2. General Information  18 month program – Founded 1958.  Mandated in 1972 by DOD  Prepares students as military blood program officers.  Train in Technical/Admin procedures (SBB)- 12 months.  Graduate credit and Degree w/ affiliated school- research last 6 months. Prepare manuscript.  Sponsored by Army  AABB Approved  CAAHEP accredited

3. History 19582007197619741966 WRAIR (7) USA Research Lab, Ft. Knox (29) BBC Ft. Knox (8) WRAMC (149) TOTAL Graduates – 193 99 USA / 50 USAF / 41 USN / 1 Intn’l / 2 Civ

4. Facilities  Walter Reed AMC  Located in Washington DC  “Home Base”  Classroom  Personal Office Space  Computer (E-mail/Internet)  Medical Library  AFIP (Library)  Clinical rotations- donor center, Trans. Svc., reference laboratory

5. National Naval Medical Center  Located in Bethesda, MD  Clinical rotation  Transfusion service  Reference testing  Donor Center (ASBBC)  Viral Testing  9 weeks  BRAC main facility

6. Robertson Blood Center/Wilford Hall/Brooke AMC

7. Academic Affiliation  MS in Health Sciences  Courses:  Biochemistry  Management  Research Methods  Manuscript Preparation  Immunology  Blood Bank Seminar  WRAMC and NNMC Training

8. Didactic Curriculum  Blood Group Serology  Blood Bank Methods  Donor Collections  Storage and Shipment  Immune Destruction  Component Therapy  Transfusion Practices  History

9. Clinical Curriculum  Donor Center  Recruiting; records; screening; phlebotomy; processing  Transfusion Service  Reference Lab (WRAMC / NNMC)  QA / cGMP / Inspections  Administration  HLA / Transplant

10. Additional Training / Visits  ASBPO  SBPO  AABB  FDA  NIH  Johns Hopkins  University of MD/Shock Trauma

11. Contacts  William Turcan, MT (ASCP) SBB,  Program Director  Phone: (202)782-6210 DSN 662-6210  William.Turcan@na.amedd.army.mil  LTC Francisco Rentas, PhD, SBB,  Chief, Education & Training  (202)782-0776 DSN 662-0776  Frank.Rentas@us.army.mil

12. Application and Selection  See BBF Booth in Exhibit Hall  Consult with SBPO or alumni

13. Class of 2007  Capt Karen Buikema – USAF  CPT Robert Gates – USA  LT Frederick Matheu – USN  LT Toinette Riley – USN  CPT Teresa Terry - USA

14. Class of 2008  LT Leslie Riggs – USN  Capt Anthony Polito – USAF  CPT Aleksy Casco-Figueroa - USA

15. BBF 50 th Year Anniversary  Graduation dinner- on or around 24 Jun 08. Cost?  Need funding from AABBF membership fees  Jonathan Hoiles - navylabman@yahoo.comnavylabman@yahoo.com 3520 3rd Ave., Apt. 109, San Diego, CA 92103 (619)-302-6814  Dinner at AABB Convention in Montreal  Special coin to be designed  Front – current BBF logo  Back- design will include “1958-2008”, a gold Capitol Bldg, and the name of the two universities involved with the program.

17. BBF 50 th Year Anniversary  Current class working with WRAMC TV to produce a video.  To be presented at Graduation and 50 th Year Anniversary dinners  Interviews with SBPOs, Program Directors, past and current ASBPO Directors  Archive photos  Student photos  Narrator  Submit pictures for the video to Bill Turcan or I..