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Roslyn Yomtovian, M.D. is Director of the Blood Bank-Transfusion Medicine Service and Acting Director of Clinical Pathology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio. She is a faculty member at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine where she is a Professor in the Department of Pathology. She has served as past President of the Minnesota Association of Blood Banks, past Chairperson of the Autologous Transfusion Committee of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) and past two-term member of the of the Transfusion Medicine Council of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP). She chaired the ASCP Patient Safety Initiative Task Force Workgroup on Transfusion Medicine and serves on the ASCP Teleconference Committee. She is a member of the AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee and is actively involved in developing educational programs for the AABB and ASCP. She serves on the editorial board of the journal Transfusion. Dr. Yomtovian received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri and completed her Pathology Residency and Blood Bank Fellowship training at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has written and lectured widely on issues related to blood transfusion safety focusing on bacterial contamination of blood components, autologous transfusion therapy, and the optimization of transfusion therapy. Her current clinical research focuses primarily on the evaluation of ways to reduce platelet bacterial contamination. She is the recipient of an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow award from Rotary International Foundation for her work in community AIDS awareness. She has received the University Hospitals of Cleveland Department of Pathology Excellence in Teaching Award. Most recently, she received the Vernie A. Stembridge Lectureship Award from the Texas Society of Pathologists and is a recipient of the Commission on Continuing Education Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Clinical Pathologists honoring Dr. George F. Stevenson. | 