Patricia A. Ford

Patricia Ann Locantore-Ford (born September 27, 1955), also known as Dr. Patricia Ford, is an American physician, oncologist, hematologist and Director for the Center of Bloodless Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.[1] She is widely considered the pioneer for bloodless surgery and medicine. In 1995, she performed the first bloodless stem cell transplant.[2]

Ford has performed the procedure over 700 times and teaches this technique to doctors all over the world.[3]

In 2001, Ford founded the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (S.A.B.M.) organization and directs its annual meeting, geared towards educated thousands of doctors and patients about bloodless medicine.[4]

  1. ^ Williams, Sarah C.P. (Spring 2013). "Against the flow - What's behind the decline in blood transfusions?". Stanford Medicine.
  2. ^ "Center for Bloodless Medicine & Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital". Penn Medicine.
  3. ^ Gorman, Ali (March 24, 2011). "What is bloodless surgery?". 6 ABC Action News. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "History | SABM". 18 November 2011.