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John A. Shively, MD; Morten Grove-Rasmussen, MD; George J. Hummer, MD; Aaron Kellner, MD; Ernest E. Muirhead, MD; Herbert A. Perkins, MD

JAMA. 1971;217(8):1085-1087.

Abstract
In a survey of blood bank physicians and medical directors in the United States conducted by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the American Association of Blood Banks, 980 (47%) of the 2,099 questionnaires were returned, with the majority of respondents being pathologists. Many of the blood bank physicians had received multiple specialty training as well as a master's or second doctorate degree. A relatively large segment received portions of their training via seminars and postgraduate courses. A number had no specialty certification with a smaller group having multiple or subspecialty certification. Specific and sustained graduate medical education programs and a mechanism for recognition should be developed for blood bank physicians and potential directors of blood banks and transfusion services.

Author Affiliations
From the University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia (Dr. Shively); the Massachusetts General Hospital (Dr. Rasmussen), Boston; St. John's Hospital (Dr. Hummer), Santa Monica, Calif; the New York Blood Center (Dr. Kellner), New York; the Baptist Hospital (Dr. Muirhead), Memphis; and the Irwin Memorial Blood Bank (Dr. Perkins), San Francisco.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to University of Missouri Medical Center, Columbia, Mo 65201 (Dr. Shively).

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