Events, Courses & Seminars

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Save the Date!

Bi-annual Tour of Facilities at Long Island City and Manhattan - Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 09:00am-5:00pm. NYBC is offering a one-day visit to Pathology residents of regional teaching hospitals to facilitate ACGME required training in blood center related operations . This will encompass a tour of the NYBC facilities at Long Island City and Manhattan. Contact: education@nybloodcenter.org (212 570 3175).
Please click here for schedule - registration form.

The thirty-fifth ALEXANDER S. WIENER lecture
Title: Sickle Cell Disease: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Speaker: Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P.
When: June 13, 2013 at 3pm
Where: New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, NY, NY, (Auditorium)
Reception to follow (Lower level)
Click here for flyer - bio
Please click here to register 

Current Practices In Transfusion Medicine - 2013
April 15-19, 2013: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Click here for schedule - to register.
Click below to access handouts:
Monday, April 15, 2013:
1) Introduction to Transfusion Medicine: The Exciting Field
2) Blood Donation Process, Donor Eligibility & Selection
2a) Addendum
3) Blood Components & Derivatives
4) Component Preparation, Manufacturing & Modifications
5) Quality Systems & Quality Management; Regulatory Affairs; Emergency Preparedness
6) Donor Testing
7) Emerging Infectiou Agents & Safety of the Blood Supply TTD
8) Donor Recruitment (no handout)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013:

1)  ABO & Rh Blood Group

2)  Other Blood Group Systems

3)  Antibody Identification - I

4)  Antibody Identification - II

5)  Clinical Decision Making: Red Blood Cell Alloantibodies

6)  Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Overview & Serologic Case Studies

7)  Molecular Testing (Genomics)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013:

1)  Red Cell Transfusions

2)  Red Cell Transfusion in unique patient populations

3)  TRALI/TACO

4)  Blood Management & Cell Salvage

5)  Adverse Effects of Transfusion: Diagnosis & Management of Transfusion Reaction

6rev)  Platelet & Plasma Transfusion

7rev) Neonatal & Perinatal Transfusion Medicine

Thursday, April 18, 2013:

1)  Overview of Hemostasis

2)  Management of Acquired Bleeding Disorders

3)  Congenital Bleeding Disorders

4)  Overview of Platelets & Platelet Disorders

5)  Management of Platelet Refractoriness

6)  Primary hemostasis testing, monitoring anticoagulation, and therapeutic management

7) NMDP Recruitment

Friday, April 19, 2013:

1)  Overview of HLA

2)  HPC Harvest & Stem Cell Processing

3) Medical Issues in Clinical CT Lab

4)  Overview on Therapeutic Apheresis

5)  Application of Therapeutic Apheresis: Case Studies

  
ONGOING EVENTS:
Audioconferences
New York Blood Center hosts a series of audioconferences selected from programs offered by AABB (Advancing Transfusion and Cellular Therapies Worldwide). These sessions provide lectures by transfusion medicine experts on issues of current importance and are followed by interactive question and answer sessions. They are presented throughout the year at various sites. Details about each audioconference are available at the AABB website. For each audioconference 1.5 credits can be earned: CME for physicians and CE credits for general attendees. Click here for details of upcoming audioconference: Wed. Jul. 17, 2013, 2-3:30pm. 

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

• www.aabb.org The AABB offers a wide range of education and training materials in the fields of transfusion medicine and cellular therapy.
• www.hematology.org The American Society of Hematology (ASH) provides continuing medical education opportunities and educational resources for medical professionals in the field of hematology.

CONTACT: education@nybloodcenter.org, (212) 570-3175