Division of Transfusion Medicine

Fellowship Program

This fellowship is a one- or two-year program offered jointly by the Transfusion Medicine Division and Hemapheresis and Transfusion Support (HATS) of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology, with rotations at the American Red Cross blood services headquarters in Baltimore, the Immunogenetics Laboratory of The Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine and the Cellular Therapy Laboratory of The Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Rotations provide exposure to both theoretical concepts and practical experience in blood bank administration, donor procedures, donor testing, reference immunohematology, platelet serology, transfusion consultations, cytapheresis, bone marrow processing, immunogenetics and therapeutic apheresis. A clinically oriented research project is an integral part of the first year and may be continued during the optional second year. The goal of the second year is to prepare the fellow for an investigative career in Transfusion Medicine.

Areas of research include:

  • platelet and red cell immunohematology,
  • blood donor and recipient epidemiology,
  • alternative transfusion techniques, and
  • molecular biology of platelets and red cells

Two positions may be offered per year. The suggested program will qualify the fellow to take the Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Subspecialty exam of the American Board of Pathology.

Requirements: Board eligibility in CP, AP/CP or Hematology.

Program Director: Paul Ness, M.D.
Contact: Karen E. King, M.D. Johns Hopkins Hospital
550 North Broadway, Suite 810
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Email: kking@jhmi.edu
Phone: (410) 614-0205
Fax: (410) 955-0247

 

 

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