Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine

The fellowship is a one year, primarily clinical experience, centered at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) with rotations at the American Red Cross (ARC) Connecticut Region in Farmington, CT and a rotation at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus (VA CT).

Scheduling

The arrangement of the ARC, VA CT, and YNHH portions of the fellowship is flexible and can be arranged to best suit the needs of individual fellows.

Physician-Scientist Training

For individuals with an interest in a longer term commitment to research work and to a physician-scientist career path, there may be opportunities to have an extended research experience in the laboratories of faculty from the Department of Laboratory Medicine and/or the Department of Pathology. Opportunities for research can also be arranged in the laboratories of many other Yale University faculty as part of the fellowship. For more information on some of the mentors that participate in this program and some of the opportunities available, please see the section on Research Fellowships for more details.

Stipends

Stipends are commensurate with the fellow's current year of post-graduate training and are on the same scale as that received by YNHH resident staff. Also included are family-plan-level health insurance and individual disability insurance benefits. Funds are also provided for educational materials ("book allowance"). Details of the current stipend scale and benefits package are provided upon application.

ARC RotationThe goal of this  rotation is to provide a complete "donor services" experience. 

Yale-New Haven Hospital RotationThe primary task in the Blood Bank is clinical management of difficult cases, including data collection, patient interaction, and coordination and consultation with medical and technical staff. 

VA Connecticut Healthcare System RotationThe fellow spends time at the VA CT Blood Bank learning blood utilization and management in the setting of a community hospital, and participating in quality improvement programs.

Past Fellow Publications

View the listing of our past fellows' publications.

Past Fellows positions upon completion

Our past fellows have attained positions at major academic hospitals as well as blood donor centers and private pathology groups in the U.S. and even abroad. Below are examples of the types of positions and institutions where our fellows practice after their graduation from our program:

2022-23: Baylor College of Medicine (Fellowship in Informatics); Mayo Clinic (Special Coagulation Fellow); Yale University School of Medicine (Clinical Instructor; T32 Immunohematology Fellow)

2021-22: Texas Children’s Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine (Assistant Professor); Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine (Assistant Professor); Yale University School of Medicine (Assistant Professor)

2020-21: University of Florida (Assistant Professor of Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine); NYMC (Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology); Yale University (Fellow, Cytopathology)

2019-2020: University of Rochester (Assistant Professor of Pathology; Laboratory Medicine): Wake Forest University (Assistant Professor of Pathology); Yale University (Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine)

2018-2019: Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology); Yale University (Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine); Johns Hopkins University (Fellowship).

2017-2018: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine); Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Assistant Professor & Principal Investigator): Yale University (Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine).

2016-2017: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Assistant Member); Yale University (Instructor); VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAQS Quality Scholar).

2015-2016: East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine (Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine); Howard University College of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology); Maine Medical Center (Attending Pathologist).

2014-2015: Penn State University School of Medicine(Assistant Professor of Pathology); University of Calgary School of Medicine (Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology & Transfusion Medicine); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology).

2013-2014: University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Assistant Professor of Pathology); California Northstate University College of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology).

2012-2013: Laboratory Medicine Consultants (private practice); Kuwait Blood Center (donor center).

2011-2012: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine).

2010-2011: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pathology); Avera Health (private practice).