Mission Statement
The mission of the Perioperative Blood Management Taskforce is to identify, evaluate, and promote methods of blood management, through educational processes, that have been shown to improve patient outcomes and enhance patient safety.

Committee Goals

• To identify the scope of practices for a Perioperative Blood Management Technologist (PBMT) and Perioperative Blood Management Specialist (PBMS).
• To create standards by which the administration of techniques and methodologies of Perioperative Blood Management (PBM) are implementable.
• To establish a formal process for fundamental and continuing education of clinicians involved in perioperative blood management.
• To formalize recognition of knowledge in the field of perioperative blood management through examination.
• To provide certification for individuals who demonstrate competencies in perioperative blood management.
• To award achievement in the area of blood management by offering certification as a blood management specialist.
• To explore the science of blood management and where lacking promote new research in these areas.

Perioperative Blood Management Specialization: A Long Time Coming [PPT File]

Committee Members

• Steering Committee
  • Alfred Stammers
  • Keith Samolyk
  • Janet Farwell
  • Howard Coston
• Education & Meeting Committee
  • Dirck Rilla,  Committee Chair
  • Bruce Searles
  • Al Stammers
  • Julie Wegner
  • Janet Farwell
  • Karim Jabr
  • Jeff Riley
• Basic Sciences Committee
  • Mark Gilpin, Committee Chair
  • Michelle Tozer
  • Rick Raley
• Regulatory and Documentation Committee
  • Bob Dyga, Committee Chair
• Autotransfusion (plasma sequestration, blood salvage) Committee
  • Ty Walker, Committee Chair
  • Kevin Ireland
  • Mark Gray
  • Dirck Rilla
  • Karim Jabr
  • Rick Raley
  • Terri Campbel
• Biological Wound Healing (platelet gel, autologous growth factors, autologous adult stem cells) Committee
  • Howard Coston, Committee Chair
  • Don Nieter
  • Scott Brown
  • Al Stammers
  • Harry Uffalussy
  • Tim Mueller
  • Rick Raley
  • Mark Lucas
• Transfusion Committee
  • Al Stammers, Committee Chair
  • Janet Farwell
  • Karim Jabr
  • KC Roberts
• Coagulation Monitoring Committee
  • Julie Wegner, PhD, Committee Chair
  • Ty Walker
  • Kevin Ireland
  • Al Stammers
• Hemofiltration Committee
  • Keith Samolyk, Committee Chair
  • Janet Farwell
  • Ed Darling
  • Scott Lawson
  • Watson Anonetapipat
  • Dave Fitzgerald
  • Michelle Tozer
• Autologous Priming Committee
  • Cody Trowbridge, Committee Chair
  • Mac McCarthy
  • Bill Dubois
• Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution Committee
  • Al Stammers, Committee Chair
  • Mark Lucas
• Pharmacological Interventions Committee
  • Julie Wegner, Committee Chair
  • Ty Walker
  • Mark Lucas
• Blood Substitutes Committee
  • Keith Samolyk, Committee Chair
  • Rebekah Trittipoe
• Special Patient Situations (Sickle Cell, Jehovah Witness, HITT …) Committee
  • Karim Jabr, Committee Chair
  • Dirck Rilla
  • Harry Uffalussy
  • Keith Samolyk
  • Rick Raley