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  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    AM25-ST-24-L - Oral Abstract Session - Novel RHCE Variants
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Program Chair: Janis R. Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross-Michigan Region
    Program Chair: Nalan Yurtsever, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale University School of Medicine
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-ST-24 - Investigation of Phenotype/genotype Discrepancies Identified Novel RHCE*cE(1040C) and KEL*K(1712C) Alleles Emphasizing Need for Two Methods for Determining Donor Antigen Status
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Kathleen Bensing, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    #OA4-AM25-ST-24 - Investigation Prompted by Antibodies to High-Incidence Rh Antigens Reveals RH Haplotypes Consisting of Three Variant Alleles, With Two RHD and One RHCE Across Three Generations in a Congolese Family
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Gina Folk, MSHS, MLS(ASCP), SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Community Blood Center of KC
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    #OA2-AM25-ST-24 - Novel RHCE*ce(510C) Allele Reactive with Some Anti-D Reagents Shows Importance of Careful Selection of Reagents Used for Routine Prenatal and Pretransfusion RhD Typing
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Kathleen Bensing, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    #OA1-AM25-ST-24 - Three Unique RHCE Variants Causing Negative Phenotypes
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: June Fuertes, MS, MLS(ASCP) (he/him/his) – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    9:30 AM - 10:30 AM  PT
    AM25-ST-05-L - Choose Your Own Adventure: Spooky Serology, Mysterious Molecular, and Eerie Incompatibility
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Speaker: Michelle Lodermeier, MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Sunitha Vege, MS (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center
    Program Chair: Lynsi Rahorst, MHPE, MLS(ASCP)SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:45 AM - 12:15 PM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-ST-28 - Diversity of RH and Antibody Development Following Transfusion in the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) Brazil Sickle Cell Disease Cohort
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Sunitha Vege, MS (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    10:45 AM - 12:15 PM  PT
    #OA4-AM25-ST-28 - Red Cell Antibody and Antigen Patterns in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Multi-Center Analysis
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Mischa Covington, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Saturday, Oct 25th
    1:45 PM - 2:45 PM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-ST-21 - Protein Variance Affects the Highly Immunogenic Rh Complex in the Red Cell Membrane: A Flow Cytometry Analysis
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Caroline B. Dixon – NIH Clinical Center/Department of Transfusion Medicine
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM  PT
    AM25-SN-15-L - Evolving Immunologic Concepts – From Basic Mechanisms to Translation
    Room: SDCC 20A
    Program Chair: Sean Stowell, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Speaker: Yunfeng Liu, PhD – New York Blood Center
    Speaker: Patricia E. Zerra, MD – Emory University
    Speaker: Susan Conway, MD – Children’s Research Institute
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM  PT
    AM25-SN-14-L - Unexplained Reactivity in Red Cell Antibody Identification: A Way Through
    Room: SDCC 33
    Speaker: Sandra J. Nance, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP), SBB (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology
    Speaker: Christine Lomas-Francis, MSc, FIBMS – Complement Biology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center Enterprises
    Program Chair: Janis R. Hamilton, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross-Michigan Region
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Sunday, Oct 26th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    AM25-SN-22-L - Should We Bring ABO Genotyping to Our Institution? Things to Know About Taking the Leap
    Room: SDCC 33
    Program Chair: Deanna C. Fang, MD, A(ACHI) (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego School of Medicine
    Speaker: William Lane, MD, PhD, A(ACHI) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Speaker: Sunitha Vege, MS (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT
    AM25-MN-10-L - Lord of the Antibodies
    Room: SDCC 20D
    Speaker: Andie Pahomi, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM – Versiti
    Speaker: Ankit Mathur, MD (he/him/his) – Rotary Bangalore TTK Blood Bank, Bangalore Medical Services Trust, India
    Program Chair: Sue Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM  PT
    AM25-MN-13-L - AABB/ASHI Symposium: Exploring Transplant Uncertainties/Conundrums in ABO
    Room: SDCC 33
    Program Chair: Anne Halpin, PhD CHS A(ACHI) (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta
    Speaker: Amena Usmani, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego Health
    Speaker: Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, FACS (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    2:30 PM - 3:30 PM  PT
    AM25-MN-17-L - Uncovering New Blood Groups: Impacts in Transfusion and Beyond (Sally Frank Award and Lectureship)
    Room: SDCC 33
    Award Presenter: Thierry Peyrard, PharmD, PhD, EurSpLM – Etablissement Français du Sang, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France
    Program Chair: Sandra J. Nance, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP), SBB (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-MN-20 - Novel ABO Variants Causing Altered Expression of ABO Antigens
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: June Fuertes, MS, MLS(ASCP) (he/him/his) – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Immunohematology and Genomics Laboratory
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    #OA1-AM25-MN-20 - Novel JK*A(160T) Identified in a Pediatric Patient with Anti-Jka: Evidence from Family-Based Investigation
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Chloe Homich, MLS(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – New York Blood Center Enterprises, Blood Bank of Delmarva
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    #OA2-AM25-MN-20 - The Growing Need for RH Allele Selected Red Blood Cell Units
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Margaret A. Keller, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    #OA2-AM25-MN-21 - Rapidly Fatal Adult Case of Ceftriaxone-Induced Immune Hemolytic Anemia
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Melissa Krygsman, MLS (ASCP), SBB (she/her/hers) – Corewell Health
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    3:45 PM - 4:45 PM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-MN-21 - Use of Sutimlimab to Treat a Complement Binding Auto-anti-AnWj Antibody in a Patient with Refractory B-Cell Lymphoma
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Kathy Haddaway, MLS(ASCP)CM SBBCM – Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT
    #OA3-AM25-MN-36 - Asian-type DEL Among D-Negative Patients and Donors in Malaysia Can Ease the Demand for D-Negative Red Cells and RhIG
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Willy Flegel, MD – National Institutes of Health
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT
    #OA4-AM25-MN-36 - Growing a RH Variant Donor Database to Meet the Demands for RH Allele-Matched Requests
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Michelle Conceicao, (ASCP)SBB – OneBlood
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT
    #OA2-AM25-MN-36 - Molecular Characterization of Variant D Antigen Expression Among 56,445 Blood Donors in East India
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Kshitij Srivastava, PhD (he/him/his) – National Institutes of Health
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT
    #OA1-AM25-MN-36 - Partial RHD Genotypes in Genetic-Ancestry Genome Databases
    Room: SDCC 30CDE
    Presenting Author: Glenn Ramsey, MD (he/him/his) – Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Monday, Oct 27th
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT
    AM25-MN-33-L - Crossmatch Incompatible Transfusions: How Collaboration Between Transfusion Services and Immunohematology Reference Laboratories Enhance Patient Safety
    Room: SDCC 33
    Program Chair: Robert A. DeSimone, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Speaker: Pooja Desai – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
    Speaker: Randall W. Velliquette, SBB (ASCP) CM (he/him/his) – New York Blood Center Laboratory of Immunohematology and Genomics
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  PT
    AM25-TU-01-L - How New Red Cell Antigens Are Identified, Classified, Added to a Blood Group System. or Creating a New Blood Group System, Theory, and Practice
    Room: SDCC 20D
    Speaker: Jasem M. Albasri, MSTM, (he/him/his) – Prince Sultan Military Medical City
    Program Chair: Sue Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin
    Speaker: Thierry Peyrard, PharmD, PhD, EurSpLM – Etablissement Français du Sang, La Plaine Saint-Denis, France
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    9:30 AM - 11:00 AM  PT
    #OA4-AM25-TU-15 - Daratumumab Administration Results in Durable Reduction of Isohemagglutinin Titers in ABO-Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplant
    Room: SDCC 30AB
    Presenting Author: Steve Holden, MLS(ASCP), SBB (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)
  • Tuesday, Oct 28th
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM  PT
    AM25-TU-17-L - The Monocyte Monolayer Assay in Transfusion Medicine: Historical Insights and Clinical Applications
    Room: SDCC 32
    Co-Chair: Paul Mansfield, MLS(ASCP)SBB – American Red Cross
    Speaker: Waseem Q. Anani, MD, SBB (he/him/his) – American Red Cross
    Co-Chair: Shraddha Babariya, MD – American Red Cross
    Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)