Currently Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Staff Lead Inspector, College of American Pathologists (CAP) Inspector, and CLIA Inspector for Transfusion Medicine Internationally
Board Certified Specialist in Transfusion Medicine
Currently Associate Professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Retired U.S. Navy Captain (highly decorated) with 41 years of active military service Director of the U.S. Department of Defense Armed Services Blood Program Responsible for safe collection and transfusion of blood and blood products to all military personnel and their beneficiaries
Responsible for transfusions to DoD military personnel in over 90 medical treatment facilities, including all combat field units, Hospital Ships, Warships, Special Forces, 28 Nations within NATO, and the President of the United States
Serve on the AABB Standards Committee for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services Instituted Group O Low Titer Whole Blood for treating Combat Trauma on the battlefield within the DoD
Developer of the Shelf life of Frozen Deglycerolized RBCs from 24 hours to 14 Days using the ACP-215 (needed capability for casualty receiving ship and medical treatment facilities)
Developed the DoD Frozen Blood Freezing Centers within the DoD Implemented Pathogen Reduction for platelets for the DoD
Implemented Cold Stored Platelets
Served on the Transmission Medicine Standard Committee for the AABB-FDA Served on the AABB-FDA Liaison Committee
Served on the nation’s Public Health Service Blood Organ and Tissue Safety Committee Served on AABB Transmitted Transfusion Disease Committee
Served on AABB Disaster Task Force
Assist Enlisted and Officer military personnel with advanced school and officer commissioning packages
Continue to mentor Enlisted and Officer military and civilian personnel Continue to reenlist active duty and reserve Enlisted military personnel Continue to commission active and reserve Enlisted military personnel
Personally requested and continue to administer the oath of office and promote military Enlisted and Officer personnel
Father of and Project manager for building medical infrastructure internationally in countries for blood safety for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Ethiopia, Mozambique, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and other countries
Multiple significant publications in various journals on transfusion medicine, 2001 to present
Dr. Ryan Metcalf is Section Chief of Transfusion Medicine, Medical Director of the Transfusion Service, Associate Professor of Pathology, and Inpatient Chief Value Officer for the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah Health and ARUP Laboratories. He completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at Stanford University and is board certified in these disciplines. His research interests include the use of advanced data visualization to improve understanding of patient blood management (PBM) clinical practice quality, evidence-based clinical decision making, and data-driven approaches to improve our understanding of risks associated with blood transfusion. He is co-inventor of a novel advanced data visualization tool that evaluates PBM practice. Dr. Metcalf is Chair of the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee. He received ARUP’s Bill Roberts Award for Excellence in Laboratory Medicine in 2023.
Medical Director of Serious Hazards of Transfusion
Serious Hazards of Transfusion - SHOT
Shruthi Narayan
Medical Director of Serious Hazards of Transfusion
Dr Shruthi Narayan is the Medical Director of Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT, UK). It is the independent, professionally led haemovigilance scheme covering the whole of UK. Additionally, she has a role as a Donor Consultant at NHS Blood and Transplant. Shruthi also chairs the Royal College of Pathologists Transfusion Specialty Advisory Committee, is a member of the leadership team of International Society of Blood Transfusion Haemovigilance Working Party and is the current President of the International Haemovigilance Network. Shruthi is passionate about improving transfusion safety, is actively involved in transfusion education and improvement initiatives.
“Steven J. Drews, Ph.D., F.C.C.M., D(ABMM), completed his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, in Experimental Medicine (Infectious Diseases). He did his clinical microbiology training at the University of Toronto. At Canadian Blood Services, as Director of Medical Microbiology, Steve provides guidance on transmissible diseases testing, microbiology, and infectious diseases issues. He also provides educational opportunities to Canadian Blood Services staff and trainees and leads and mentors the Medical Microbiology group as well as the Surveillance and Discovery Laboratory group.
Steve has authored over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts and booked chapters. He has held or been a team member on multiple Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grants and is currently an active member of the CIHR College of Reviewers. Prior to joining Canadian Blood Services, Steve was a consultant microbiologist at the Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab) Alberta (in both Calgary and Edmonton sites), and the head of the province-wide influenza and acute respiratory viral diagnostics program as well as other programs. He has also held a prior position as Head of Molecular Diagnostics for the Public Health Ontario Laboratories.
Steve has significant experience representing diagnostic microbiology and public health laboratories at provincial, national and international committees. He has held faculty positions at both the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary. Steve is currently a full Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Alberta Edmonton, Canada where he is a member of WCHRI, the Women and Children's Health Research Institute. In Edmonton Steve continues to teach and mentor undergraduate students, and Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology trainees.”
Susan Noone, MPH, CQA(ASQ) is an Executive Director at Vitalant with over 30 years
of leadership in transfusion medicine and blood banking. She is a certified Quality
Auditor with the American Society for Quality and an AABB Assessor. Susan currently
serves as Chair of AABB’s Blood Banks and Transfusion Services Committee and is a
member of the Transfusion Medicine Subsection Coordinating Committee. She has
previously led two state-level transfusion medicine organizations as President and
received the Upton-Hemphill Award from the California Blood Bank Society. She
currently serves as an Executive Board Member for Blood Centers of California and the
Ventura County Healthcare Coalition. She also currently serves on the Council of States
for America’s Blood Centers. A frequent speaker at AABB meetings and contributor to
AABB publications, Susan is recognized for advancing quality, regulatory, and
leadership practices in transfusion medicine.
