Conference Speakers

Beth Shaz, MD, MBA is Professor of Pathology, Chief of Clinical Pathology, and Deputy Director of Marcus Center for Cellular Cures at Duke University. She is a physician leader with expertise in transfusion medicine and cellular therapies. Currently, she oversees cGMP facilities, a process development laboratory, and clinical trials, and is the Co-Director of the Stem Cell Laboratory and Associate Director of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank. Her previous positions include Executive Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, New York Blood Center enterprises; Associate Professor, Emory University and Director, Transfusion Service, Grady Memorial Hospital; and Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Assistant Medical Director, Transfusion Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Dr. Shaz is Past-President of the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, member of the Board of Directors of the Cord Blood Association, and scientific member of the Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusion Collaborative. She has published about 200 peer-reviewed articles and has co-edited eight books. She is an Associate Editor of the journal Transfusion and was on the editorial board of the journal Blood. She received her BS with Distinction in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, her MD with research distinction at University of Michigan Medical School, and her MBA in Healthcare Leadership at Empire State College, State University of New York. She completed her surgical internship at Georgetown University, her pathology residency and blood banking / transfusion medicine fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, and recently completed the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) fellowship in the Heath Care track through Drexel University.