Assessor Recommended Sessions

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Saturday, Oct 25th
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
AM25-ST-03-L - Quality Agreements in Cell Therapy: Building Successful Partnerships
Room: SDCC 30CDE
Program Chair: Wanxing Cui, MD, PhD, CABP(H) – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Speaker: Ronit Slotky, PhD, MSc, CABP – Hackensack University Medical Center
Speaker: Sarah Clark, MBA (she/her/hers) – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan
Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
Saturday, Oct 25th
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT
AM25-ST-12-L - Assessor Townhall: Assessment Readiness-Get Ready and Stay Ready
Room: SDCC 25
Program Chair: Sheila A. Jones – AABB
Speaker: Donna Lucia, BS,MT(ASCP) CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – MedStar Union Memorial Hospital & MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
Speaker: Nancy Q. Lee, BS MT(ASCP) – HCMC Minneapolis, MN
Speaker: Susan M. Wilson, BS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – .
Speaker: Christopher Bocquet (he/him/his) – AABB
Speaker: Karen E. Palmer, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) – AABB
Speaker: Nina Sen, BB, SBB (ASCP) (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
Saturday, Oct 25th
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM PT
AM25-ST-13-L - Think Like a Detective: Investigating Quality Issues with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Tools
Room: SDCC 33
Speaker: Edward Griffin, MBA, MS, CLS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ), PMP – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Program Chair: Vaanush Nazaryan, Vaanush Nazaryan, MBA, BB(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE, CPHQ – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Speaker: Vaanush Nazaryan, Vaanush Nazaryan, MBA, BB(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE, CPHQ – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Speaker: Susan W. Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
Quality
Sunday, Oct 26th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
AM25-SN-10-L - Implementation of Lab Automation with AI-Driven Software: Best Practices and Benefits
Room: SDCC 20BC
Program Chair: Scott Jones, PhD (he/him/his) – BioBridge Global
Speaker: Katie M. Quinn, MS, M(ASCP)CM (she/her/hers) – QualTex Laboratories
Speaker: Lisa M. Piscitelli (she/her/hers) – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Instrumentation
Monday, Oct 27th
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
AM25-MN-07-L - Cell Therapy Lab Jeopardy!
Room: SDCC 31
Program Chair: Laura Staller, MHA, MLS(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – NMDP
Speaker: Bill Ward, MT(ASCP) DLM LSSGB CABP – Vitalant
Speaker: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP
Speaker: J. Wade W. Atkins, MS MLS SBB CQA,CABP(H) – NIH Clinical Center
Speaker: Diane Kadidlo, MT(ASCP) SBB – University of Minnesota
Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies
Monday, Oct 27th
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
AM25-MN-38-L - AABB’s Updated Platelet and Red Blood Cell Transfusion Guidelines
Room: SDCC 30CDE
Program Chair: Claudia Cohn, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
Program Chair: Aaron A.R Tobian, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
Speaker: Simon J. Stanworth, FRCP FRCPath DPhil – University Oxford
Speaker: Monica Pagano – University of Washington Medical Center
Speaker: Ryan A. Metcalf, MD – University of Utah Health
Monday, Oct 27th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
AM25-MN-11-L - From Blueprint to Benchmark: A Journey Through AABB Standards Development and Accreditation
Room: SDCC 20A
Program Chair: Katherine S. Brown, PhD (she/they) – CooperSurgical, Inc
Speaker: Randall Schaefer, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN – Schaefer Consulting, LLC
Speaker: J. Wade W. Atkins, MS MLS SBB CQA,CABP(H) – NIH Clinical Center
Quality
Monday, Oct 27th
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
AM25-MN-12-L - Advances in Labeling: Practical Applications of 2-D Data Matrix Symbols with ISBT 128
Room: SDCC 20D
Program Chair: Karen Moniz – ICCBBA
Speaker: Robin Wilkinson, n/a (she/her/hers) – ICCBBA
Speaker: Jessica L. Poisson, MD, MMCi (she/her/hers) – Duke Health
Information Technology and Informatics
Monday, Oct 27th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT
AM25-MN-23-L - The Top Nonconformances Stratified by Facility Size and Location. Where Do You Fit?
Room: SDCC 29
Speaker: Melanie Sloan, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB
Speaker: Matthew Swingholm, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm – AABB
Monday, Oct 27th
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT
AM25-MN-27-L - Ask the Standards
Room: SDCC 20BC
Speaker: Beth Shaz, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – Duke University
Speaker: Susan W. Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
Program Chair: Christopher Bocquet (he/him/his) – AABB
Management
Monday, Oct 27th
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
AM25-MN-31-L - Safety, Standards, and Sanity: Navigating Compliance in Emergent Blood Product Release
Room: SDCC 20D
Program Chair: Justin Kreuter, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
Speaker: Alexzandra Klobassa, MLS (ASCP), SBB (ASCP), M.S. (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Rochester
Speaker: Amy Mata, MS, MLS(ASCP), SBB – Mayo Clinic
Transfusion Service
Monday, Oct 27th
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
AM25-MN-34-L - A Tale of Twice-Annual Verification: Why Two Matter, and Who’s Looking?
Room: SDCC 20A
Speaker: Tracie Nichols, MS, MLS (ASCP), SBBcm, CABP, CQA (ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB
Speaker: Melanie Sloan, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) (she/her/hers) – AABB
Tuesday, Oct 28th
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
AM25-TU-03-L - Enhancing Perioperative Autologous Transfusion: Bridging the Gap Between Standards and Practice
Room: SDCC 20A
Speaker: Gagan Mathur, MD, MBA – University of California, Irvine
Program Chair: Jennifer O'Brien, MD – Ochsner Health
Speaker: Patricia Travassos, BS, CCP, LP – Comprehensive Care Services
Quality
Tuesday, Oct 28th
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
AM25-TU-09-L - IRL Accreditation: Case Studies and Helpful Hints for Better Conformance.
Room: SDCC 31
Program Chair: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
Speaker: Cami Melland, MLS (ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – Vitalant
Speaker: James Gardner, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
Speaker: Claribel Resto, MHS, MLS (ASCP)SBB – OneBlood
Speaker: Samantha J. Clem, MS, MLS(ASCP)cm SBBcm (she/her/hers) – Lutheran Hospital
Speaker: Gina Folk, MSHS, MLS(ASCP), SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Community Blood Center of KC
Tuesday, Oct 28th
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
AM25-TU-11-L - BPDR Demystified: A Practical Guide to Reporting and Preventing Errors
Room: SDCC 30CDE
Speaker: Jean Stanley, MBA,MLS(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ) – Roche Diagnostics Solutions
Speaker: Mary A. Lieb, MLS(ASCP)SBB CQA(ASQ) – Independent Consultant
Speaker: Erica A. Swenson, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
Program Chair: Vaanush Nazaryan, Vaanush Nazaryan, MBA, BB(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE, CPHQ – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Quality
Tuesday, Oct 28th
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT
AM25-TU-13-L - 2025 Ask the FDA and CMS/CLIA
Room: SDCC 20BC
Program Chair: Karen E. Palmer, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ) – AABB
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center