Transfusion journal welcomes Steven Sloan, MD, PhD, as an associate editor. Sloan is blood bank medical director, Department of Pathology, at Boston Children's Hospital and assistant professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.
AABB has installed Michael Murphy, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, FFPath, as its president for the 2018-2019 term. Murphy was inaugurated during the 2018 AABB Annual Meeting.
With the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections lower than ever — thanks to improvements in blood testing methods and the introduction of pathogen-reduction technologies — researchers are increasingly turning their attention to understanding and preventing transfusion reactions.
How do patient blood management and new physician orientation intersect? Pathologist Justin Kreuter, MD, medical director, Blood Donor Center, Mayo Clinic will lead the discussion on AABB's July 24 Twitter chat.
