The Specialist in Blood Bank Technology/Transfusion Medicine Program is a 12-month online learning program designed to prepare students to assume advanced positions as technical specialists in the field of immunohematology and transfusion medicine.
The program is accredited by the Commission on the Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) to prepare participants for the Specialist in Blood Banking (SBB) exam provided by the American Society of Clinical Pathologists Board of Certification (ASCP-BOC).
Program Goals
The program’s goal is to prepare competent Specialists in Blood Bank Technology / Transfusion Medicine in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective learning domains.
Program Objectives
1. Develop technical and supervisory competencies in immunohematology, blood component manufacturing, and transfusion medicine.
2. Develop Medical Laboratory Scientist to function as administrators, leaders, mentors, researchers, or technical consultants.
3. At the conclusion of the program, the student should be able to work as part of the health care team in providing state-of-the-art health services to patients.
Class | #Graduates | #Students Attempting SBB Exam | #Students Passing SBB Exam | %pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 19 | 17 | 15 | 88% |
2019 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
2020 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
2021 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
2022 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
2025 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 67% |
First time examinees mean scaled score: Program – 505 National – 417
The program starts in May and accepts 2 to 5 students per year. The tuition is $6,000 for the program. Completion of this program fulfills the ASCP Route 1 criteria for application to take the SBB exam (the program does not award college credit). Applications are typically due in February.
Student Eligibility Requirements:
All applicants must:
All applicants are considered without regard to race, sex, national origin, age, religion or disability.
Applicants from countries where English is not the native language are required to submit scores for the TOEFL (Test Of English as a Foreign Language) and have an evaluation of their transcript by an acceptable agency.
Key Program Personnel:
Medical Director
Samantha Gomez Ngamsuntikul, MD
BioBridge Global
Program Director
Jose Quesada, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
South Texas Blood & Tissue
Education Coordinator
Karin Whitten, MT (ASCP)SBB
South Texas Blood & Tissue
Faculty
Samantha Gomez Ngamsuntikul, MD
BioBridge Global
Lesli Greebon, MD
University Health / UT Health
John Daniels, JD, DO, MBA, MPH, MT(ASCP), FASCP
University Health / UT Health
Ronny Fryar, MS, MT(ASCP), SBB
University Health
Karin Whitten, MT (ASCP)SBB
South Texas Blood & Tissue
Jose Quesada, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
South Texas Blood & Tissue
For more information, contact Education Coordinator, Karin Whitten, and Program Director Jose Quesada.
