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The Armed Services Blood Bank Fellowship is an 18-month program founded in 1958 and mandated in 1972 by the Department of Defense with the mission of training the next generation of blood bankers in support of maintaining the military blood program.

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This program has three objectives:

  • Prepare armed services laboratory officers in their roles as military blood program officers

  • Train these officers in all aspects of technical and administrative blood banking, thus preparing them for the Specialist in Blood Banking national registry exam

  • Provide graduate credit for this intensive course work by way of affiliation with The George Washington University

 

This tri-service training program is specifically designed to prepare selected career officers to become managers of large military hospital blood banks, transfusion services, blood donor centers, area and joint blood program officers, and service blood program officers.

 

The Armed Services Blood Bank Fellowship at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Specialist in Blood Bank Technology and Transfusion Medicine. 

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Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs9355-113th St N, #7709

Seminole, FL 33775

Phone: 727-210-2350

Fax: 727-210-2354

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Contact: Mr. William Turcan, Program Director

Phone: (301) 295-8605

 

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