Transfusion/Blood banking

[Smitty]

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Any of you guys going into or know anyone going into blood banking fellowship? Are there any opportunities in private practice, or is it mostly academic?

 

[Fermata]

Any of you guys going into or know anyone going into blood banking fellowship? Are there any opportunities in private practice, or is it mostly academic?

I hate to sound obvious....but a lot of people who complete this fellowship actually work at bloodbanks(surprise). 😀

 

[Smitty]

Holy **** batman, you're right! Well, my next question would be do most BB people pretty much work in blood banks, or do they also go into private practice with groups as a generalist and specialist? Also, about what % go into academic medicine?

 

[Smitty]

Also, what kind of salary does a pathologist tend to make in a blood bank?

 

[yaah]

I can't give you exact % or salary amounts, but there are people who do a transfusion med fellowship and then go into private practice. In general, any fellowship you do will make you more competitive for a private practice, because you will have more expertise. You don't need a transfusion med fellowship for private practice though, although there may be positions out there that require it. If people are going to do fellowships and go into private practice, they often do one that will give them a wider range of job opportunities, like cytopath or surg path. The world needs blood bankers, though. You could do cytopath + blood bank and probably name your future location.

I suppose you could always be angling for a job with the red cross. Or, you could be Nosferatu.

Are you Nosferatu, Smitty? Winters in Transylvania, summers in your coffin?