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| Program description: The
McLendon Clinical Laboratories of UNC Hospitals offer offer
a comprehensive one-year training program in transfusion medicine.
The fellowship program provides didactic and practical training
in advanced immunohematology, therapeutic and donor apheresis, blood
component donation, testing, preparation and storage, coagulation,
histocompatibility, stem cell cryopreservation and clinical support
for an academic tertiary care hospital. Supported clinical programs
include transplant programs in marrow/stem cells, liver, heart, lung
and kidney. If desired, ample opportunities for research, development,
and collaborative projects are available. While most of the time in
the fellowship is spent at the University of North Carolina Hospitals,
some time will be spent with the Carolinas Red Cross in either Charlotte
or Durham, and electives can be arranged at other nearby institutions.
Currently, within our section we are pursuing a variety of research
projects which have extensively involved both residents and fellows.
Ongoing projects include prevention and rapid detection of bacterial
contamination of blood products , alternative platelet storage, mathematical/computer
modeling of transfusion strategies, new methods of both blood and stem
cell processing. We feel that we offer a very exciting fellowship in
a beautiful locale. |
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| Program requirements: Applicants
must have an M.D. degree and be board eligible/certified in a relevant
specialty. |
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| Stipends: Fellowship stipends are based on the trainee's number of
years of postdoctoral training and the current UNC Hospitals' Housestaff
salary scale. |
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| Program director: Mark
E. Brecher, MD, Director of Transfusion Medicine |
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| Faculty members and their interests: |
| Araba
N. Afenyi-Annan, MD, MPH — Transfusion
medicine. |
| Nicholas
Bandarenko, III, MD — Therapeutic apheresis; autologous and allogeneic peripheral
blood stem cell collection; surgical blood order schedule; thrombotic
thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic
purpura (ITP). |
| Mark
E. Brecher, MD — Blood component
processing and storage; transfusion strategies; bacterial contamination
of blood. |
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| Applications: An application
form may be downloaded from the Housestaff
Office's web site. UNC Hospitals' Housestaff
Contract and Policies are available online for review. |
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| For additional information, please contact |
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