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The Heart of America Association of Blood Banks is a nonprofit, professional organization dedicated to improving transfusion medicine by fostering the exchange of information and bringing education opportunities to blood bank and transfusion medicine professionals.   The HAABB hosts two annual meetings for the Kansas City and St. Louis areas.  Local educational information as well as links to relative websites and other blood bank organizations is available on our education and page of this website. 

      The HAABB also sponsors  a MT or MLT Student Scholarship.  This scholarship is awarded to the student submitting the winning paper on a topic relevant to today’s blood banking field.   The scholarship is awarded in April and the winning paper is presented at the Annual Spring Meeting in Kansas City.  

        The HAABB Nominating Committee is now accepting nominations to be considered for positions on the board of directors.   If you or someone you know would like to be a part of the HAABB please submit your contact information to one of our nominating committee members:   NOMINATIONS

2010 HAABB Spring Meeting in Kansas City - SAVE THE DATE!!!

May 13th and 14th, 2010

REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR VENDORS AND ATTENDEES

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE

~ Hope to see you there ~

Current officers 2009 - 2010:

President               Laurie Meyer MT (ASCP) SBB, Community Blood Center, Kansas City, MO
Vice-President        Diana Moroney, MBA, MT (ASCP) SBB, American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO
Secretary               David Baker MBA, MT (ASCP), St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Treasurer                Laura Potter MT (ASCP) SBB, American Red Cross, Wichita, KS
President Elect       Elizabeth Jones MT (ASCP) BB, St Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO   
Past President        Jennifer Jung MT (ASCP), American Red Cross, St. Louis, MO

 

By Laws of the HEART OF AMERICA ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS, INC. 

Click on the HISTORY button for information on the history of the Heart of America Association of Blood Banks

President's Message

One of the goals of our professional organization is to find new ways to serve our membership. We promote our website as a source of information about HAABB. Our upcoming meetings and other educational opportunities are listed on the Education page. We also recap the highlights of the previous meeting on the Newsletter page. Be sure to check out the photo section for appearances by your fellow Blood Bankers.

 The website also lists current job opportunities, FAQs, history of our organization, membership application form and links to other transfusion organizations.

 We appreciate all suggestions and ideas to improve the organization and website. Please contact any of the board members with your feedback. The board members’ contact information is found on the Contact Us page.  

 We depend on your ideas for topics for continuing education and how to better serve the transfusion professionals in our region. We hope to continue to grow and develop new ways to promote and foster opportunities for education, interaction and exchange of ideas throughout our region. 

Laurie Meyer MT (ASCP), SBB

HAABB President 2009 - 2010

 
 

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