Full Schedule

Program Chair: Hamilton C. Tsang, MD – University of Washington

Speaker: Chancey Christenson, MD, MPH – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: Ericka Narr, MA – NMDP

Program Chair: Margaret A. Keller, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross

Speaker: Melissa R. George, DO – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Speaker: Jeffrey L. Winters, MD, MD – Mayo Clinic

Program Chair: Wanxing Cui, MD, PhD, CABP(H) – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Speaker: Ronit Slotcky, PhD, MSc, CABP – Hackensack University Medical Center

Speaker: Sarah Clark, n/a – Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan

Program Chair: Emily Coberly, MD – American Red Cross

Speaker: Nathan McLamb, MD – Washington University Medical School in St. Louis

Speaker: Amy Gabbard, MD, MPH – IU Health

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

Speaker: Sunitha Vege, MS – New York Blood Center

Program Chair: Lynsi Rahorst, MHPE, MLS(ASCP)SBB – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Program Chair: Jaime McGillivray, n/a (she/her/hers) – Canadian Management Centre

Program Chair: Vasiliki E. Kalodimou, Professor/Dr (she/her/hers) – IASO, EUC

Speaker: Jennifer Chain,, PhD, CABP – CSM

Speaker: Ronit Slotcky, PhD, MSc, CABP – Hackensack University Medical Center

Speaker: Edward Griffin, MBA, MS, CLS, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ), PMP – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Program Chair: Vaanush Nazaryan, MBA, BB(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE, CPHQ – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Speaker: 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

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

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

Speaker: Swee Lay Thein, F.R.C.P., F.R.C.Path., D.Sc., FMedSci – Hematology Branch, NHLBI, NIH

Speaker: Adetola Kassim, MBBS, MS, MD, MS – Vanderbilt University

Program Chair: Jessica Poisson, MD, MD, MMCi – Duke Health

Speaker: Bruce Sachais, MD, PhD, MD, PhD – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Program Chair: Jason B. Corley, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Defense Health Agency

Speaker: Christopher Evans, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Army Medical Command

Speaker: Nicole Ferguson, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Air Force Medical Agency

Program Chair: Jeff Wren, MBA, CABP – AABB

Speaker: Kim McConnell, PharmD, BCPS, CCRP – UCSD Medical Center

Speaker: Stefano Rivella, PhD (he/him/his) – Children's hospital of Philadelphia

Program Chair: Francesca Vinchi – New York Blood Center

Speaker: Francesca Vinchi – New York Blood Center

Program Chair: Christopher A. Tormey, MD, MD – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: Eric Gehrie, MD – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: Nalan Yurtsever, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine

Program Chair: Dominic Clarke, n/a – Cryoport

Speaker: Becky Cap, n/a – Vitalant

Speaker: Elizabeth A. Hartwell, MD – Gulf Coast Blood

Program Chair: Kerry OBrien, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Speaker: Scott Shainker, DO – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Speaker: Tara Singh, MD – Cambridge Health Alliance

Program Chair: Steven Drews, PhD FCCM D(ABMM) (he/him/his) – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA – America's Blood Centers

Speaker: Evan Bloch, MD, MBChB, MS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Speaker: Arwa Z. Al-Riyami, BSc, MD, FRCPC – Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City

Program Chair: Eammon Ferguson, BSc, PhD, FRSPH, AFBPS – University of Nottingham

Speaker: Richard Mills, BSC, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD – University of Nottingham

Speaker: Christina Lueck, MT, ASCP – Blood Centers of America

Program Chair: Vivienne Marshall, PhD – Bio Bridge Global

Speaker: Evan Delay, RN, MSN – Bloodworks Northewest

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

Speaker: Katie S. Quinn, MS – QualTex Laboratories

Speaker: Lisa M. Piscitelli, n/a (she/her/hers) – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Program Chair: Courtney K. Hopkins, D.O. (she/her/hers) – Vitalant

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

Speaker: Sandra J. Nance, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP), SBB – 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

Speaker: Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Speaker: Glenn Whitman, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

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

Program Chair: Reuben P. Jacob, MD (he/him/his) – Children's Healthcare of Atlanta+Emory University School of Medicine

Speaker: Muharrem Yunce, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine

Speaker: Minh-Ha Tran, DO – University of California, Irvine

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 – New York Blood Center

Program Chair: Aaron A.R. Tobian, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: Ruchika Goel, MD – Vitalent

Speaker: David Daniel, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

Program Chair: Jayanna K. Slayten, MS, MT(ASCP)SBBcm, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBBcm – Indiana University Health and UTMB

Speaker: Sydney Klausing, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)cm, SBBcm – American Red Cross

Program Chair: Chancey Christenson, MD, MPH – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: Justin Juskewitch, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Rochester

Speaker: Allan Klompas – AABB

Program Chair: Eric Matthews, PhD, MSEd, RT, DHSc. – Department of Health Sciences, AT Still University

Speaker: Richard R. Gammon, MD – Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Speaker: Ludwig R. Frontier, MD, MSc, MBA, DHSc. (he/him/his) – Macopharma

Program Chair: Jeff Wren, MBA, CABP – AABB

Speaker: Kat Kozyrytska, n/a – Cell Therapy Manufacturability Program

Program Chair: Linda S. Barnes, DrPH, MHA, RAC, CABP(H) (she/her/hers) – Linda S Barnes Consulting

Speaker: Jacob Pendergrast, MD – University Health Network

Speaker: John B. Holcomb, MD FACS – University of Alabama, Birmingham

Speaker: Andie Pahomi, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)CMSBBCM – Versiti

Speaker: Ankit Mathur, Dr (he/him/his) – Rotary TTK Blood Bank Bangalore Medical Services Trust

Program Chair: Sue T. Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM – Versiti

Program Chair: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado Dept of Pathology

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

Program Chair: Nabiha Saifee, MD, PhD – Seattle Children's

Speaker: Christina Greene, MD – Seattle Children's and University of Washington

Speaker: Anil Panigrahi, MD, PhD – Stanford University

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

Program Chair: Yvette M. Miller, MD, ABIHM (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross

Speaker: Rim Abdallah, MD – Vitalant

Speaker: Jenni Gasbarro, NA – American Red Cross

Speaker: Fatima Aldarweesh, MD, QIA (she/her/hers) – The University of Chicago

Program Chair: Sandhya R. Panch, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

Speaker: INIGO ROMON ALONSO – University Hospital Marques de Valdecilla

Program Chair: Jennifer Andrews, MD, MSc – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: Elizabeth M. Cappello, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Speaker: Nadia Syed, DO – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Program Chair: Anne Halpin, PhD – University of Alberta

Speaker: Amena Usmani, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Diego Health

Speaker: Dorry Segev, MD, PhD – NYU Langone

Speaker: Christina Melief, PhD – National Cord Blood Network

Program Chair: Laura Staller, MHA, MLS(ASCP) (she/her/hers) – NMDP

Speaker: Roger Horton – Anthony Nolan

Program Chair: Katherine S. Brown, PhD – 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

Program Chair: Christopher A. Tormey, MD, MD – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: David Daniel, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: Nalan Yurtsever, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale School of Medicine

Speaker: Beth Shaz, MD – Duke University

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

Program Chair: Christopher Bocquet (he/him/his) – AABB

Program Chair: Leana Serrano-Rahman, MPH, MLS (ASCP), CQA (ASQ) – Kalidad Healthcare Consulting

Speaker: Jamal Carter, MD, Clinical Informatics – Cleveland Clinic

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

Program Chair: Jan C. Hofmann, MD, MPH, MSc – University of California, San Francisco

Speaker: Jay S. Raval, MD – University of Vermont Medical Center

Speaker: Matthew J. Foglia, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Speaker: Fatima Aldarweesh, MD, QIA (she/her/hers) – The University of Chicago

Speaker: William N. Rose, MD – University of Wisconsin

Program Chair: Timothy C. Carll, MD (he/him/his) – The University of Chicago

Program Chair: Robert A. DeSimone, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine

Speaker: Pooja Desai, MS, MLS (ASCP) SBB CM – New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Speaker: Randall W. Velliquette, SBB (ASCP) CM – New York Blood Center Laboratory of Immunohematology and Genomics

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

Speaker: Kyle Annen, DO, CABP, QIA (ASCP) (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado/University of Colorado Dept of Pathology

Program Chair: Justin Kreuter, M.D., MD – Mayo Clinic

Speaker: Alexzandra Klobassa, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Mayo Clinic

Speaker: Amy Mata, MS, MLS(ASCP), SBB – Mayo Clinic

Program Chair: Asawari Bapat, MBBS, DPB, PGDHHM, CABP(H), DABRM,FABRM (she/her/hers) – CEO & Founder, Questar Enterprise, LLC, Dubai, UAE; VP-Infohealth FZE, Dubai, UAE; Consultant- AABB Global Impact Consulting, MD, USA; Consultants- Oncology Services, London, UK; Consultant- Clinical Affairs, Regenerative Outcomes, LLC, Nashville, TN, USA; PO Box: 6824 UAE.

Speaker: Thomas Spitzer, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Speaker: Sai Kiang Lim, PhD – Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology, Singapore

Speaker: Gagan Mathur, MD, MBA – University of California, Irvine

Program Chair: Jennifer J. O'Brien, MD, PhD – Ochsner Medical Center

Speaker: Patricia Travassos, BS, CCP, LP – Comprehensive Care Services

Program Chair: Ifeyinwa Maryann Okafor, Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science, Master of Science and PhD Hematology (she/her/hers) – University of Calabar, Nigeria

Speaker: Dr. Jane DOe, MD, PhD – Transfusion Medicine, Global Health Institute, New York

Speaker: Dr. Maria Gonzalez, MD, MSc – Head of Blood Services, National Blood Center, Mexico

Program Chair: Tara C. Moon, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Speaker: Tara C. Moon, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Speaker: Rebecca P. Coward, MLS(ASCP)SBB – WakeMed

Speaker: Jasem M. Albasri, MSTM, (he/him/his) – Prince Sultan Military Medical City

Program Chair: Sue T. Johnson, MSTM, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM – Versiti

Speaker: Joel Addams, MD, MA – University of Utah/ARUP

Program Chair: Minh-Ha Tran, DO – University of California, Irvine

Speaker: Gordon Carr, MD – Banner University Medical Center Tucson

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

Speaker: Richard M. Kaufman, MD – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Program Chair: Nancy M. Dunbar, MD – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Speaker: Nancy M. Dunbar, MD – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

Speaker: Scott Commins, MD, PhD – University of North Carolina

Speaker: Jean Stanley, MBA,MLS(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE(ASQ) – Roche Diagnostics Solutions

Speaker: Mary A. Lieb, MT(ASCP)SBB, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ) – Independent Consultant

Speaker: Erica A. Swenson, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Utah

Program Chair: Vaanush Nazaryan, MBA, BB(ASCP)SBB, CMQ/OE, CPHQ – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Program Chair: Deborah J. Tolich, DNP, RN, DNP RN – Cleveland Clinic

Speaker: Daniel Lallo, BS – Cleveland Clinic

Speaker: Zaher K. Otrock, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

Speaker: Nathan C. Hurley, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin - Madison

Speaker: Lance Williams, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

Speaker: David Oh, MD – Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati

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

Speaker: Huy P. Pham, MD, MPH – NMDP

Speaker: Diane Kadidlo, MT(ASCP) SBB – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Drew Witter, MS, CCRP – Mayo Clinic

Program Chair: Thane A. Kubik, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Alberta Precision Labs

Program Chair: Karen Moniz, MHA, MT(ASCP)SBB (she/her/hers) – ICCBBA

Speaker: Robin K. Wilkinson, BA – ICCBBA

Speaker: Jessica Poisson, MD, MD, MMCi – Duke Health

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

Speaker: Waseem Q. Anani, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories

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

Program Chair: Faaria Gowani, DO – Baylor College of Medicine/Harris Health System

Speaker: Shiu-Ki R. Hui, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

Program Chair: Elizabeth S. Allen, MD – University of California San Diego

Speaker: Marie Holowaychuk, DVM, Diplomate ACVECC – Reviving Veterinary Medicine

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

Speaker: Matthew Karafin, MD, MS – UNC School of Medicine

Speaker: Yan Zheng, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

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

Speaker: Lynne Briggs, MBA – Versiti

Speaker: Joe Higdon, MS, MBA – BioBridge Global Advanced Therapies