The 7th AnnualWhat’s New: Current Topics in Cord Blood
Presented by NMDP
June 4, 2009 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Atlanta/Boston Room, Los Angeles Airport Marriott
Moderated by Dr. Dennis Confer
Program Description
Whether your field of interest is cord blood banking or transplantation, learn about recent advances on key topics affecting the field of cord blood today. This session will provide an update on cord blood banking standards, future direction in assessing high quality units, evaluating the data for unit selection and best practices for shipping and receiving units.
Current Standards in Cord Blood Banking: the NMDP, AABB, and FACT Review NMDP membership requirements and report on FACT and AABB standards updates |
Kathy Welte, MBA, BSN |
High Quality Cord Blood Units Present HHS Advisory Council work on defining high quality units and plans for potency assays |
Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D. |
Evaluating Historical Data for Cord Blood Units Provide European and NMDP perspectives on how registries work with cord blood banks to obtain data on cord blood units and help transplant centers evaluate the data |
Federico Garnier, M.D. |
Dealing with Unexpected Events Review issues that arise in shipping and receiving cord blood units; selection of back up units, etc. |
Linda Kelley, Ph.D. |
Wrap-Up – Question and Answer |
Dennis Confer, M.D. |