Education Session Schedule

8:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-01-L - CBC: Emerging Issues in Cord Blood Therapeutics and Gene Therapies (President’s Session)

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – Duke University

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Pharmaceutical Industry

Cord Blood

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.25 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-03-L - “Blood Products as Pharmaceuticals: Should that be our Goal?” (Tibor Greenwalt Memorial Award and Lectureship)

Room: SDCC 20D

Award Acceptance: – Columbia University

Program Chair: – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology

Award Presenter: – University of Pennsylvania

Transfusion Service

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-07-L - Expanding CGT Access: The Role of Blood Centers in Last-Mile Delivery

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Cryoport

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – Gulf Coast Blood

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-06-L - Optimization of Postpartum Hemorrhage Management in the Academic and Community Setting

Room: SDCC 31

Program Chair: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Speaker: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – Cambridge Health Alliance

Transfusion Service

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-05-L - Planning for Disease X: To Ensure a Safe and Sufficient Blood Supply During the Next Emerging Pathogen Event

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: – New York Blood Center Enterprises

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT

AM25-SN-31-L - Oral Abstract Session - Insight into Whole Blood and Hemorrhage Management

Room: SDCC 30AB

Program Chair: – Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Program Chair: – UCLA

Transfusion Service

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

8:15 AM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-04-L - SBB BB Exam Review

Room: SDCC 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – University of Texas Medical Branch

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – Transfusion Medicine Division, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Speaker: – Versiti

Speaker: – Self

Speaker: – The National Institutes of Health

Education/Developing Curriculum

CE: 6 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 6 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT

AM25-SN-08-L - Plenary Oral Abstract Session

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Children's National Hospital

Program Chair: – Yale School of Medicine

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-15-L - Evolving Immunologic Concepts – From Basic Mechanisms to Translation

Room: SDCC 20A

Program Chair: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – Emory University

Speaker: – Children’s Research Institute

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-17-L - CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunities for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – FamiCord

Speaker: – CBR by CooperSurgical

Speaker: – CryoHoldco Brasil

Speaker: – Cleveland Cord Blood Center

Cord Blood

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-12-L - Creating Effective Donor Recruitment Videos Through the Use of Co-Design with Community Partners

Room: SDCC 29

Speaker: – Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, University Medical City & College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University

Program Chair: – University of Nottingham

Speaker: – Action On Blood

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-18-L - Ensuring Ethical and Regulatory Compliance in Donor Collections for Advanced Therapies

Room: SDCC 28BCDE

Speaker: – Blood Centers of America

Program Chair: – BBG Advanced Therapies

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northewest

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-10-L - Implementation of Lab Automation: Best Practices and Benefits

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – BioBridge Global

Speaker: – QualTex Laboratories

Speaker: – Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

Instrumentation

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

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: – University of Pennsylvania, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology

Speaker: – Complement Biology, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center Enterprises

Program Chair: – American Red Cross-Michigan Region

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-13-L - Update on the Use of Cryopreserved Platelets in Acute Surgical Settings

Room: SDCC 20D

Speaker: – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – University of Minnesota

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-09-L - Oral Abstract Session - Non-Infectious Hazards of Blood Transfusion

Room: SDCC 30AB

Program Chair: – Canadian Blood Services

Program Chair: – Yale Medicine

Transfusion Service

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

2:30 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-11-L - Prehospital Transfusion Workshop: Building Effective EMS Programs

Room: SDCC 31

Program Chair: – Vitalant

Speaker: – South Texas Blood & Tissue

Speaker: – EMS

Speaker: – UCHealth’s South Region

Speaker: – AABB

Speaker: – Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Police Department

Speaker: – Tidewater Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc.

Speaker: – Colorado Springs Fire Department

Speaker: – Firefighter-Paramedic: Ventura County Fire Department

Presenter:

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

Sponsored By

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 3.25 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-19-L - CBC: Exploring the Unique Biology of Cord Blood and Birthing Tissues

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – University of Indiana School of Medicine

Speaker: – Hexem Bio Inc.

Speaker: – University of California - Davis Health

Speaker: – Gables Pediatrics

Cord Blood

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-23-L - FcRN Inhibitors – a New Era for Transfusion Medicine?

Room: SDCC 20D

Speaker: – Stanford Healthcare

Speaker: – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Program Chair: – Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-32-L - Inclusive Blood Donation Strategies for 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities: Rebuilding Trust and “Adding Your Sparkle to the Blood Supply”

Room: SDCC 30CDE

Program Chair: – University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Program Chair: – Vitalant Research Institute

Speaker: – Canadian Blood Services

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-21-L - Novel Tools and Platform Designs in Biotherapies

Room: SDCC 20A

Program Chair: – University of Pennsylvania

Speaker: – Auburn University

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

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: – University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Speaker: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – Mass General Brigham

Immunohematology and Genetic Testing (red cells, leukocytes and platelets)

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM PT

AM25-SN-25-L - The Transformative Power of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: From Blood Collectors to the Transfusion Service, a Vein to Vein Approach

Room: SDCC 20BC

Program Chair: – Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Vitalant and Johns Hopkins University

Speaker: – Johns Hopkins Medicine

Information Technology and Informatics

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 5:15 PM PT

AM25-SN-24-L - Test Your Blood Bank Knowledge 2025 – Are You up for a Challenge?

Room: SDCC 25

Program Chair: – UTMB and Indiana University Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – OneBlood

Education/Developing Curriculum

CE: 1.5 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

3:45 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-35-L - Basic Blood Biology and Mechanisms of Immunity in Transfusion Medicine and Biotherapies

Room: SDCC 28BCDE

Program Chair: – Brigham and Women's Hospital

Program Chair: – New York Blood Center

Speaker: – University of Maryland

Speaker: – Harvard Medical School

Speaker: – NYBC

Speaker: – Bloodworks Northwest

Speaker: – Versiti Blood Research Institute; Medical College of Wisconsin

Speaker: – Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Speaker: – Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard University

CE: 2.25 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 2.25 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-36-L - CANCELLED: The Four Season of Leadership: A Personal Journey (Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award)

Room: SDCC 29

Award Presenter:

Program Chair:

Leadership

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-33-L - CBC: Evidence Based Communication in Cord Blood Donation and Banking

Room: SDCC 32

Program Chair: – ViaCord from Revvity

Speaker: – Duke University

Panelist: – CBR/CooperSurgical

Speaker: – Duke University

Cord Blood

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-29-L - Cold Truths: The Potential Hidden Impact of “Clinically Insignificant” Antibodies in Hypothermic Cardiac Surgery

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – Mayo Clinic Florida

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic Rochester

Speaker: – Mayo Clinic

Transfusion Service

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-30-L - Ethical Dilemmas in Compensating Blood Donors: Navigating Global Health Perspectives

Room: SDCC 20A

Program Chair: – Department of Health Sciences, AT Still University

Speaker: – Moffitt Cancer Center

Speaker: – Macopharma

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-27-L - Revolutionizing Donor Selection: Integrating AI, Omics Data, and Large-Scale Cohorts for Improved Cell Therapy Outcomes

Room: SDCC 30CDE

Program Chair: – AABB

Speaker: – Cell Therapy Manufacturability Program

Speaker: – Excellos

Biotherapies, Cellular Therapies, and Immunotherapies

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-28-L - When the Refrigerator Is Bare – Innovations from the Blood DESERT Coalition

Room: SDCC 20D

Program Chair: – Linda S Barnes Consulting

Speaker: – University Health Network

Speaker: – Coalition for Blood for Africa

Public Health, Policy and Ethics

CE: 1 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT

AM25-SN-02-L - Oral Abstract Session - Infectious Diseases & Transfusion Medicine

Room: SDCC 30AB

Program Chair: – Massachusetts General Hospital

Program Chair: – Vitalant Research Institute

Transfusion Service

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM PT

AM25-SN-37-L - Research and Progress (RAPS): Whole Blood in Modern Transfusion Practice - A Debate on Evidence and Application

Room: SDCC 33

Program Chair: – University of Minnesota

Speaker: – Vitalant

Speaker: – University of Utah Health

Speaker: – American Red Cross

Speaker: – University Oxford

CE: 1.25 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.25 CE (Non-Physician Credit)