Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
This one-year accredited fellowship position is intended for physicians wishing to acquire special expertise in all aspects of transfusion medicine.
Overview
The fellow spends six months on the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus and four months at Carter BloodCare located in Bedford, Texas. Additionally, one month is spent in the HLA laboratory (three weeks at UT Southwestern and Baylor University Medical Center) and paternity testing at Gene Screen, a private laboratory.
The participant will be integrally involved in the activities of both an independent community blood collection center and three hospital transfusion services. The hospitals are conveniently located on one campus and include a major county hospital with regional trauma center, a children's hospital, and a private university hospital with surgical emphasis.
Active transplantation services include kidney, bone marrow, and pediatric heart and liver. Apheresis services are well utilized, both for cell collection and therapeutic procedures. The blood donation center collects approximately 400,000 whole blood donations per year and is involved in peripheral blood progenitor cell harvesting and cryopreservation as well as bone marrow processing.
The emphasis of the fellowship will be on clinical consultation with physicians, patients, and donors, with excellent laboratory exposure to both serologic techniques and blood component processing. The responsibilities will include participation in resident education and attendance at policy-making and utilization review organizations. Opportunities for research are available and encouraged.
Requirements
Must be a physician, board-eligible or certified by a major specialty board. Physician must be eligible for a Texas institutional permit.
Computer Resources
UT Southwestern is served by an extensive network of clinical and resource software. Problems including Cerner and OASIS, which may be accessed from numerous locations for immediate access to patient lab results and other pertinent information. Additionally, the Fellow receives a personal computer and an office.
Conferences
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Name of Conference |
Frequency |
Department Responsible |
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Transfusion Medicine Journal Club |
Twice monthly, 1.5 hours each |
Transfusion Medicine |
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Hospital transfusion service “intake” and Apheresis “intake” rounds |
Daily, 1/2 hour each |
Transfusion Medicine faculty and blood bank technologists |
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Hemostasis conference |
Once weekly, 1 hour each |
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Blood center directors meeting |
Once weekly, 2 hours each |
Blood center staff |
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AABB and ASCP teleconference |
Periodic: 1.5 hours each |
Hospital or blood center |
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Blood center distinguished speaker series |
Approximately quarterly |
Blood center |
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Clinical Pathology rounds |
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