THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2010

7:30 – 8:30        Registration in Hotel Lobby / Coffee in Meeting Room                       

8:30 – 11:25     AM Session 

·         Case Study

            Mary Kowalski, Community Blood Center, Kansas City, MO

·         Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation

                        Bill Ward, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO

·         Case Study

                        Dr. Gary Thompson, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO

·         A₂ New Look at ABO and Platelet Transfusion Support

            Dr. Laura Cooling, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

11:25 – 1:00      Lunch and Opening of Vendor Exhibits / Registration in Hotel Lobby           

1:00 –  4:00       PM Session 

·         Market Withdrawal, Recall, and Lookback

Dr. Judy Grishaber, American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis, MO

·         Adventures in Blood Banking

                        Jim Riggio, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO

·         Torridly Tantalizing Transfusion Trivia (a.k.a. Blood Bank Quiz Bowl)

Beth Jones, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO 

4:00 – 6:00     Reception / Vendor Exhibits   

FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010 

7:30 – 8:30        Registration in Hotel Lobby / Coffee and Exhibits in Vendor Room 

8:30 – 11:40      AM Session                        

·         Case Study

                        Elaine Scott, American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO

·         Cases That Have Kept Me Up at Night

                        Dr. Fred Plapp, Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO

·         Case Study

                        Kathryn Harrison, American Red Cross Blood Services, Wichita, KS

·         To Infinity and Beyond: The AABB Strategic Plan

                        Dr. Jay Menitove, Community Blood Center, Kansas City, MO 

11:40 – 1:00      Lunch and Vendor Exhibits / Registration in Hotel Lobby 

1:00  - 1:15        Business Meeting / Scholarship Paper                       

 1:15 – 4:00       PM Session 

·         Case Study

Nancy Bacon, William Newton Hospital, Winfield, KS

·         Where Have All the SBB’s Gone?

Janet Vincent, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

·         Case Study

Sean Tucker, University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO

·         Bloody Murder

Steve Pierce, Retired

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