"Global Voices in Patient Blood Management: Innovation, Strategy, Impact"

A collaboration between the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists (WFSA) and the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM)

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#1. Dr. Fredy Ariza Cadena
Title: "Igniting Patient Blood Management in LATAM and Africa: Education, Collaboration, and Impact"
Objective 1:  Showcase the educational strategies that have catalyzed PBM adoption in Latin America and Africa, highlighting the role of the WFSA, SIAPBM, and IFPBM in developing facilitators and local champions through structured courses, webinars, and regional pilots.
Objective 2:  Demonstrate how collaborative partnerships between global and regional societies have transformed PBM from an individual initiative into a system-level movement, emphasizing sustainability, policy alignment, and integration into health systems.

#2 Dr. Tae Yop Kim
Title: "Factor Concentrates in Surgery: Rationale for Change"
Objective 1: Summarize the latest clinical evidence on the efficacy and safety of coagulation factor concentrates in surgical and perioperative bleeding management, highlighting randomized trials and real-world data
Objective 2:  Encourage a paradigm shift toward precision-guided, factor-based hemostatic therapy, addressing common barriers and misconceptions that limit adoption in low- and middle-income settings. 

#3 Dr. Matthew Warner
Title:Improving Patient Outcomes through Perioperative Anemia Management
Objective 1: To highlight the prevalence and outcome implications of untreated preoperative anemia
Objective 2: To discuss treatment strategies for anemia before and after surgery, with a focus on clinical outcomes

#4 Dr. Linda Shore Lesserson
Title: Patient Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery - It is a Team Sport!
Objective 1: Review opportunities in anemia management for cardiac surgical patients
Objective 2: Elucidate the complex hemostasis abnormalities that result from cardiopulmonary bypass
Objective 3: Engage with new treatment algorithms for bleeding that use point-of-care testing