Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Utah is excited to announce a new ACGME-accredited one-year fellowship in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine and is currently accepting applications for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 academic years. A variety of primary training sites provide extensive training: the University of Utah Hospital, ARUP Laboratories, and ARUP Blood Services.
One fellow will spend two-thirds of the year rotating between ARUP Blood Services, an FDA registered donor center; ARUP Immunohematology Reference Laboratory, a nationally recognized laboratory; and the combined University of Utah Hospital and NCCN-accredited Huntsman Cancer Institute Transfusion Service. Five Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine faculty members serve as the core faculty for the fellowship with interests in patient blood management, quality/regulatory, risk assessment, integrated hospital-wide teaching, pediatric transfusion, and component research.
Prerequisites:
Applicants must hold an M.D. degree, D.O. degree, or foreign equivalent with ECFMG certification, be board certified or eligible in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology or Clinical Pathology and be eligible for a license to practice medicine in Utah.
How To apply:
Interested candidates should submit the following:
- Cover letter with personal statement,
- Curriculum vitae,
- CAP Standardized Fellowship Application,
- Three letters of recommendation (one of which should be from current/most recent program director)
Contact Information:
Ryan Metcalf, MD, CQA, BB/TM Fellowship Program Director, Section Chief of Transfusion Medicine
c/o Chloe Dyer, Program Coordinator
University of Utah
Anatomic Pathology
2000 Circle of Hope, Rm 2160
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Telephone: (801) 213-6214
Email: chloe.dyer@path.utah.edu
