Science & Innovation Forum - Beyond VET Alone: Integrating Viscoelastic and Platelet Function Testing Into Blood Management Pathways

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• Intended Audience: Directors, Hospital Blood Banks, Hospitals, Laboratory Staff, Managers/Supervisors, Medical Directors, Nurses, Perfusionists, Physicians, Research Scientists, Residents/Fellows, Technologists, Transfusion Safety Officers

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  Speaker: Courtney Maxey-Jones, MD, MBA
  Critical Care Anesthesiologist; Director of CCU, SUNY Upstate University Hospital

  Dr. Courtney Maxey-Jones is a cardiac and critical care anesthesiologist who attended NYU for medical school, completed her anesthesiology residency at Massachusetts General hospital, and completed her fellowship at University of Cincinnati. She then returned home to Syracuse, NY where she spent six years in private practice. In April 2023, she left private practice and formed her own independent entity, CNY Medical Services, PLLC. She now works with several hospitals in Upstate New York on cardiac ICU and cardiothoracic surgery program optimization. In addition, she is the Director of the CCU at SUNY Upstate University Hospital. Her interests include patient blood management, cardiogenic shock and acute mechanical circulatory support, cardiovascular program development, and comprehensive perioperative care of cardiothoracic surgery patients. Her skills include percutaneous ECMO cannulation and management, IABP placement, and management of percutaneous ventricular assist devices.

  
  

  

  Speaker: Kristin Sticco, DO, MS, FASCP
  Chief of Clinical Pathology and Medical Director, Blood Bank and Pathology Laboratory, Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital

  Dr. Kristin L. Sticco is a hematopathologist and transfusion medicine physician who earned her medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency at NYU Winthrop University Hospital, followed by fellowships in hematopathology at Stony Brook University Hospital and blood banking and transfusion medicine at the New York Blood Center. She currently serves as Chief of Clinical Pathology and Medical Director of the Blood Bank and Pathology Laboratory at Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. She also holds medical director positions at other Mount Sinai laboratory locations. Her areas of expertise include transfusion medicine, hematopathology, coagulation testing, laboratory quality assurance and patient safety. She is actively involved in medical education, mentoring residents and fellows, and advancing laboratory practices through interdisciplinary collaboration and quality improvement initiatives.

  
  

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