Supervisor, Transfusion Service
Valley Children’s Hospital and Healthcare
Fresno, California
Sheri Goertzen serves as the Transfusion Service Supervisor at Valley Children’s Hospital in Madera, California. Ms. Goertzen holds multiple certifications including MLS(ASCP) and CLS(CA) in 1979, BB(ASCP) certified in 1987, and ASQ(CQA) certified in 2013. Ms. Goertzen has served as an AABB assessor since 1998 and has been very active on many AABB committees over the years including the AABB eLearning Committee, AABB Annual Meeting Education Committee, AABB BB/TS Standards Committee, AABB Education Advisory Committee, AABB Education Program Committee, AABB Accreditation Program Committee, and the AABB BB/TS Accreditation Committee.
Sheri very much enjoys teaching others and has presented various educational sessions for CAMLT, Immucor, SABM, CBBS, and the AABB Annual Meeting and eCasts since 2004. At Valley Children’s Hospital, Sheri is very involved in the education of the CLS interns, nursing staff, and medical staff, and is an active member of the Transfusion Committee, the Radiation Safety Committee, the Pharmacy, Therapeutics & Utilization Review Committee, the Patient Safety Committee, the Trauma Advisory Committee, and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine team. Sheri has 2 grown daughters and 3 grandchildren who she adores and loves to spend time with, and enjoys good restaurants, wine tasting, concerts, theatre, and traveling.
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