Blood Management University® Faculty

Timothy Hannon, MD, MBA
President & Chief Medical Officer - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Carolyn Burns, MD
Medical Director, Transfusion Services - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Joseph Thomas, RN, BSN
Vice President, Program Services - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Amelia Baffa, RN
Director, Nursing Practice - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Susann Stephenson, RN, JD
Director, Risk Management and Patient Safety - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Blood Management University® Adjunct Faculty

Michael Auerbach, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine

James Brevig, MD 
Providence Regional Medical Center

Neil Blumberg, MD 
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

Phillip DeChristopher, MD
Professor of Pathology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center

Victor Ferraris, MD, PhD
Tyler Gill Professor of Surgery, University of Kentucky

Scott Freeland, PharmD 
Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacist, St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis

Kathy Frey, MD 
Medical Director, Transfusion Services, Fairview Southdale Hospital

Harriet Gammon, MSN, RN, CPHQ
Associate Project Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission

Irwin Gross, MD 
Medical Director, Transfusion Services, Eastern Maine Medical Center

Steven Gregurek, MD 
Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Terry Gernsheimer, MD 
Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine

Kate Gowans, MD
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Institute, Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, The Cleveland Clinic

Marilyn Kole, MD 
System ICU Medical Director, Lee Memorial Health System

Michael Keating, MD 
Medical Director, St. Francis Center for Hip & Knee Surgery

Marisa Marques, MD 
Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital

Robin Ohls, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico

Jeffery Pierson, MD 
Medical Director, Center for Joint Excellence, St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis

Ryan Pagnanelli, CCP 
Perfusion Director, Oakwood Hospital

Jennifer Rhamy MBA, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB, HP 
Executive Director, Laboratory Accreditation Program, The Joint Commission

Sunil V. Rao MD, FACC, FSCAI 
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center

Bruce Spiess, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center

Donna Salzman, MD 
Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology, University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital

Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN 

Chief Transfusion Safety Officer, Puget Sound Blood Center

Mila Walker, MSN, RN
Consultant, Quality & Education - Strategic Healthcare Group LLC

Jonathan Waters, MD 
Chief of Anesthesia  Services, Magee-Womens Hospital, University Pittsburgh Medical Center