Associate Medical Director/Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine

Versiti is a fusion of donors, scientific curiosity, and precision medicine that recognize the gifts of blood and life are precious. We are home to the world-renowned Blood Research Institute, we enable life saving gifts from our donors, and provide the science behind the medicine through our diagnostic laboratories. Versiti brings together outstanding minds with unparalleled experience in transfusion medicine, transplantation, stem cells and cellular therapies, oncology and genomics, diagnostic lab services, and medical and scientific expertise. This combination of skill and knowledge results in improved patient outcomes, higher quality services and reduced cost of care for hospitals, blood centers, hospital systems, research and educational institutions, and other health care providers. At Versiti, we are passionate about improving the lives of patients and helping our healthcare partners thrive.

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan (Versiti MI) is searching for a full-time Associate Medical Director/Medical Director with experience in transfusion medicine and an understanding of laboratory medicine to join our team in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Experience in cellular therapy collections and processing is preferred. The successful candidate will collaborate with our growing team of Transfusion Medicine physicians who oversee all aspects of blood banking/transfusion service operations, cellular therapy collection and processing, cord blood banking, and apheresis coverage at our partner hospitals.

The Associate Medical Director/Medical Director helps oversee all clinical aspects of an AABB-accredited Blood Center operation, which may include CLIA and FACT Medical Direction of the Cell Therapy Collections and Processing Laboratory and assisting in oversight of the Cord Blood Bank. The Associate Medical Director/Medical Director will also assist in providing medical oversight of an active therapeutic apheresis and cellular therapy program, helping to lead a team of physicians and nurses providing 24/7 service to several hospitals. The apheresis program performs plasma exchanges, red cell exchanges, photopheresis, and autologous and allogeneic cellular collections for transplantation and CAR-T therapies. The successful applicant should have a track record of effective management of all blood center activities and will actively participate in the development and execution of strategies for focused cell therapy program growth. The Associate Medical Director/Medical Director joins a team of clinical pathologists and hematologists in the Medical Sciences Institute (MSI) working in blood center and hospital settings across a 5-state area.

Required Experience:

M.D. or D.O. Degree
• Board certified in clinical pathology, internal medicine, or pediatrics
• Board certified or eligible for certification in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
• Experience in blood center/transfusion medicine practice preferred, cellular therapy collections and processing desired
• Licensed or eligible for a Michigan medical license

Versiti is an affiliation of blood centers in Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio, including the Versiti Blood Research Institute which is in the Milwaukee area. The latter is the largest blood focused research institute in the United States which houses over 30 basic, translational, and clinical researchers. The annual number of blood donors across Versiti is more than 500,000.

Contact information:

Interested candidates should send their CV and references to:

Rachel Margolis-Goodman, Talent Acquisition Manager, rmargolis@versiti.org