Professor and Director of Transfusion Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dr. Aaron Tobian, MD, PhD., is a Professor of Pathology, Medicine and Epidemiology at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is also Director of the Transfusion Medicine Division and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pathology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Tobian divides his time between research and clinical service.
Dr. Tobian has been highly involved with the transfusion medicine community. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Clinical Apheresis and sits on the Editorial Board for the journal TRANSFUSION. He is also the Transfusion Medicine Section Editor for UpToDate. Dr. Tobian is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the website Transfusion News; a site that provides weekly updates on the latest studies within the transfusion community as well as interactive transfusion medicine questions three times a week. He has served on the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies Board of Directors for six years and is President-elect of the Board.
Dr. Tobian also has an established global research program that studies HIV and other adverse events associated with transfusion. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Tobian has lived or worked in five developing countries. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed articles in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Lancet, Blood and TRANSFUSION. His work has also been featured on the NBC Today Show, BBC World Service, National Public Radio, USA Today and other media outlets.
Dr. Tobian received his MD and PhD at Case Western Reserve University and conducted a clinical pathology residency and transfusion medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins. He is board certified in clinical pathology and blood banking/transfusion medicine .
Monday, October 21, 2024
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
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