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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: Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
Speaker: Natasha M. Leon, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM – Versiti
Speaker: Wyenona Hicks, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – Self
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: Laura Staller, MHA, MLS(ASCP) – NMDP
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
Program Chair: Saptarshi Mandal, MD, MS, DABPath (CP, BBTM) (he/him/his) – AIIMS Jodhpur
Speaker: Saptarshi Mandal, MD, MS, DABPath (CP, BBTM) (he/him/his) – AIIMS Jodhpur
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
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
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