WELCOME TO THE HAABB!

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 & St Louis areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAABB Board of Directors Contact Information

Each of the officers and board members offer their time to plan the annual educational meeting. Any suggestions for topics or speakers are welcome. Please contact your board members with any feedback about previous meetings. We look forward to hearing from you!

Board Members May 2011 - May 2012

 

 Faith Nilhas, MT(ASCP)

 President

 Lawrence Memorial Hospital

 Lawrence, Kansas

 faith.nilhas@lmh.org

 Deanne Stephens, MT(ASCP),SBB

 President Elect

 University of Kansas Medical Center

 Kansas City, Kansas

 dstephens@kumc.edu

 Mary Signaigo, MT(ASCP)

 Vice President

 St. John's Mercy Medical Center

 St Louis, Missouri

 Mary.Signaigo@Mercy.net

 Michelle Burgin, MT(ASCP),SBB

 Secretary

 Bothwell Regional Medical Center

 Sedalia, Missouri

 mburgin@brhc.org

 Patsy Gomez, MT(ASCP),HT

 Treasurer

 St Francis Health Center

 Topeka, Kansas


 patsy_go@embarqmail.com

    


 Elizabeth Jones, MT(ASCP),BB

 Past President

 Saint Luke's Hospital

 Kansas City, Kansas

 ejones@saint-lukes.org

 Gina Gramlich, MT(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Webmaster)

 St Mary's Health Center

 Jefferson City, Missouri

 gramlich@hughes.net

 Denise Jons, MT(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Education)

 Kansas City VA Medical Center

 Kansas City, Missouri

 Denise.jons@va.gov

 Jennifer Jung, MT(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Website)

 American Red Cross

 St Louis, Missouri

 jungje@usa.redcross.org

 Marla Kittler, CLS(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Publicity)

 Saint Luke's Hospital

 Kansas City, Kansas

 mkittler@saint-lukes.org

 Charles McDonald, Jr, MT(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Education)

 University of Kansas Medical Center

 Kansas City, Kansas

 cmcdonald@kumc.edu

 Krystal Tray, MT(ASCP)

 Member at Large (Publicity)

 University of Missouri Healthcare

 Columbia, Missouri

 trayk@health.missouri.edu

 Julia Huelsmann

 Vendor Representative

 American Red Cross

 St Louis, Missouri

 huelsmannj@usa.redcross.org

 Vicki Schwickerath,MT(ASCP),SBB

 Vendor Representative

 Community Blood Center

 Kansas City, Missouri

 vls@cbckc.org