he Irish Service is proud to announce PROGRAM Ta special education forum, symposium open to members of the local Irish Blood community. Session 1: The Red Cell Supply Under Threat? Members of the BEST Collaborative will present two sessions, Age of Blood and Donor Iron each followed by a panel discussion. 13:00 - 13:20 Update on current studies linking age of blood to clinical outcome. Alan T. Tinmouth MD MSc (Clin Epi) WHEN FRCPC 13:20 - 13:40 Red cell processing and preservation Thursday, 4 April 2013 methods to limit the storage lesion. Effect of donor variables on red cell 13:00-17:00 storage; the “optimal” red cell unit. John R. Hess MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS 13:40 - 14:00 Optimal use of blood. WHERE Mark Yazer, MD Radisson BLU Royal Hotel 14:00 - 14:20 Blood inventory management; modelling techniques. Goldsmiths Hall 1,2,3 Walter H. (Sunny) Dzik, MD Golden Lane 14:20 - 14:40 PANEL DISCUSSION Dublin 8 14:40 - 15:20 BREAK (Refreshments served)

Session 2: Transfusion and Education Methods ABOUT THE 15:20 - 15:40 Update on recent platelet trials (therapeutic versus prophylactic), BEST COLLABORATIVE challenges using bleeding as The Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion (BEST) an outcome, BEST work on a Collaborative is an standardized bleeding tool. international research Simon J. Stanworth, MA, MRCP(Paeds, organization that works UK), DPhil, FRCPath collaboratively to explore ways 15:40 - 16:00 Evidence for to improve transfusion-related services through effectiveness in ICU patients, standardization of analytic techniques, development of pediatric patients and in neonates. new procedures, systematic review of evidence, and Donald Arnold, MD, MSc execution of clinical and laboratory studies. BEST has 16:00- 16:20 Platelet product quality. 42 scientific members from 10 countries representing Dana Devine, PhD a diversity of interests and high levels of accomplishment. BEST has published over 80 peer reviewed papers and has over 25 studies currently 16:20 - 16:40 Knowledge Assessment: Developing open. As part of our mission, BEST believes it brings to the community a questionnaire on good transfusion thoughtful consideration to identify important questions in Transfusion medicine practice for physicians. Medicine, design and execute studies to address these questions, and Richard Haspel, MD, PhD provide critical thought and synthesis of the available evidence. 16:40 - 17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION TRANSFUSION MEDICINE EDUCATION FORUM

Thursday, 4 April 2013 13:00 - 17:00 Radisson BLU Royal Hotel Dublin

FACULTY Walter H. (Sunny) Dzik, MD Donald Arnold, MD, MSc Dr. Sunny Dzik is Co-Director of the Blood Transfusion Dr. Arnold is an Associate Professor in the Alan T. Tinmouth MD, MSc, (Clin Epi) Service at Massachusetts General Hospital and Department of Medicine at McMaster University. He FRCPC Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. obtained his Medical Degree from McGill University Sunny’s primary interest is in clinical transfusion in 1997 and a Master’s Degree in Health Research Dr. Tinmouth is an Assistant Professor in Medicine medicine, hemostasis and non-infectious hazards of Methodology from McMaster University in 2006. He (Hematology) at the University of Ottawa and transfusion. He is past-Chairman of the NIH National completed Residency Training in Internal Medicine at Associate Staff at the Ottawa Hospital since Clinical Trials network in Transfusion Medicine and the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital in September 2002. Dr. Tinmouth is the Head of General Hemostasis. He is the recipient of several prestigious Montreal in 2001, Hematology at McMaster University Hematology and Transfusion Medicine. He is also a awards including the Emily Cooley award of the AABB; in 2003 and Transfusion Medicine at McMaster scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute the Daniel D Federman “Outstanding Clinical Educator” University supported by the Canadian Blood and a member of the University of Ottawa Centre for award by the graduating class of Harvard Medical Services (CBS) in 2005. He completed a Fellowship in Transfusion Research. Dr. Tinmouth previously served School; the Charles C Lund award of the American Transfusion Science funded jointly by the Canadian as Associate Medical Director at the Canadian Blood Red Cross; the Claes Hogman award of the Swedish Institutes for Health Research and Canadian Blood Services Toronto Centre in 2001-2002 and continues Transfusion Society, the James Blundell Award of the Services. Dr. Arnold is currently the Program to work as medical consultant to the Canadian Blood British Blood Transfusion Society, the Richard J Davey Director for the Transfusion Medicine Residency Services in Ottawa. Dr Tinmouth’s principle areas award from the NIH, and the Tibby Greenwalt award Training Program at McMaster University. Dr. Arnold’s of research interest are the use of blood products, of the AABB. research interests are in platelet disorders with specifically Frozen Plasma and , as hemostatic Sunny is committed to helping develop the next a focus on clinical trials and optimal use of blood agents to achieve or maintain hemostasis. More generation of Transfusion Medicine specialists. products. recently, he is also pursuing knowledge transfer Currently, he is actively working with colleagues to research in transfusion medicine, specifically the improve transfusion care of children with malaria at use of interventions to change physician transfusion two hospitals in Uganda. practice. In his spare time, he is an avid collector of antique English clocks from the Georgian period. Dana V. Devine, PhD Dr. Dana Devine is currently the Vice-President, Medical, Scientific and Research Affairs at Canadian John R. Hess MD, MPH, FACP, FAAAS Blood Services. She is also Professor of Pathology Dr. John R. Hess, is Professor of Pathology and and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Columbia, and a founding member of the University’s Medicine in Baltimore. He serves as Director of Centre for Blood Research. She is the Editor-in-Chief Transfusion Medicine and Medical Director of the Blood of the blood transfusion journal Vox Sanguinis. Dr. Bank and Stem Cell Laboratories. He attended medical Devine completed her research training at Duke school at the University of Washington in Seattle, University in North Carolina where she obtained earned his Masters in Public Health at the University the Ph.D. degree. She has a longstanding research of Hawaii, and is board certified in internal medicine, career in blood products, transfusion medicine, hematology, medical oncology, blood banking and platelet biology, complement biochemistry, and transfusion medicine, and general preventive medicine coagulation. and public health. He is the author of 200 papers and book chapters, inventor of the dry fibrin sealant bandage and methods for extending RBC storage. He serves on the World Health Organization Expert Panel Richard Haspel, MD, PhD on Blood Transfusion Medicine. Simon J. Stanworth, MA, MRCP(Paeds, UK), Dr. Haspel received a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology from Rockefeller University and an MD from Cornell DPhil, FRCPath University as part of the Tri-Institutional Medical Dr Simon J Stanworth is a Consultant Haematologist Scientist Training Program. He completed an Mark Yazer, MD at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. He has a internship in Internal Medicine and a residency in joint appointment with National Health Service Blood Clinical Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Dr. Mark Yazer is an Associate Professor of Pathology & Transplant, and the Department of Haematology followed by a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, and an assistant at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust, as an Honorary at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Haspel is medical director of the Centralized Transfusion Service Consultant Paediatric Haematologist. He is an Honorary currently the medical director of the Stem Cell in Pittsburgh. His research interests include patient Senior Clinical Lecturer, Haematology, University of Processing Laboratory at Beth Israel Deaconess blood management, the RBC storage lesion, and blood Oxford. Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston and an Assistant group genetics. He is the Chairman of the AABB’s He is Secretary of the Regional Transfusion Committee Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. molecular testing accreditation program unit, is the for South Central (Oxford and Southampton/Hants). He is currently the Director of the Laboratory incoming Chairman of the AABB’s molecular testing His clinical research is centred on indications and use Medicine Residency Training Program at BIDMC and standards committee, and is the director of the Serum, of blood components, through systematic reviews and has developed and published resident curricula in Cell and Rare Fluid (SCARF) exchange. clinical studies/trials. genomics and evidence-based transfusion medicine.