Scientific/Operational Speakers & Topics

Eldad Hod, MD (Keynote Speaker)
Randomized trial of blood donor iron repletion on red cell quality for transfusion and donor cognition and wellbeing

David Roh, MD, and Elizabeth Stone, MD, PhD
Transfusion strategies for intracerebral hemorrhage

Melissa Cushing, MD, and Robert DeSimone, MD
Debate of viscoelastic testing versus standard coagulation testing for managing patients with trauma-induced coagulopathy

P. Dayand Borge, MD, PhD
Updates and trends in out-of-hospital transfusions

Donna Strauss
LVDS and PR platelets: impact on blood center operations

Krystalyn Hudson, PhD
Cutting edge updates in warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Eric Senaldi, MD
Preparing for the next pandemic: strategies to protect the blood supply

Scott Avecilla, MD, PhD
Cancer cellular therapies: How CARs are driving us to success

Jessica Jacobson, MD
FDA guidance on individual risk assessment to reduce the risk of transfusion transmitted HIV

Margit Kaufman, MD
Updates in patient blood management: proven strategies and methods

Wen Lu, MD
Low yield platelets – can they help with platelet shortage?