Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – The Johns Hopkins Hospital ### 1762673###Speaker###Technical Specialist II###The Johns Hopkins Hospital###
Speaker: Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)cmSBBcm – The Johns Hopkins Hospital
### @@@ Traci Paige, MT(ASCP)SBBcm – The National Institutes of Health ### 837512###Speaker###Supervisory Clinical Laboratory Scientist###The National Institutes of Health###
Speaker: Traci Paige, MT(ASCP)SBBcm – The National Institutes of Health
###

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

AM24-SN-25-L - Plenary abstract Session

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-09-L - Lesson's Learned Onboarding Cell and Gene Therapy Vendors and Clients in the 21st Century
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Kevin J. Land, MD – Vitalant

Speaker: Melissa Marlowe, MT, CHS, MBA (she/her/hers) – Vitalant

Speaker: Kate Brown, PhD (she/they) – CooperSurgical, Inc.

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-10-L - Point-of-care Transfusion Services With Remote, "Smart" Refrigerators Can Alleviate Laboratory Staffing Emergencies
Location: Grand Ballroom B

Program Chair: Melissa Cushing, MD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine

Speaker: Robert A. DeSimone, MD – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine

Speaker: Stephanie Kinney, MD, MD – Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Transfusion Service

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-11-L - Why is My Blood Product Being Quarantined? Investigations that Happen Behind the Scenes
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Program Chair: Shraddha Patel Babariya, MD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross

Speaker: Saqib R. Alvi, MD – American Red Cross

Speaker: Barry Siegfried, MD – American Red Cross

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-13-L - Diagnostic Blood Loss: An Ignored Component of the Multidisciplinary Pillar of Patient Blood management
Location: Session 6

Program Chair: Saptarshi Mandal, MD, MS, DABPath (CP, BBTM) – AIIMS Jodhpur

Speaker: Saptarshi Mandal, MD, MS, DABPath (CP, BBTM) – AIIMS Jodhpur

Speaker: Suresh K, Sharma, RN, PhD, MSc (Medical Surgical Nursing) – AIIMS Jodhpur

Patient Blood Management

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-SN-14-L - Sally Frank Memorial Award and Lectureship
Location: Session 7

Favorite

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-16-L - A Quality Bootcamp for Facility Compliance and Conformance to AABB Standards and Federal Regulations

Speaker: Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS (ASCP), SBBcm, CABP, CQA (ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Speaker: Faiqa Sadique, MS, SBB, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Speaker: Matthew Swingholm, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm – AABB

Speaker: Melanie Sloan, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-17-L - SICKLE CELL DISEASE: Inching towards Transfusion Independence. Exploring the journey from chronic transfusions to the novel biotherapeutics
Location: Session 4

Speaker: Ross M. Fasano, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine

Program Chair: Jeanne E. Hendrickson, MD (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine

Speaker: Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: Akshay Sharma, MBBS, MSc (he/him/his) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-18-L - Transfusion Thresholds in Apheresis—Evidence or Art? Current Practice and Interactive Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom B

Program Chair: Jensyn K. Cone Sullivan, MD – University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Speaker: Jensyn K. Cone Sullivan, MD – University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine

Speaker: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA – Children's Hospital Colorado

Program Chair: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA – Children's Hospital Colorado

Therapeutic Apheresis

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-19-L - Viral Vector Systems and Cellular Therapy
Location: Grand Ballroom C

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

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-20-L - Ultimate Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge 2024
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Program Chair: Jayanna K. slayten, MS MLS(ASCP) SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Health

Education/Developing Curriculum

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-21-L - Beyond gender-based sexual activity blood safety rules - outcomes and next steps
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Isra Levy, MB,BCh, MSc, FRCPC (he/him/his) – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: Katy Davison, MD, FRCPC – UK Health Security Agency London, England, United Kingdom

Speaker: Joanne Pink, MD, FRCPA, FRACP – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Speaker: Mindy Goldman, MD – Canadian Blood Services

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-22-L - Transfusion Medicine, Hemostasis, Apheresis, and Cellular Therapy Review Session for Trainees
Location: Session 6

Speaker: Lance Williams, MD – Mayo Clinic

Program Chair: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP

Speaker: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP

Speaker: David Oh – Hoxworth Blood Center

Education/Developing Curriculum

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-23-L - Oral Abstracts 6
Location: Session 7

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-SN-24-L - 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
Location: Session 8

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

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-01-L - Source Plasma for Further Manufacture and Transfusion Medicine – Finding Common Ground
Location: Session 4

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

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-02-L - 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
Location: Grand Ballroom B

Program Chair: Deva Sharma, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: Deva Sharma, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: JENNIFER MEDICAL ANDREWS, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: Ann Abiola Ogbenna, MBBS, MSc (Public health, Medical statistic option), FMCPath – College of Medicine, University of Lagos/ Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos Nigeria

Transfusion Service

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-03-L - Clinical Relevance of ABO Antibodies and the New Era of Lectin Array Analysis of RBC ABO Glycosylation
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Speaker: Gregory A. Denomme, PhD – Grifols Laboratory Solutions

Speaker: Sean Stowell, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Program Chair: Jian Chen, MD, PhD – Houston Methodist Hospital

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-04-L - There’s a Blood Donation Bill Proposed to Require WHAT!?—Navigating the Legislative Proposal and Change Process
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Program Chair: Susan M. Wilson, BS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – .

Speaker: Susan W. Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – Vitalant, Central Coast

Speaker: Leah Mendelsohn Stone, JD – Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies

Leadership

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-05-L - Landsteiner-Alter Award and Lectureship
Location: Session 5

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-06-L - Oral Abstract 5
Location: Session 6

Favorite

8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

AM24-MN-07-L - Oral Abstract 7
Location: Session 7

Favorite

8:15 AM – 12:15 PM

AM24-MN-17-L - CABP Exam Prep

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-09-L - Management of Hematotoxicity from immune effector cell therapy and sickle cell disease gene therapy
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Patricia Shi, MD (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center

Speaker: Doris Hansen, MD – Moffitt Cancer Center

Speaker: Michael DeBaun, MD, MPH – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-10-L - Should Rh Immune Globulin Be Administered After First Trimester Bleeding Events?
Location: Grand Ballroom B

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

Speaker: Mark Yazer, MD – University of Pittsburgh

Transfusion Service

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-11-L - Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-12-L - Preventing Blood Product Tracking In a Mass Casualty Event from Becoming a Disaster
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Speaker: Ricardo Sumugod, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

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

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-13-L - Oral Abstract 4
Location: Session 6

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-15-L - Oral Abstracts 8
Location: Session 7

Favorite

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

AM24-MN-16-L - Innovation and Challenges in Donor Recruitment
Location: Session 8

Program Chair: Elizabeth Hartwell, MD – Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

Speaker: Amy M. Smith (she/her/hers) – Versiti Blood Center of Illinois

Speaker: Jennifer Kapral, MBA (she/her/hers) – Blood Centers of America

New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-18-L - Mechanisms of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Towards Rejuvenation of the Aging Hematopoietic System
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Ying Liang, PhD/MD (she/her/hers) – Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, NYBC

Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-20-L - What is Interventional Transfusion Medicine / Hemotherapy? Why It May Represent a New Future for Transfusion Medicine.
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Program Chair: Shiu-Ki R. Hui, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital

Speaker: Hlaing Tint, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Texas Health Science Center , McGovern Medical School

Speaker: Lisa Hensch, MD – Texas Children's Hospital

Transfusion Service

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-21-L - Paradigm Changes in Transfusion Medicine – Disaster Preparedness
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Speaker: Jose F. F. Quesada, MLS(ASCP), SBB – South Texas Blood & Tissue Center

Speaker: Audra L. Taylor, MS, SBB(ASCP) – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Program Chair: Samantha G. Ngamsuntikul, MD (she/her/hers) – BioBridge Global

Management

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-22-L - What is the status of the U.S. Blood Supply? Preliminary findings of the 2023 National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Srijana Rajbhandary, MPH (she/her/hers) – AABB

Speaker: Ian T. Kracalik, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Speaker: Amy Hutch, n/a – Vitalant

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

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2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-23-L - Oral Abstract 3
Location: Session 6

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-24-L - Oral Abstract 9
Location: Session 7

Favorite

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

AM24-MN-25-L - Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship (Awards)
Location: Session 8

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-28-L - Choose Your Own Adventure: Exploring the Depths of Serology and Peaks of Genomics
Location: Grand Ballroom C

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

Speaker: Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-26-L - Overview of Cell-Based Biologics Manufacturing as a Contracted Service
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Christie Malone, MT(ASCP)SBB, CABP (she/her/hers) – BioBridge Global

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

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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-27-L - Ask the FDA
Location: Grand Ballroon B

Program Chair: Karen E. Palmer, MT(ASCP) CQA(ASQ) – AABB

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-29-L - Innovation in Transfusion: How Creative Partnerships are Improving the Care of Critically Ill Trauma Patients
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Program Chair: Randi Schaefer, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN – Schaefer Consulting

Speaker: Juan Duchesne, MD, FACS, FCCP, FCCM – Tulane University

Speaker: Warren S. Christina, MSHS, MLS (ASCP) SBB – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Speaker: Tom Dransfield, NRP (he/him/his) – New Orleans EMS

New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-30-L - Solve It! Scenarios in Apheresis and Cellular Therapy
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Vasiliki E. Kalodimou, Professor Dr. CABP (H), IARMES (she/her/hers) – IASO Materbity & Research Hospital & EUC

Speaker: Jennifer Chain, Dr – CSM Consulting, LLC

Speaker: Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH – Mount Sinai Health System

Speaker: Hope Guidry-Groves – NMDP

Speaker: Monika Paroder – Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine

Speaker: J. Wade Atkins, MS, MLS, SBB, CQA, CABP(H) – NIH/CC/DTM

Speaker: Asawari Bapat, MD – Global Regenerative Medicine Consultant

Speaker: Ronit Slotky, PhD – Hackensack University Medical Center

Speaker: Bill Ward

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-31-L - Cell Therapy: Creative Inventory Management & Discard
Location: Session 6

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

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3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-32-L - Lyophilized, Stem-cell Derived, and Synthetic Platelet products are closer than you may think.
Location: Session 7

Program Chair: Claudia Cohn, MD, Phd – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Anirban Sen Gupta, Phd, Fellow AIMBE – Case Western University

Speaker: Cedric Ghevaert, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPath – University of Cambridge / NHS Blood and Transplant

Speaker: Mike Fitzpatrick, PhD – Cellphire, Inc

New Innovations, New Techniques and New Technologies

Favorite

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

AM24-MN-33-L - Oral Abstract 10 - Spotlight
Location: Session 8

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-34-L - Mechanisms and Technologies Towards Expanding Hematopoietic Stem Cells for Transplantation
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Larry Luchsinger, PhD – New York Blood Center

Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-35-L - The Role of Blood Operators and Transfusion Services in Preventing and Responding to Transfusion-transmitted Malaria
Location: Grand Ballroom B

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

Speaker: Rita A. Reik, MD FCAP (she/her/hers) – OneBlood

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-37-L - Hemorrhage Control and Resuscitation: New Tools.
Location: Grand Ballroom A

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

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-38-L - Turning Over Every Rock: Exploring Advanced Techniques in Platelet and Red Blood Cell Autoantibody Testing
Location: Session 5

Speaker: Waseem Q. Anani, MD – University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories

Speaker: Marisela G. Marchan, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm (she/her/hers) – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin

Speaker: Angela Treml, MD (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Wisconsin, Versiti Wisconsin

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-39-L - Oral Abstract 2
Location: Session 6

Favorite

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

AM24-MN-40-L - Resilience Explored: Navigating Post-Pandemic Blood Products Utilization Trends and Supply Challenges in North America
Location: Session 7

Program Chair: Ruchika Goel, MD, MPH, CABP – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: Courtney Hopkins, D.O. (she/her/hers) – Vitalant

Speaker: Baia Lasky, MD – American Red Cross Biomedical Services

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-01-L - Beyond CAR T: Non-Conventional Applications of CAR Technology in Biotherapies
Location: Session 4

Speaker: May Daher, MD – University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Program Chair: Indira Guleria, Ph.D – BIDMC and Harvard Medical School

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-02-L - Cross-cultural Conversations: Our Words and Interactions Have Power
Location: Grand Ballroom B

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

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-03-L - Addressing Racial Disparities Across Donation Products for Marginalized Peoples
Location: Grand Ballroom C

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

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-04-L - Blood Bank Guy Essentials LIVE!
Location: Grand Ballroom A

Program Chair: D. Joe Chaffin, MD – Loma Linda University

Speaker: Sue T. Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM (she/her/hers) – Versiti

Speaker: Meghan Delaney, DO – Childrens National Hospital

Transfusion Service

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-05-L - 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
Location: Session 5

Program Chair: Christine A. Bales, BS, MT (ASCP) I, CQA (ASQ), BS, MLS, I (ASCP) CQA (ASQ) – AABB

Speaker: Celina Montemayor-Garcia, MD, PhD, MD, PhD – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: Maria Isabel Castro Pérez, MC. (she/her/hers) – AMMTAC (Mexican Society of Transfusion Medicine, AC

Leadership

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-06-L - Oral Abstract 17- Spotlight
Location: Session 6

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-07-L - CSM Forum
Location: Session 7

Favorite

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

AM24-TU-08-L - A Global Perspective of Roles, Responsibilities and Impact of Transfusion Safety Officers
Location: Session 8

Program Chair: Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD, CABP(H) (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine

Speaker: Asawari Bapat, MD – Global Regenerative Medicine Consultant

Speaker: Richard Schäfer, MD – Medical Center University of Freiburg

Transfusion Service

Favorite

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

AM24-TU-16-L - Coming to Terms with Changing Transfusion Practices in the NICU
Location: Session 8

Program Chair: Rida A. Hasan, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

Speaker: Nabiha Saifee, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Seattle Children's and University of Washington

Speaker: Ravi M. Patel, MD – Emory University

Transfusion Service

Favorite

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

AM24-TU-09-L - Duffy (ACKR1): Antibodies, Chemokines and Potential Therapeutic Targets-Not Just for Transfusion Anymore
Location: Session 4

Program Chair: Sally Campbell-Lee, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

Speaker: Melissa B. Davis, PhD (she/her/hers) – Morehouse School of Medicine

Cell Biology, Immunology and Biochemistry (basic and preclinical research)

Favorite

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

AM24-TU-10-L - Is Your Firm Ready for an FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs Inspection? Hear about the Most Frequently Cited Observations and Inspectional Process from FDA’s Office of Biological Products Operations
Location: Grand Ballroom B

Program Chair: Tricia Samaniego Martinez, n/a – US Food & Drug Administration

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

Favorite

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

AM24-TU-11-L - Managing Risk, Maximizing Safety: The Essentials of Proactive Risk Assessment
Location: Grand Ballroom C

Program Chair: Faisal Alsaqri, MSc, CLBSSB – King Abdulaziz Medical City -Riyadh

Speaker: Faisal Alsaqri, MSc, CLBSSB – King Abdulaziz Medical City -Riyadh

Quality

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