Community Blood Center
Brian McWhirter is an experienced field service engineer with a strong background in biomedical equipment and engineering tools. Currently serving as a Field Service Engineer III at Mizuho OSI since April 2018, Brian specializes in orthopedic and surgical specialty tables. In parallel, Brian has been a Biomedical Equipment Technician at Community Blood Center since January 2017, focusing on critical medical equipment. Previous roles include Field Service Engineer at QIAGEN, where responsibilities encompassed the service of various laboratory diagnostic instruments, and technical support positions at Seiler Instrument & Mfg. Co. Inc. and Keystone Precision Instruments, emphasizing repair and calibration of advanced engineering tools. Brian's career began as General Manager at Huntsville Blueprint & Supply Co., with overall experience dating back to 2003. Educationally, Brian studied Digital Electronics and Electrical Engineering at Coastline College from 1988 to 1990.
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Community Blood Center
The Community Blood Center (CBC) began operation in September 1964. In 1964, the CBC served two Dayton area hospitals, and by 1965 it had expanded to serving the blood needs of all general hospitals in Dayton. Since 1967, CBC has grown to its present service area of 25 hospitals in 15 counties with a totally volunteer donor base. At least 325 pints of whole blood must be collected daily from volunteer donors to sufficiently meet patient transfusion needs. This year that need is projected to reach more than 70,000 units of blood products. All donated blood becomes part of the general blood supply. Each unit of blood is tested, typed and processed by the Dayton CBC laboratory, then distributed daily to the 24 area hospitals. In November 1986, CBC expanded operations and started the Dayton Regional Tissue Center. In 1994, the name was changed to Community Tissue Services (CTS) and there are now CTS branches in Indianapolis, Indiana; Fort Worth, Texas; Portland, Oregon; and Fresno, California, in addition to the Dayton headquarters. Since its beginning, CTS has doubled in size each year, and it now provides tissue for more than 2,000 hospital and physician clients across the nation. CBC is a 501(c) 3, not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation. Operating income is derived from the charges made to the hospitals for blood and blood products, transfusions and for patient services and tests, as well as the distribution of tissue to hospitals and physicians.