Board of Directors meeting with Sponsors and Exhibitors

Pre-Ledin Session - Effect of Monoclonal Antibody Treatment such a Daratumumab on pre-transfusion testing - Pat Arndt MS, MT(ASCP)SBB

Ledin Award Lectureship - Introduction by Ledin Foundation Representative

When Selfies Go Bad: Decoding Autoantibodies and Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia - Joe Chaffin, MD

Q & A

.5 (Pre-Lecture)

1.0 Ledin Lecture

Recruitment Roundtable

Scott Edward and Debbie Burns-Rice

Clinical Transfusion Medicine:

Clinical Applications of Blood Group Genotyping - Greg Denomme, PhD

Panel Discussion - Pros/Cons of molecular v. serologic testing in transfusion services - Ellen Klapper, MD, Joe Chaffin, MD, Greg Denomme, PhD

Harry Sussman (Blood Center Perspective) and Nick Wettlaufer (Hospital Perspective)

Donor Center:

Pathogen Inactivation -  Christopher Gresens,. MD

History of the MSM Deferral and the "Science" Behind Its Creation -Brian Custer, PhD, MPH

Panel Q & A Discussion

Employee Engagement: Health & Wellness Program and Social Engagement Program case studies

Madelyn Kalstein (Health & Wellness Program) and Shaguna Wilkes (Social Engagement Program)

Case Studies

Alloantibody Developed by Bone Marrow Graft During Engraftment with Refractory Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia - Cindy Paraiso, CLS, SBB, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

Reverse TRALI - Grace Monis, MD, UC Davis

Hyperhemolysis in a Patient with Sickle Cell/Beta Thalassemia - Ziad Khan, MD, UC Irvine

Isovolemic Hemodilution in RBC Exchange in Sickle Cell Disease - Amena Usmani, MD, UTSW Dallas

Panel Q & A Discussion

Perkins-Garratty Pre-Lecture - Stem Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease - Mark Waters, MD

Perkins-Garratty Award Lecture - Key Clinical Trials in the History of Transfusion Medicine - Jeffrey McCollogh, MD

Q & A

0.5 Pre-Lecture

1.0

Perkins-Garratty Lecture

Clinical Transfusion Medicine and Ask The Experts

Pre-operative Anemia Management and Intra-operative Cell-Salvage - Neil Shah, MD

Update on Direct Oral Anti-Coagulants (DOAC) Management & 4-Factor PCC - James Iqbal, MD

Panel Q & A Discussion

Preparing for an Inspection - Laurel Anderson, CSSBB (ASQ), MT (ASCP)

American Society for Apheresis (ASFA) Guidelines - Amber Sanchez, MD

Iron Overload in Chronically Transfused Patients -John Wood, MD, PhD

Photopheresis - David Ward, MD

Panel Q & A

Postpartum Hemorrhage - Holli Mason, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Perioperative Blood and Orthopedic Surgery - Minh-Ha Tran, DO, FASCP, University of California, Irvine Medical Center

COBE Spectra – Sun-setting 2016 - Qing Zhu, RN, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Mobile Apheresis - Laura Dougan, RN, BloodSource

Best Practices for California Blood Banks - Vicki S. Mead, BSN, RN, PHN, BloodSource

San Diego Blood Bank Tour and Education (CE Provided by San Diego Blood Bank)

San Diego Blood Bank will offer an innovative learning experience utilizing poster presentations and a tour of our state-of-the-art facility.  The interactive presentations provide a continuing education credit.  The topics include:·         

Optimization of CD34+ Cell Enrichment from Cord Blood Units

Human Platelet Lysate (hPL)/Clearsate

SDBB and Illumina’s Community Driven Genomics Research Study – PMI

Regulatory requirements of blood centers for research

Additional topics TBA

 Separate registration required; transportation provided by San Diego Blood Bank

Tickets available soon!

1.0 CE provided by San Diego Blood Bank

Target Audience is CLS and Nurses; MDs welcome to attend; no CME Credit

Beyond Blood Banking

Young Donor Plasma for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders - Magali Fontaine, MD

Update on Targeted Treatment for Hematology Malignancies and Impact on Transfusion - Kanwarpal Kahlon, MD

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - Christopher J. Gresens, MD

Panel Q & A

Closing Program 

Blood Needs for Trauma Patients - Jay Doucet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, RDMS, UC San Diego