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AATB Standards Update Review & Rationale
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The presentation will review changes and revisions to AATB Standards for Tissue Banking published January 2020 through January 2021.
Darrel Lewis, MBA, CTBS
Education Director
Darrel joined MTF Biologics in 2001 as an Education Director. In this capacity, Darrel has worked with a number of tissue banks and organ procurement organizations throughout the United States providing tissue recovery, screening, and regulatory education. Darrel has developed a number of education and training materials including the production, direction, and editing of two tissue recovery training videos. In addition to these duties, Darrel has been involved in many specialized tissue recovery development assignments and research projects for major universities. He has maintained his CTBS since 1992 and has been an AATB member since 1993. Prior to joining MTF, Darrel was Assistant Manager of Tissue and Eye Procurement at Midwest Transplant Network in Westwood, Kansas. Darrel received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Webster University in 1998 and an MBA from Avila University in 2005.
Sheldon W. Dean, III, CTBS
Sheldon Dean was born in New Jersey. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with both a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering. After college and prior to Tissue Banking, he worked in the Agricultural Chemical industry for about 10 years. Twenty-two years ago, he joined the staff at Osteotech (now Medtronic) and has held several positions there including Manufacturing Engineer, Design Quality Engineer, Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Quality Engineering Manager, and now also Tissue Bank Director. Sheldon has been a member of the AATB Standards Committee since 2014.
Jennifer Drago, CTBS, CQM/OE, CQA
Executive Director
Advanced Quality Resources
Jennifer Drago is the Executive Director of Advanced Quality Resources. She has over 15 years of combined experience in Quality and Regulatory Affairs in blood banking, medical devices, and tissue and organ procurement. She has served as the AATB Quality Council leadership since 2017 and has participated as a member of the Quality Council Change Control Subgroup. Jen is a CTBS, Certified Quality Auditor, a Certified Manager of Quality and Operational Excellence, and has her Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification.