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Monkeypox Virus Update for Tissue Banking Personnel (Group)
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Tissue Bank medical directors will provide an overview of the current outbreak of monkeypox caused by the monkeypox virus, focusing on information important to tissue banking. The current worldwide monkeypox outbreak has very low mortality while increasing numbers of individuals impacted increases the possibility of someone dying of other causes with the monkeypox virus. While the likelihood of tissue donors having MPXV is low, understanding the current outbreak will empower tissue banking personnel to feel confident in their ability to recognize monkeypox risk factors, signs, and symptoms.
Andrea Ho, MD, CTBS
Dr. Ho graduated St. Louis University School of Medicine and completed her anatomic and clinical pathology residency program at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Following her residency, Dr. Ho completed fellowships in Transfusion Medicine and Cytopathology at the University of Colorado. Dr. Ho has been an Associate Medical Director at AlloSource for approximately 2 1/2 years and is a Certified Tissue Bank Specialist. Dr. Ho serves on the AATB Physicians Council and the Monkey Pox Physicians Council Workgroup.
Sally Alrabaa, MD
Medical Director and Associate Professor of Medicine
LifeLink Tissue Bank
Dr. Alrabaa completed internal medicine residency at the New York Medical College-Saint Vincent Hospital in Staten Island, New York in 2004, then Infectious Disease Fellowship at the University of South Florida and was inducted Alpha Omega Alpha member with the university in 2010. She is currently a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and the medical director of LifeLink Tissue Bank of Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico. Dr. Alrabaa is an attending physician at Tampa General Hospital (TGH) where she actively sees patients and teaches medical students, residents and fellows. She is Co-Director of Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases and a member of Infection Prevention committee at TGH. Dr. Alrabaa is affiliated with the Florida Department of Health as a supervising attending physician for tuberculosis services. Her areas of expertise include preventing and treating infections in solid organ transplant recipients, preventing and treating healthcare associated infections, travel related infections, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and tissue transplant donors screening and selection. She is a member of the American Society of Infectious Diseases (IDSA) and a member of the physician council at the American Association of Tissue banking (AATB).
Inga Gurevich, MD
Associate Medical Director
Dr. Gurevich is currently an Associate Medical Director at AlloSource in Centennial, Colorado. Dr. Gurevich obtained her M.D. degree with honors and Ph.D. from the Saratov State Medical University. Dr. Gurevich completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency at Colorado School of Medicine and a two-year Advanced Hematopathology fellowship at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston. Dr. Gurevich was in practice in the San Diego area and then returned to Denver to complete a two-year Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Gurevich has an extensive research background and has publications in leading biomedical journals. Dr. Gurevich serves on the AATB Physicians Council Committee and several Physicians Council Workgroups.