Global Leaders in Blood Health Education

Carolyn Burns, MD is a board-certified pathologist and Past President of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM) and an independent patient blood management (PBM) physician consultant in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Tirunesh Busha is a pediatric anesthesiologist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, working at the country's only pediatric hospital for children with disabilities. She was one of the first two physicians in Ethiopia to receive specialized pediatric anesthesia training through the WFSA scholarship program in Nairobi, Kenya.

Professor Shannon Farmer, DHSc is an academic researcher and consultant who has pioneered Patient Blood Management for over 35 years, serving on the WHO External Steering Committee for PBM implementation.

Dr. Susan Goobie, MD, FRCPC is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Associate at Boston Children's Hospital, Interim Editor-in-Chief of BJA Open, and current Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Patient Blood Management Committee.

Dr. Irwin Gross is lead author of Blood Works: An Owner's Guide, former Chief of Pathology at Eastern Maine Medical Center, and Co-Chair of the World Health Organization committee developing international Guidelines for Patient Blood Management implementation.

Professor Daniela Filipescu, MD, PhD is Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Carol Davila University, President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), and former President of the European Society of Anaesthesiology.

Professor Beverley Hunt, OBE is Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis at King's College London, Consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and serves on WHO and NICE guideline development groups including COVID-19 living guidelines.

Dr. Carol Lim is a maternal-fetal medicine consultant with over 30 years of experience in public healthcare in Malaysia, specializing in postpartum hemorrhage prevention and maternal anemia management, with a focus on reducing preventable maternal deaths in pregnancy and childbirth.

Vernon Louw, MD, PhD is Executive Head of Medicine at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, President of the South African Clinical Haematology Society, and serves on the WHO Expert Working Group on Patient Blood Management Implementation.

Sherri Ozawa, MSN, RN is Past President of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM), a founding member of the organization, and an internationally recognized leader in the implementation of sustainable Patient Blood Management programs.

Dr. Sue Pavord is Consultant Haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals, founder of the Oxford Iron Clinic, and a pioneer in Obstetric Haematology who has authored over 200 research papers and several national and international clinical guidelines.

Becky Rock, RN is President-Elect of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM) and a dedicated advocate for evidence-based, patient-centered care with a focus on establishing Patient Blood Management as a worldwide standard of care.

Professor Aryeh Shander, MD is Executive Medical Director of The Institute for Patient Blood Management at Englewood Health, Clinical Professor at Rutgers Medical School, Past President of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM), and was named one of TIME magazine's 'Heroes of Medicine' in 1997.

Dr. Matthew Warner, MD is an anesthesiology and critical care physician at Mayo Clinic, Associate Medical Director for Patient Blood Management at Mayo Clinic, and current President of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM).