Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship

MD Anderson  has two one-year positions in an ACGME-accredited fellowship training program in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine.

Fellows who complete the program will be able to function as a medical director in blood banking and transfusion medicine, both in an academic or non-academic institution. This includes evaluating clinical cases and problems in immunohematology and serving as a consultant to attending physicians regarding the choice of the best blood/ blood component therapy for their patients.

The fellow will receive extensive training in: 

• Collection of platelets, leukocytes and peripheral stem cells
• Management of a functioning transfusion service
• Donor recruitment and collection
• Therapeutic phlebotomy and therapeutic apheresis
• Appropriate testing of blood and blood products

The fellow will be exposed to all requirements and demands on a modern transfusion service serving a large bone marrow and blood stem cell transplant service. The training includes a rotation at a large community hospital in order to provide sufficient exposure to general problems in immunohematology.

Trainees will further participate in all aspects of quality improvement and accreditation issues (FDA, AABB, CAP).

There is ample opportunity to prepare scientific publications, present lectures and seminars, participate in research and development of protocols, and participate in the teaching of medical technology students, SBBs and residents of other institutions during the rotation.

Requirements

We invite applications from ABMS board eligible individuals from Anatomic/Clinical pathology (AP/CP), Clinical Pathology (CP), Hematopathology, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Neurological Surgery and Thoracic Surgery.