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Saturday, Oct 17th
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM EST
AM26-SA-03-L - Disaster Preparation for a National Special Security Event: A Local Blood Center Perspective
Room: GWCC B313-314
Program Chair: Suchi Pandey, MD – Stanford Blood Center/Stanford University
Speaker: Michelle Ramos, BSBA/M (she/her/hers) – Stanford Blood Center
Speaker: B. J. Smith – Carter BloodCare
Speaker: Heath Alls
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
Saturday, Oct 17th
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
AM26-SA-17-L - Beyond Blood: Building High-impact Partnerships and Operational Diversification Avenue Between Blood Centers and Human Milk Banks
Room: GWCC B407
Program Chair: Julie L. Cruz, MD (she/her/hers) – Versiti
Speaker: Ruchika Goel, MD MPH CABP – Carter BloodCare and Johns Hopkins
Speaker: Freedom Kolb, MBA, MEd (she/her/hers) – The Milk Bank
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
Sunday, Oct 18th
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM EST
AM26-SU-07-L - Potential Impact of the 2026 ASH Guidelines for Iron Deficiency on Blood Donation: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Room: GWCC B401-402
Program Chair: Edward Wong, MD/MA – Quest Diagnostics
Speaker: Alan Mast, MD PhD – Versiti Blood Research Institute
Speaker: Ralph R. Vassallo, MD, FACP – Vitalant
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
Sunday, Oct 18th
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST
AM26-SU-23-L - Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP) in Blood Collection, Storage, and Transfusion: Clinical, Laboratory, and Regulatory Perspectives for the Present and Future
Room: GWCC B313-314
Program Chair: Michael Adam Meledeo, PhD (he/him/his) – US Army Institute of Surgical Research
Speaker: Chet R. Voelker, MS, MLS(AMT) – US Army Institute of Surgical Research
Speaker: Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Children’s Minnesota
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
Sunday, Oct 18th
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EST
AM26-SU-25-L - Building Sustainable Blood Donation Systems in Resource-limited Settings: Addressing Challenges, Innovative Strategies for Donor Recruitment and Retention
Room: GWCC B405
Program Chair: Ifeyinwa M. Okafor, BMLS, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Rwanda/University of Calabar, Nigeria
Speaker: Patience A. U Akpan, BMLS, MSc, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Calabar, Nigeria
Speaker: Christopher O. Ogar, BMLS, MSc (he/him/his) – Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center
Monday, Oct 19th
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM EST
AM26-MO-13-L - The Changing Landscape of Conflict: Armed Services Blood Program Supporting the Warfighterthrough Partnerships and Blood Product Innovations
Room: GWCC B5 Thomas Murphy 2-3
Program Chair: Jason Corley, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Defense Health Agency
Speaker: Christopher Evans, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Army
Speaker: Nicole Ferguson, MLS(ASCP)SBB – Air Force Medical Command
Speaker: Jeffrey Hebert, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB,SCYM – U.S. Navy
Blood Center/Blood Hospital-Based Donor Center