WELCOME TO THE HAABB!
The Heart of America Association of Blood Banks is a nonprofit, professional organization dedicated to improving Transfusion Medicine by fostering the exchange of information and bringing education opportunities to blood bank and transfusion medicine professionals.  The HAABB hosts two annual meetings for the Kansas City & St Louis areas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please join us for our 1st ever

Virtual HAABB Winter Meeting!

 

Our first session will be

12/02/2020 at 1:00 PM CT



Please register using the following link

 

https://my.demio.com/ref/wiznSMKsMX9sUkOR



 

Come warm yourself up from those cold Winter Temperatures

to listen to these hot topics:

 

Dr. Jed Gorlin will present “Why Don’t Insects get Covid?”

Whimsical musing about COVID and the potential role of COVID antibodies.

 

Dr. Gagan Mathur will present “Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Platelets”

A look at the history of platelet transfusions, the risk of bacterial contamination and evaluate various strategies suggested in final FDA guidelines.


 

We will host two more sessions on 12/9/20 and 1/13/21 so mark your calendars.

Details will be sent when registration is available.

This educational opportunity is being offered free of charge.


If you want to contribute to HAABB, please do so by becoming

a member on our website at the following link:

 

http://haabb.org/membership.html

 

Hope you can attend our virtually amazing meeting!!
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Due to the CDC recommendations regarding COVID-19, the HAABB Board

of Directors has regretfully decided to cancel the 

53rd Annual Spring Meeting

that was to be held at Harrah's in Kansas City, MO

on Tuesday and Wednesday,

April 28 & 29, 2020. 



 
 
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THANK YOU!
 
 
HAABB has been providing blood bank and transfusion medicine education to the "Heart of America" for over 50 years!  We could not have done this without YOU!!  Your attendance at these meetings is what drives us to continue each year!  We also could not have done this without the support of speakers who want to share their knowledge and vendors who give us tremendous support. 

 
So to all of you, HAABB says
THANK YOU!
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Beginning in 2011, the HAABB started awarding a matching $500 scholarship to the school of the winning student to be used for educational purposes.  Click on the Student Scholarship tab (above) for more information.


The HAABB welcomes new members

 

 

Emily Coberly, Member at Large

Shay Jones, Member at Large

Marvin Twenter, Member at Large

 

and welcomes back 

 

Gagan Mathur, President-Elect

Kathryn Harrison, Vice President

Mary Signaigo, Secretary

Gina Gramlich, Treasurer



to the 2020-2021

HAABB Board of Directors

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Current Officers 2020- 2021:

President:  Diana Moroney, MBA, MT(ASCP)SBB, American Red Cross Blood Services, St. Louis, MO

Past President:  Michelle Burgin, MT(ASCP)SBB, Bothwell Regional, Sedalia,  KS

President-Elect:  Gagan Mathur, MD, MBA, Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, MO

Vice-President:  Kathryn Harrison, American Red Cross Bloos Services, Wichita, KS

Treasurer:  Gina Gramlich, MT(ASCP), SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital, Jefferson City, MO

Secretary:  Mary Signaigo, Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO