Transfusion Medicine

Faculty

Monica B. Pagano, MD

Monica B. Pagano, MD

Professor | Head, Transfusion Medicine Division | Medical Director of Transfusion Services

Kirsten Alcorn, MD

Kirsten Alcorn, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Maryam Asif, MD, MBBS

Maryam Asif, MD, MBBS

Assistant Professor | Associate Medical Director, Hematology and Coagulation Laboratories | Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Services

Idoia Gimferrer, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor

Rida A. Hasan, MD

Rida A. Hasan, MD

Assistant Professor | Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Service Laboratories UW Medical Center - Montlake and Harborview Medical Center

John R. Hess, MD, MPH

John R. Hess, MD, MPH

Professor

Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD

Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Bernard Khor, MD, PhD

Bernard Khor, MD, PhD

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Theresa A. Nester, MD

Theresa A. Nester, MD

Professor | Director, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program

Hamilton C. Tsang, MD

Hamilton C. Tsang, MD

Associate Professor

The Transfusion Medicine Division provides transfusion laboratory services for Harborview Medical Center, the University of Washington Medical Center, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The mission of our division is to provide the highest level of patient care, education, and research in transfusion medicine and blood banking.

Health Services Managers

UW Medical Center - Montlake: Nina Sen, BB SBB(ASCP)CM (senn@uw.edu)

HMC: Erin Tuott, MLS SBB(ASCP)CM (tuotte@uw.edu)

Compliance Analyst and Quality

UW Medical Center - Montlake: Alyssa Oyadomari BS, BB(ASCP) (alyssium@uw.edu)

HMC: Virginia "Gie" Cruz-Cody, CE, CQA(ASQ), CQM(ASQ) (valgas@uw.edu)

Transfusion Safety Officer

UW Medical Center - Montlake: Marnie C. Thomas, MSN, RN (marniet@uw.edu)

HMC: Naomi Halfaker RN (halfaker@uw.edu)

Teaching

The Transfusion Medicine Division provides training for undergraduate and graduate medical laboratory science students, medical students, Clinical Pathology residents and Transfusion Medicine fellows. Please see the Medical Laboratory Science undergraduate program, the MS in Laboratory Medicine & Pathology graduate program or the Transfusion Medicine Fellowship page for more information.

Current Fellows

Linda Lee, MD
Thomas Ma, MD
Meghana Vivek, MBBS

Former Fellows

2023-2024 Robert Christian, MD

2022-2023 Yujung Jung, MD

2021-2022 Rida Hasan, MD; Maryam Asif, MD

2020-2021 Jacqueline Poston, MD

2019-2020 Valery Li, MD

2018-2019 Matt Hiskey, MD

2017-2018 Chakri Gaava, MD

2017-2018 Brian Gorospe, MD

2016-2017 Nabiha Huq Saifee, MD, PhD

2015-2016 Debra Smith, MD, PhD

2014-2015 Kate Grogan, MD

2013-2014 Jeffrey Barroso, MD

2012-2013 Jessica Poisson, MD

2012-2013 Shweta Jain, MD