Moffitt Cancer Center Names New Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine
April 17, 2025
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, an AABB institutional member in Tampa, Fla., recently named Richard Gammon, MD, as its next medical director of transfusion medicine and the blood bank.
Gammon previously served as chief medical officer of Carter BloodCare and as medical director at OneBlood. He holds several academic appointments and is a widely published principal investigator, with research spanning various aspects of blood banking and transfusion medicine.
He is active in several national and international organizations, including AABB, where he serves as a volunteer assessor with international responsibilities. Gammon is a former chair of AABB’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services Standards Committee and the Patient Blood Management Subsection. He is also a member of America’s Blood Centers, the International Society of Blood Transfusion and the South Central Association of Blood Banks, where he is the incoming president.
