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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine

Fellowship · Los Angeles, CA

Sponsored by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Director David Gibb

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Class size: 1
Visas: J-1
PGY-5 salary: $96k2026 to 2027

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Who started, by class

Started 20262 on record · 2 published before starting

Yamac AkgunVanderbilt University Medical Center27 papers · 13 first author · 5 case reports · 4 reviews
Sheldon MyersCedars-Sinai Medical Center1 paper

Started 20251 on record

Erica FermonDavid Geffen Sch of Med at UCLA

Training

Months at each site

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center12 mo

Where graduates went next

Hematology Fellowship1
Hematopathology Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center2
Kaiser Foundation Hospital1
Kaiser Permanente Southern California1
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University1
University of Miami/Jackson Health System1
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center1

Research

429 papers by its people, 9,761 citations

Blood groups and transfusion
Blood transfusion and management
Blood donation and transfusion practices
Bone Metabolism and Diseases
Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

People

Leadership

David GibbProgram Director, Transfusion Medicine Fellowship
Ingrid Perez-AlvarezDirector, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking

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ProgramPositions

ProgramPositions

CytopathologyPositions: 1
HematopathologyPositions: 2
Pathology-Anatomic and ClinicalPositions: 20
Selective PathologyPositions: 1
Selective PathologyPositions: 1

Place

Summers reach 79°, winters fall to 51°.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.7M people live within 20 minutes of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $2,250 a month within 10 miles of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Hazards

Earthquakes
River flooding
Wildfire
Lightning