Director of the Clinical Laboratories, Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York
Melissa Cushing, M.D. is the Daniel M. Knowles, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Professor of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. She is the Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Division Director for Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus. She is the Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories and the CLIA permit holder at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus. She attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington DC, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA for Clinical Pathology Residency Training, and John Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore MD for her Transfusion Medicine Fellowship. She has published over 150 original research articles, editorials, book chapters, and reviews. Her areas of expertise include the treatment of perioperative bleeding, fibrinogen replacement, patient blood management, laboratory stewardship, viscoelastic testing and innovation in the clinical laboratories. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Transfusion and on the Editorial Board of British Journal of Anesthesiology.
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AM26-MO-21-L - AABB/THOR - Debate on the Optimal Product for Fibrinogen Replacement
Monday, October 19, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST