Stacey L. Valentine

Stacey L. Valentine, MD, MPH is a pediatric critical care physician at UMass Memorial Medical Center and an associate professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her clinical interests include anemia, blood transfusions, and pediatric acute lung injury. Dr. Valentine chose to pursue medicine early on, earning her medical degree from the University of Vermont School of Medicine, after which she pursued residency training at Boston Children’s Hospital for pediatrics. During her residency and fellowship, Dr. Valentine took care of patients who made a significant impact on her. Dr. Valentine began to focus more and more on ways to use patient blood management to not only treat anemia, but also to potentially avoid blood transfusions when possible. The Pediatric Critical Care Transfusion and Anemia Expertise (TAXI) was born out of discussions with the Pediatric Critical Care Blood Research Network. Dr. Valentine co-led the initiative, the goal of which was to create international recommendations for transfusion in critically ill children. TAXI led to the start of research into blood transfusions in pediatric critical care patient and the TAXI team developed more than 100 recommendations for pediatric transfusion practice. Dr. Valentine is a nationally recognized speaker, published author, and respected thought leader in the field of pediatric Patient Blood Management.