Patricia A. Ford

Patricia A. Ford (born September 27, 1955) 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]

Education and training[]

Ford received her B.A. in Science from Barry University in 1983 and received her medical degree from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 1987.^[5]

She trained as an intern at Internal Medicine at Graduate Hospital from 1987–1988. She then trained as a resident at the Internal Medicine at Graduate Hospital from 1988–1990. She did her fellowship at Hematology/Oncology at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1990–1993. She then trained as a Chief Fellow at the Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1992–1993.^{[citation needed]}

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