2011 Education Events

Call for Presentations

Have an idea for a speaker and topic for the annual meeting, SCABBinars or Regional Workshops? The Education Committee would love to hear your idea. A Call for Presentations form is now available online for you to submit your topics.

January 22

Regional Workshop
Las Vegas, NV Orleans ArenaPresenters to Include:
Dolores Figueroa MT(ASCP)SBB and Kirk D. Kitchen, MT(ASCP)SBB: “Complex Blood Bank Case Reviews”
Robin Medis BS(AHBI)CHS: “HLA 101 for Blood Bankers”
Kirk D. Kitchen, MT(ASCP)SBB: “Selecting Platelets For the Platelet Refractory Patient”
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February 17

SCABBinar
Topic: New Strategies in Blood Inventory Management
Presenter: Magali Fontaine, MD, PhD
Associate Director of Transfusion Services & Asst Prof of Pathology, Stanford University
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March 12

Regional Workshop: Leading from the Front Lines
Bedford, TX, Carter BloodCare
Topics and Presenters Include: “Stop The Reactions!”, Christopher Ward; “Make Every Donation Count”, Karen Snyder, RN, BSN & Sarah Kendall; “Impact Leadership”, Jeannie Gardner
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April 26-29

SCABB 52nd Annual Meeting & Exhibits
Las Vegas, NV
Technical/Scientific, Administrative, Nursing, Donor Recuirtment/Collections and Quality Tracks presented.

June 2

SCABBinar
Topic: Variant anti-D & Changes in anti-D Testing
Presenter: Christine Lomas-Francis, MSc, FIBMS
Technical Director in the Laboratory of Immunohematology,
New York Blood Center
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August 4

SCABBinar
Topic: Pediatric Therapeutic Apheresis
Presenter: Daniel K Noland, MD FCAP
Medical Director-Transfusion and Tissue Service & Assistant Professor, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, UTSW
Dallas, TX
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September 8

SCABBinar
Topic: Oral Abstracts Series
Presenters: Shana Josefy, Frances Carson, Leticia Flores, Katrina Billingsley
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October 6

SCABBinar
Topic: Emerging Diseases: XMRV
Presenter: Michael P. Busch, M.D, Ph.D., Director, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California
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November 15

Regional Workshop
Bonfils Blood Center, Denver, CO
Sponsored by Immucor
Topics: The ABCs of Molecular Blood Banking presented by Chris McCarty, BB(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Immunohematology Reference Lab, Bonfils Blood Center;

Beyond the Basics: Enhancing Patient Care Through Molecular Testing, Today and Tomorrow presented by Monica LaSarre, MT(ASCP)SBB, Manager, Immunohematology Reference Lab, Bonfils Blood Center
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