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Pre-Meeting Workshop - Wednesday, June 7, 2006

• 8:00 AM
  Registration

• 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
  AABB New Assessor Training Workshop

  Holly Rapp, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)CQMgr
  Director, Accreditation and Quality

The AABB Accreditation Assessor Program provides volunteer professional training in auditing techniques, quality program and operations, and the competitive, legal and ethical issues associated with assessments. It is the intent of the program that accreditation be recognized at both a national and international level. With this training, assessors are able to evaluate a facility's Quality and Operational system to determine whether the service they provide is appropriate and in control.

Participants must have an approved assessor application on file at the AABB National Office and be a current AABB individual member. Attendees not intending to be an assessor are exempt from the above requirement but will be assessed a $100 fee to cover materials and lunch.

Deadline for registration is May 19, 2006. A minimum of ten participants is required.

For registration and other inquiries regarding AABB New Assessor Training, contact: Kim Charity at kcharity@aabb.org

Thursday, June 8, 2006

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Coffee

8:30 AM - 12 noon
Concurrent Morning Sessions

Scientific/Clinical Session: Management of the Chronically Transfused Patient
Richard Davey, MD and
Helene DePalma, MT(ASCP)SBB,CQA(ASQ), Moderators

• Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical and Immunohematologic Management
  Millicent Sutton, MD

• Update on Oral Chelation
  Patricia Giardina, MD

• Tools for Management of the Chronically Transfused Patient: Serology to Molecular Technology
  Marion Reid, PhD

This session provides an update on the clinical as well as immunohematologic challenges in the management of the chronically transfused patient. The session will be of interest to Blood Bank Directors, managers and technologists; Hematology/Oncology attendings and fellows; Pathology attendings and residents.

Management Session: The Fine Line Between Risk and Safety
Barbara Reilly, MT(ASCP)SBB, Moderator

• Blood Center Responsibility to Hospitals - Emergency/Disaster Management
  Don Kender, Ph.D.

• The Quebec Hemovigilance System: Transfusion Safety is a Hospital Issue
  Pierre Robillard, MD

• Reducing Risk in Transfusion Medicine by Promoting a Culture of Safety
  Monica Santoro, RN, CPHRM, CPHQ

This session will approach patient safety from various directions. The role of Blood Centers to their clients in time of emergency, increasing patient safety through introducing a culture of safety and exploring the Quebec Hemovigilance System will be discussed.

Technical Session: Antibody Identification, A Damp Workshop

REQUIRES ADVANCE REGISTRATION BY May 5, 2006.

Carol Johnson, MT(ASCP)SBB, Moderator

• Denden Alcantara, BS, MT(ASCP)
• Daisy Charles-Pierre, BS, BB(ASCP)
• Gregory Halverson, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB, DLM
• Kim Hue-Roye, BA
• Christine Lomas-Francis MSc, FIBMS

This damp workshop is designed for technical staff working in transfusion services that are responsible for performing moderate to advanced level antibody identifications. Registration will be limited to forty participants, who will receive two samples to investigate prior to the workshop. During the workshop, the speakers will review the two cases, highlighting the unique aspects of each case. Serological techniques, as well as newer methodologies that might be helpful to resolve similar problems, will also be discussed.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch and BBANYS Annual Business Meeting
(lunch is included for all full-day registrants)

1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Concurrent Afternoon Sessions

Scientific/Clinical Session: Transfusion Medicine Updates by the Experts

Joseph Chiofolo, D.O., Moderator

• Rationales for Therapeutic Apheresis
  Bruce C. McLeod MD
• Transplants in 2006: Organs, Blood, and You
  Glenn Ramsey, MD
• Blood Substitutes: New Insights into Oxygen Delivery
  Christopher P. Stowell, MD, PhD

This session provides the latest scientific and clinical information by nationally renowned physicians in the areas of artificial blood development and clinical use, indications for therapeutic apheresis, and transfusion support for solid organ transplants. The session will be of interest and practical use for Blood Bank Directors and technologists, Hematology/Oncology attendings and fellows, Pathology attendings and residents, transplant physicians, E.R. physicians, and anesthesiologists.

Management Session: Regulatory Update

Debra Kessler, MS, RN, Moderator

• What's New with AABB Standards
  Marianne A. Silva, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB ,CQA(ASQ)
• Your Hot Topics from the FDA
  Sharyn Orton, MT(ASCP)SBB, MSPH, PhD
• New York State: New Regulations and Laboratory Personnel Licensure
  Jeanne Linden, MD, MPH

Hot topics from the regulatory and accreditation sectors will be presented by national and state experts. Subjects will be of interest to anyone working in the blood center, donor room or transfusion service areas. The session will be concluded with an "ask the experts" panel. Submit questions in advance to bbanys@bbanys.org.

Technical Session: Immunohematology Problem Solving

Carol L. Johnson, MT (ASCP)SBB

• Mary A. Kowalski, MT(ASCP)SBB
• Tanya Hamilton, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)
• Vivien I. Powell, MSc, FIBMS

This workshop is designed for transfusion service technologists who are responsible for performing antibody identification and other intermediate to advanced level serology. An interactive game and case study reports will be used to present approaches to resolving immunohematology problems.

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Reception

Friday, June 9, 2006

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration and Coffee

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Scientific/Technical Seminar

Cellular Therapy: Challenges and Opportunities

Richard Davey, MD, Moderator

• Cell Therapy, Transfusion Medicine and Venn Diagrams
  Edward L. Snyder, MD
• Novel Strategies in Adult Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation
  Juliet Barker, MBBS (Hons), FRACP
• Stem Cells, Blood Banks and Tissue Banks - the Perfect Storm?
  Rita A. Reik, MD, FCAP
• Cord Blood Banking for Transplantation: Current Status
  Cladd E. Stevens, MD

This session will provide an overview of the current state of cellular therapy clinical and research initiatives. Topics will include the disease indications for hematopietic stem cell transplants, including the characteristics of cord blood grafts that effect patient outcomes. This session will include an overview of current and future roles of blood banks and tissue banks in cellular therapies, with a focus on potential catalytic synergies between the two types of banks in the field of regeneration medicine.

Denden Alcantara, BS, MT(ASCP)
Immunohematologist
Immunohematology Laboratory
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Juliet Barker, MBBS (Hons),FRACP
Attending Physician
Adult Blood and Marrow Transplantation,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY

Daisy Charles-Pierre, BS, BB(ASCP)
Manager, Immunohematology Laboratory
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Patricia Jane Giardina, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

Gregory Halverson, BS, MT(ASCP)SBB, DLM
Chief Immunohematologist
Laboratory of Immunochemistry
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Tanya Hamilton, MS, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ)
QA/Training Manager
New York Blood Center
Transfusion Services
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY

Kim Hue-Roye, BA
Research Assistant, Laboratory of Immunochemistry
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Don Kender Ph.D.
Vice President
Quality Assurance
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Mary A. Kowalski, MT(ASCP)SBB
Manager, Immunohematology
Community Blood Center
Kansas City, MO

Jeanne V. Linden, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Blood and Tissue Resources
Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health
Albany, NY

Christine Lomas-Francis, MSc, FIBMS
Technical Director, Immunohematology Laboratory
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Bruce C. McLeod MD
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Rush Medical College
Director, Blood Center
Rush University Medical Center

Sharyn Orton, MT(ASCP)SBB, MSPH, PhD
Deputy Director
Division of Blood Applications, CBER, OBRR
Acting Chief, Blood and Plasma Branch
Rockville, MD

Vivien I. Powell, MSc, FIBMS
Blood Bank & Coagulation Section Head
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, NY

Glenn Ramsey, MD
Blood Bank Medical Director,
Northwestern Memorial and Children's Memorial Hospitals
Associate Professor of Pathology,
Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL

Marion E. Reid, PhD
Director
Immunohematology Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Immunochemistry
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Rita A. Reik, MD, FCAP
President, ViaPath Enterprises, Inc.
Consultant, New York Blood Center

Pierre Robillard, MD
Scientific Director
Hemovigilance Research Unit
Quebec Public Health Institute
Montreal, Qc,. Canada

Marianne A. Silva, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
Chair, 23rd and 24th editions AABB
Standards for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services
Consultant, AABB Consulting Services Division
Bethesda, MD

Edward L. Snyder, MD
Professor Laboratory Medicine
Director, Blood Bank/Apheresis/Cell Processing Services
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

Cladd E. Stevens, MD
Medical Director,
New York Blood Center
National Cord Blood Program
New York, NY

Christopher P. Stowell, MD, PhD
Director, Blood Transfusion Service
Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Millicent Sutton, MD
Transfusion Medicine Fellow
New York Blood Center
New York, NY

Fee Schedule	Member	Non-Member	On-Site	Student*
Entire Meeting	$130	$160	$180	$85
Thursday, Full Day	$85	$95	$105	$55
Thursday, Half Day	$50	$65	$75	$30
Friday Seminar	$70	$85	$95	$35

*Requires signature of program director

Deadline for Advanced Registration: May 19, 2006

For more information contact the New York Blood Center Education Department at (212) 570-3277 or BBANYS at bbanys@bbanys.org.

The Blood Banks Association of New York State, Inc. expresses its appreciation to the following companies for helping to defray meeting expenses:

bioMerieux	KOL Bio-Medical Instruments
Chartermed	Olympus America Inc
Fresenius	Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics
Gambro BCT	Pall Medical
Helmer	Roche Diagnostics
Hettich	Validation Partners, Inc.
ImmucorGamma	UnitedPharma

Participants will receive PACE Continuing Education credits for program attendance through the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science for Medical Technologists. The New York Blood Center is approved as a Provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. Program.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: The goal of this meeting is to present and discuss current topics of interest in Blood Banking and Cellular Therapy to advance our knowledge and quality of care for patients.
TARGET AUDIENCE: This meeting is directed toward scientists, physicians, hospital administrators and medical laboratory professionals.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: To communicate present understanding of managing the chronically transfused patient, patient safety and risk management by hospitals. To present an overview of cellular therapy with recent developments in cord blood and stem cell areas. To discuss regulatory changes and issues in the field of Transfusion Medicine.

COURSE DESIGN: This meeting is comprised of lectures and discussions over the two days.

COURSE EVALUATION: A course evaluation form will provide attendees with the opportunity to review the sessions and speakers and to identify future educational needs.

ACCREDITATION: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Blood Banks Association of New York State, Inc. Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity. CME credit will be granted.

The meeting will be held at the corporate headquarters of The New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, between First and Second Avenues. Some sessions will be held at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Rockefeller Research Laboratories, 1 block from the New York Blood Center. Registration for all sessions will be at the New York Blood Center.

The Helmsley Medical Tower
1320 York Avenue (at 70th St)
New York, NY 10021
(212) 472-8400
Approximately $220/night

Bentley Hotel
500 East 62nd Street
New York, NY 10021
212-644-6000
Approximately $220/night

• Donna Strauss, MS, Chairperson
• Raymond Comenzo, MD, CME Course Director
• Joseph Chiofolo, DO
• Richard Davey, MD
• Helene DePalma, MT(ASCP)SBB,CQA(ASQ)
• Carol Johnson, MT(ASCP)SBB
• Debra Kessler, MS, RN
• Beth Murwin, BB(ASCP)
• Barbara Reilly, MT(ASCP)SBB

The Blood Banks Association of New York State is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to improving transfusion medicine within the State by fostering education and the exchange of ideas among professionals in the field.