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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, October 14, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    AABB Corporate Member Lounge
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM CT
    REGISTRATION
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    AABB Foundation R&D Summit
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Technical Manual Associate Editors Meeting
  • 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM CT
    Biotherapies Welcome Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    2023 AABB RBC Transfusion Guidelines Debate: Which restrictive hemoglobin threshold?
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Blood Center Records Management in the 21st Century
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Deciphering the Clinical Clues: Updates to Protocols and Procedures for Anti-CD47 Agents in Clinical Laboratories
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Effects of blood donor social behaviors on the quality and efficacy of red blood cell transfusions
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Optimizing Apheresis Collections to Enable Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapies
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    AM23-ST-04-L - THOR/AABB: Prehospital transfusion: the latest evidence and expert discussion
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Better Together: Serology and Genomics to Resolve Red Blood Cell and Platelet Antibody Cases
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Lean is the enemy of Preparedness: Analysis of Contribution of Supply Chain Shortages affecting blood supply for Transfusion Medicine
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Perfusion, Not Transfusion: Providing Blood Products for Organ Perfusion Before Transplantation
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Standardization of Post-Thaw Viability Testing Method for Cryopreserved Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    AM23-ST-10-L - Oral Abstract- Coagulation & Immunology (Davidson Ballroom C1/2)

    Program Chair: James Zimring, MD PhD – University of Virginia

    Program Chair: Arijita Jash, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia

    CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Coverage and Reimbursement Policy for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapies: What U.S. Hospitals Need to Know
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    DEI - The Leader's Role in Building and Sustaining a DEI Culture Through Staff Engagement
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Exploring the Dynamics of Hospital Blood Ordering Behaviors: Standardized Hospital and Blood Supplier Communication As Key To Inventory Management
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    Go for GOLD: A Critical Need for a New GOLD Standard for Blood Cell Recovery and Survival Studies
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM CT
    AM23-ST-13-L - Oral Abstract- Infectious Risk & Donor Policy (Davidson C1/2)

    Program Chair: Lauren Crowder, MPH, CPH – American Red Cross

    CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Quality/Regulatory Subsection Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CT
    Pediatrics Subsection Meeting
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Global Transfusion Steering Committee and Forum
  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Directors Meeting
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    Industry Workshop presented by STEMCELL Technologies
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT
    New Member & First Time Attendee Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM CT
    Education and Abstract Committee Meeting
  • 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Membership Committee Meeting
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Ask the FDA and CMS/CLIA
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Management of IgA-Deficient Blood Products and Patients: An Ongoing Challenge
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Potential Role of Intravenous Hemostatic Agents/Adjuncts in Pediatric Trauma: A Review of the Evidence for (or Against) Their Use
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    The Unextinct Dinosaurs, Whole Blood in Civilian Transfusion Practice
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    Using simulation to train nurses and residents in therapeutic apheresis complications
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    AM23-ST-23-L - Oral Abstract- COVID-19 Seroepidemiology (Davidson Ballroom C1/2)

    Program Chair: Evan Bloch, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Program Chair: Nareg Roubinian, MD – University of California San Francisco

    CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CT
    AM23-ST-24-L - Oral Abstract - Emerging Blood & Biotherapy Products (Davidson Ballroom A1)

    Program Chair: Yen-Michael Hsu – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    Program Chair: Grace Linder, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    GENERAL SESSION featuring Simon T. Bailey
  • 5:15 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Open and Opening Reception