In this episode, Dr. Victoria Costa interviews Jennifer Petersen, MSN, RN, CCRN, who came to the field during the COVID-19 pandemic and since then has been deeply involved in the apheresis field. We’ll be talking about her journey, what she loves about apheresis, and where she sees the field heading.
In this episode, guest Max Hershkop, a Clinical Pathology resident at NYU Langone Hospital–Long Island, breaks down how whole-blood viscoelastic assays (TEG, ROTEM, Quantra) can sharpen transfusion decisions in real time. We contrast these tools with conventional plasma tests, and dive into where they help most—as well as where evidence is limited or shows no benefit—highlighting evidence for targeted therapy (cryoprecipitate, platelets, antifibrinolytics) and reductions in unnecessary transfusions. Max also tackles the challenges (cost, standardization, workflow/Point-of-Care Testing placement) and practical steps to implement PBM-aligned algorithms. A concise, bedside-focused guide to using data—not guesswork—to manage bleeding and improve outcomes. Learn more at bbanys.org.
In this episode, Dr. Phuong-Lan Nguyen, a transfusion medicine attending physician and faculty at the University of Rochester Medical Center, discusses the importance of prompt diagnosis and management of transfusion reactions and the laboratory and clinical evaluations involved in working up a suspected transfusion reaction. Dr. Nguyen also offers a detailed and systematic approach to classifying transfusion reactions and what to look for with each transfusion reaction diagnosis. Learn more at bbanys.org.
In this episode, Dr. Sadhika Sood sits with Meta Morrison-Roper, a seasoned Blood Bank Manager at NYU Langone Health whose career journey spans the precision of immunohematology to the strategic demands of laboratory operations. We explore how early bench work shaped her leadership style, the challenges and rewards of managing complex transfusion services, and the pivotal moments that defined her path. From mentoring the future lab professionals to navigating resistance to change, Meta offers a candid look at what it takes to keep the blood bank running smoothly — and why this behind-the-scenes work is vital to patient care.
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In this episode, Dr. Victoria Costa and Dr. Sadhika Sood from NYU Langone Health engage in an informal conversation about the evolving role and ongoing importance of transfusion medicine in 2025, as part of the BBANYS Podcast Dialogue Series — brief discussions on key topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine, and cellular therapy for both trainees and experienced professionals.
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The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this episode, Dr. Victoria Costa, the Assistant Medical Director of the blood bank at NYU Langone Health, Tisch Hospital discusses transfusion-transmitted babesiosis. This case of transfusion-transmitted babesiosis is also linked here, recently published in Transfusion: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/trf.17244.
Dialogue series: The BBANYS Podcast Dialogue series features a discussion between two or more professionals about important or controversial topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine, or cellular therapy. In this episode, Dr. Lawrence Fialkow, the Medical Director of the East Division Blood Services of the American Red Cross, discusses the role of the donor center in working up transfusion reactions in an informal conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Stone.
Lecture series: The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this lecture, Dr. Elizabeth Stone reviews common symptoms that occur during and after transfusion and discusses the differential diagnoses, etiologies, and treatments of common transfusion reactions.
Lecture series: The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this episode, Ashleigh LeBlanc, CCP, FPP from Golisano Childrens Pediatric Perfusion department, discusses current blood conservation techniques frequently used to minimize blood usage during cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass.
Dialogue series: The BBANYS Podcast Dialogue series features a discussion between two or more professionals about important or controversial topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine, or cellular therapy. In this episode, MaryAnn Sromoski, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNE describes her experiences creating and overseeing the Patient Blood Management Program at Geisinger in Northeast and Central Pennsylvania with Dr. Elizabeth Stone. MaryAnn also cohosts the podcast called Let's Talk PBM, to which you can subscribe and listen at the link below. MaryAnn also recently was a co-author on the paper titled "Patient Blood Management as an Emerging Concept in Quality: The Role of Nurses" that was recently published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality, and you can read it at the link below.
https://letstalkpbm.com/
https://journals.lww.com/jncqjournal/Fulltext/9900/Patient_Blood_Management_as_an_Emerging_Concept_in.96.aspx
The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this episode, Dr. Gael Uy discusses a patient with intractable coagulopathy after liver transplant.
The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this episode, Dr. Jozsef Bordas discusses a patient with an RhD variant and the topic of RhD variants in general.
The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this episode, Dr. Jozsef Bordas presents a case of cold agglutinin disease and reviews the topic.
The BBANYS Podcast Career series presents interviews conducted with professionals in the Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy fields to showcase their career path as well as to share their motivations for pursuing their chosen careers, opportunities that helped them get started and advice for those contemplating a similar career. In this episode, Nicolette Pabatao RN, an apheresis nurse at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Irving Medical Center discusses her experiences as an apheresis nurse with Dr. Elizabeth Stone.
Lecture series: The BBANYS Podcast Lecture series presents short lectures on core topics in blood banking, transfusion medicine, or cellular therapy for both trainees and seasoned professionals. In this lecture, you will hear about how one large academic center implemented a bloodless surgery program to better care for patients who refuse blood product transfusion.
In this episode, Dr. Miller will discuss the current treatment options in the reversal of several classes of DOAC medications.
In this interview, you will see what qualification and education you need to become a QA professional as well as what the job entails.
In this podcast, we will compare the utilization of fibrinogen concentrate and cryoprecipitate along with the pros and cons of each.
In this episode, we discuss the mechanism , contraindications, dose, and other considerations in the use of Caplacizumab for TTP
This episode offers the listener a glimpse into the benefits of becoming a member of BBANYS as well as some details on what it is like to be a board and committee member. BBANYS offers many educational and networking benefits to both students and experienced blood bank professionals. Please consider joining or volunteering.