tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post5640645828453088372..comments2023-03-14T08:20:51.212-06:00Comments on Musings on transfusion medicine: I will remember you (Musings on gender in transfusion medicine) Bluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-57172647730768564922020-01-02T14:36:45.630-07:002020-01-02T14:36:45.630-07:00Thanks, Denise. Now that you mention it, I do reca...Thanks, Denise. Now that you mention it, I do recall Lynda Cranston, as in the <a href="https://blood.ca/en/about-us/our-story/timeline" rel="nofollow"> CBS story timeline</a>. <br /><br />As you know, I was 13 yrs at Canadian Red Cross,prior to Med Lab Science educator, and worked as a consultant for CBS in many capacities, including a brief stint full-time as 'assman'. <br /><br />Can. Red Cross & CBS benefited from so many exceptional, dedicated medical laboratory technologists. Many are still pals who keep in touch after decades, including you, my friend.Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-72160325598396726792020-01-02T09:21:45.680-07:002020-01-02T09:21:45.680-07:00Hi Pat,
Canadian Blood Services did have a woman ...Hi Pat, <br />Canadian Blood Services did have a woman as their first CEO (I was still with the Canadian Red Cross during this transition and worked at CBS for 4 years). It was Lynda Cranston: https://blood.ca/en/about-us/our-story/timeline I believe Dr. Graham Sher was VP during this time.<br />Denise EvanovitchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-2867528487777590052019-11-02T16:04:45.887-06:002019-11-02T16:04:45.887-06:00Contarian views always welcome. If all adhered to ...Contarian views always welcome. If all adhered to orthodox views, all scientific, medical, political, social progress would cease.<br /><br />Your oped in <a href="https://www.generalsurgerynews.com/The-Surgeons-Lounge/Article/09-17/The-Surgeons%E2%80%99-Lounge/44545" rel="nofollow"> The Surgeon's Lounge</a>.Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-73025227434198086072019-11-02T15:57:55.548-06:002019-11-02T15:57:55.548-06:00Glad to hear it. As the French say,'De rien, c...Glad to hear it. As the French say,'De rien, c'est mon plaisir.'<br /><br />Tidbit: One of my dear pals played this McLachlan song at the funeral service of her spouse. <a href="http://www.transfusion.ca/Resources/CSTM-Blog/April-2019/I-will-remember-you-Maureen-Patterson" rel="nofollow"> "I will remember you" blog</a> I wrote about her for CSTM.Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-70592985402135156032019-11-02T15:46:12.923-06:002019-11-02T15:46:12.923-06:00Always appreciate your comments, Neil. Many thanks...Always appreciate your comments, Neil. Many thanks for celebrating the contributions of the two woman who significantly contributed to your 2019 induction into the <a href="http://www.aabb.org/research/nbf/Pages/hall-of-fame.aspx" rel="nofollow"> National Blood Foundation's Hall of Fame</a>. [Added the link to your induction.]<br />Cheers, PatBluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-89933583616871097702019-11-02T11:03:39.858-06:002019-11-02T11:03:39.858-06:00Some Dr. Heal's ideas are recounted in a recen...Some Dr. Heal's ideas are recounted in a recent opinion piece we wrote with collaborators for a surgical news journal. Beware that seriously contrarian ideas are rife in this opinion piece. :)<br /><br />https://www.generalsurgerynews.com/The-Surgeons-Lounge/Article/09-17/The-Surgeons%E2%80%99-Lounge/44545Neil Blumberghttps://www.generalsurgerynews.com/The-Surgeons-Lounge/Article/09-17/The-Surgeons%E2%80%99-Lounge/44545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-51461574129623941792019-11-02T11:00:33.150-06:002019-11-02T11:00:33.150-06:00By the way, this song is one of my favorites, and ...By the way, this song is one of my favorites, and reminds me of my late mother, who died about the time the song was made famous in the late 1990s. Thanks for the reminderNeil Blumberghttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/23058255-neil-blumbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-9971791587599420122019-11-02T10:59:35.888-06:002019-11-02T10:59:35.888-06:00I'd like to recognize my life-long collaborato...I'd like to recognize my life-long collaborator (and wife) Dr. Joanna M. Heal MBBS, MRCP, whose career began in the UK in the 1960s when very few women were in academic medicine. She spent most of her career in the American Red Cross, and held many years of research funding for what we think of as amongst our most important efforts, the redefinition of the importance of the ABO blood group system in transfusion safety. Another woman who played an important role in this research and both our careers is Debra Masel, MT(ASCP) SBB, currently chief supervisor of the transfusion service and blood bank at Strong Memorial Hospital of the University of Rochester. She has worked with one or the other (or both) of us for close to 40 years.<br /><br />Recently I received a life-time achievement award that spiritually should be shared with at least these two accomplished women. However, one of the conditions of the award was being the principal investigator on a NBF (AABB) grant, which happened to be me. This award should be considered shared with Dr. Heal and Ms. Masel, the two most important women in my life other than my mother, who was not a blood banker :). Some of the work is described here:<br /><br />http://www.aabb.org/research/nbf/Pages/hall-of-fame.aspxNeil Blumberghttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/23058255-neil-blumbergnoreply@blogger.com