Patient Blood Management and Bloodless Symposium Agenda
6:30a – 7a
Registration/visit with vendors
7a-7:30a
Introductions/breakfast
7:30a-8a
Supply & Demand – Trends in the US re: Blood Supply
Courtney Hopkins, DO
Medical Director, NE Red Cross
8:05a-8:35a
Physiology of Blood and O2 Carrying Capacity
Barry Jacobs, MD
Chief, Pathology – HOCC
8:40a-9:10a
Triggers of Transfusion
Susan Parker, MD
Department of Pathology
Hospital of Central Connecticut
9:15a-9:30a
Break/check out vendors
9:30a-10a
Coagulation for “Normal” Doctors (TEG)
Brad Sherburne, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Lab Partners
10:05a-10:35a Surgical Methods of Blood Conservation
Jonathan Hammond, MD
Associate Chief, Cardiac Surgery Department
10:40a-11:10a Pharmacological Adjuncts for Blood Conservation
Michelle Krawczynski, PharmD
ED Pharmacist, Hartford Hospital
11:15a-11:45a Approach to the Bloodless Patient
Lois Sakorafas, MD
Director, Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
Hartford Hospital
11:50a-12p
Patient Blood Management
Ajay Kumar, MD
Chief, Department of Medicine
Hartford Hospital
12p-12:45p
Lunch/visit with vendors
1p-3p
Hands-on Sessions
CESI
3:30p-4:30p
Evaluations/visit with vendors
5p-7p
Bloodless Patient Information Session with light refreshments