Pooja Desai, MS, MLS (ASCP) SBB CM (she/her/hers)

Manager of Transfusion Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York

Pooja Desai, MS, MLS (ASCP) SBB CM, has a background in pharmacy, biotechnology, and pre-clinical research before entering the field of transfusion medicine. She completed her BS in Medical Laboratory Science from Marist College, and went on to earn her Specialist in Blood Bank degree from LifeShare Blood Center. She currently serves as Manager of Transfusion Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. Her previous roles include Supervisor of Immunohematology and Daily Operations at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine and Lead Technologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Presentation(s):

• AM25-MN-33-L - Crossmatch Incompatible Transfusions: How Collaboration Between Transfusion Services and Immunohematology Reference Laboratories Enhance Patient Safety

  Monday, October 27, 2025
  5:00 PM - 6:00 PM  PT