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Full Schedule

  • Sunday, October 15, 2023
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM CT
    AABB Corporate Member Lounge
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM CT
    DEIA Community Lounge
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM CT
    Prayer & Meditation Room
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM CT
    REGISTRATION
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    AABB Foundation Run 4 Research
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CT
    Industry Workshop presented by QuidelOrtho
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CT
    Industry Workshop presented by WellSky
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    AABB Foundation R&D Summit
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    TRANSFUSION Editorial Breakfast Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Coding and Reimbursement Committee Meeting
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    AABB Foundation Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Challenges in Pediatric Apheresis: Big Challenges for Small Patients
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Expecting the Unexpected: How Transfusion Services Can Effectively Prepare for Unexpected Information System Downtimes
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Intrauterine Transfusions: Transfusing the tiniest, is it the trickiest?
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Navigating the FDA Licensure Pathway
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Workforce Development in Cell Processing Labs: A Comprehensive Approach to Skills Enhancement and Employee Retention
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    AM23-SN-03-L - Sally Frank Award
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    AM23-SN-05-L - Oral Abstract - Patient Blood Management (Davidson Ballroom C3)
    Program Chair: Alexandra Jimenez – New York Blood Center
    Program Chair: Matt Elkins, MD, PhD – Upstate Medical University
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM CT
    AM23-SN-03-L - SBB/BB Exam Review
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Phase-Appropriate Business Development in Biotherapies, Becky Cap, MBA
  • 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM CT
    Posters Open
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Armed Services Blood Program: Readiness in the Present with a Focus on the Future
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Challenging Antibody Investigations in the Immunohematology Reference Lab
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Clinical Centers as Partners in Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing – Roles, Challenges, & future considerations
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Hope in Blood: Outpatient Transfusions in the Hospice Patient Population
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Managing the media: Tools to communicate with the public effectively
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Pathogen Reduced Cryoprecipitate: Early Experiences and Inventory Management Outcomes
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Present Day Blood Banking Trials and Tribulations; Operational Approaches to Staffing Challenges
  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Curated Poster Tour - Immunohematology

    Program Chair: Willy Albert Flegel, MD – Department of Transfusion Medicine, NIH Clinical Center

  • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Abbott
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
    AABB IRL Luncheon
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
    Biotherapies Sizzling Topics Lunch

    Co-Chair: Federico Rodriguez Quezada, SBB, MLS(ASCP) – UFHealth Shands

    Co-Chair: Thomas Spitzer, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CT
    Physician Leadership Roundtable
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Meet the Poster Authors
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Transfusion Medicine Subsection Coordinating Committee (TMSCC) Business Meeting and Luncheon
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    AABB Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Global Standards Committee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Science & Innovation Theater presented by Sanofi
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Quality Certificate Workshop
     CE: Zero
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Civilian Walking Blood Banks: considerations for crisis readiness and settings where banked blood is unavailable
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Creative Solutions for Apheresis Supply Chain Challenges
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Critical Role of Analytics/Analytical Development for Cell and Gene Therapy Product Acceptance and Licensure
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Massive Transfusion Protocols in Pediatric Patients
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-15-L - 2023 Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-18-L - Oral Abstract- Informatics & Innovation (Davidson Ballroom C1/2)
    Program Chair: Ronald Jackups, MD, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Program Chair: Hamilton C. Tsang, MD – University Of Washington
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-19-L - Oral Abstract - Arboviruses & Parasites (Davidson Ballroom C3)
    Program Chair: Paula Saa, PhD (she/her/hers) – American Red Cross
    Program Chair: Susan A. Galel, MD (she/her/hers) – Roche Diagnostics; Stanford University
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.0 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CT
    The Approach to Bleeding in Patients Receiving Targeted Factor XI Therapy
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Blood Bank Guy Essentials LIVE!
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Novel Data Science Techniques in Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy: State-of-the-Art and Future Direction
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Solve It! Scenarios in Cellular Therapy
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    The Road Not Taken: Data-Driven Reasons to Decline a Request for Therapeutic Apheresis
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-22-L - CEO Panel Abstract Spotlight (Room 207)
    Speaker: David R. Green, MSA (he/him/his) – Vitalant
    Speaker: Harpreet Sandhu, MT(AAB), MBA, MS – Stanford Blood Center
    Program Chair: Barbara Bryant, MD – Versiti
    Speaker: Merlyn Sayers, MBBCh, PhD – Carter BloodCare
    Leadership
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-23-L - Test Your BB Knowledge
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-25-L - Landsteiner/Alter Award
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    AM23-SN-30-L - Plenary Oral Abstract (Grand Ballroom A2)
    Program Chair: Melissa Cushing, MD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Program Chair: Brian Gannon – Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
     CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1.5 CE (Non-Physician Credit)
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Annual Meeting Tweetup
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT
    AABB Volunteer Celebration: Recognize Our Volunteers & Learn How to Get Involved
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CT
    AABB Assessor Reception