The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University is pleased to offer a one-year ACGME-accredited fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine.

The fellow will participate actively in an on-call schedule for transfusion medicine and therapeutic apheresis consultation. Additionally, the fellow will rotate in HLA testing, CAR-T cell therapy, and stem cell collections at OHSU. Donor center operations, donor testing, and blood collection rotations will be hosted by the American Red Cross.

The clinical and teaching responsibilities of fellows include regularly scheduled instructional conferences for pathology residents and informal and formal consultation with residents and faculty within and outside of the Pathology department. Fellows will have ample opportunities to learn and practice within a clinical context. Fellows have increasing levels of responsibility commensurate with level of performance.

In addition to their clinical duties, fellows participate in laboratory management, CAP inspection training, quality control measures, resident education, and translational research activities.

Mission Statement and Program Aims

The mission of the OHSU Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine program is to train pathologists who are prepared to incorporate blood banking into private practice, or as a focus in an academic career. Our mission is consistent with OHSU’s mission of healing, teaching, and discovery. Program aims are:
Train skilled transfusion medicine physicians, adept at critical thinking, problem solving, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams 

Provide strong training in transfusion medicine, apheresis/cellular therapy, and blood donor services enabling fellows to pursue careers in academic, private practice, and industry settings. 
Support a healthy work-life balance. 
Foster a strong sense of professionalism, ethics, sensitivity toward diversity and commitment to patient care
 

Eligibility

Applicants must be legally able to work in the U.S., or eligible to obtain work authorization, AND Applicants must have received all required clinical education for entry from one of the following:

• ACGME-accredited residency program
• AOA-approved residency program
• ACGME International (ACGME-I) Advanced Specialty Accreditation
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) accreditation
• College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)-accredited residency program located in Canada

AND, applicants must have completed one of the following:

• At least 2 years of clinical pathology education in a pathology residency program
• Certification, or eligibility for certification, by the American Board of Pathology or the AOA Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology or in clinical pathology only 
• Certification, or eligibility for certification, by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) or a certifying board or subspecialty deemed eligible for certification in blood banking/transfusion medicine by the American Board of Pathology. 

Read full details on the fellowship application process