Rotation in Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank

Location

The blood bank and apheresis unit is located on the 4^th floor of Harkness Pavillion (HP). 

Directors

Transfusion Medicine Director: Dr. Joseph Schwartz

Hemotherapy & Stem Cell Laboratory Director: Dr. Joseph Schwartz

Special Hematology & Coagulation Director: Dr. Jeffrey Jhang

Clinical Laboratory Director: Dr. Steven L. Spitalnik

Professor of Clinical Pathology: Dr. Harold Kaplan

Managers

Blood Bank Manager: Robin Hussey, MP

Hemotherapy Center Manager: Hannah Stephens, RN

Stem Cell Laboratory Manager: Mildred Semidei-Pomales

Quality Assurance Manager: Sylvia Parker-Jones, MP

Supervisors

Blood Bank Supervisor (day): Brent Dryer

Blood Bank Supervisor (evening shift): Martine Vaval

Blood Bank Supervisor (night): Linda Gilyard

Stem Cell Laboratory Supervisor: Ronit Slotky, Ph.D.

Clinical Nurses

Constance Siebenhoven

Giselle Parades-Ty

Deborah Mathias

Nilda Nolasco

Lena Lai

Administrative Staff

Office Assistant: Dawn Lewis-Roberts

Patient Representative: Lurline McLean

Recommended Rotation Length

4 months

Resident Responsibilites while on rotation

The resident’s responsibilities are divided into two major areas: components and apheresis.  An effort is made to have at least two residents (or a resident and a fellow) covering the service at all times so that the service can be split into components (pager #85838) and apheresis (pager #82754).

Component Resident Responsibilities

Apheresis Resident Responsibilities

Supervisor Resident Responsibilities

Objectives

The purpose of this site is to provide the resident with a resource for the transfusion medicine/blood bank rotation.  Because of the unpredictable nature of the blood bank, instead of providing the resident with a set syllabus, the resident should read about each of the clinical entities as they are exposed to them on the rotation.  By the end of the residency, the resident should have been exposed to most of the entities covered in this site.  In addition, this site can be used as a helpful reference for situations that arise when the resident is on-call