Beth Shaz

Dr. Shaz is currently the Deputy Director for the Marcus Center for Cellular Cures at Duke University. Prior to joining Duke University Dr. Shaz served as Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President at the New York Blood Center where she established herself as a thought leader in transfusion therapy and management. She has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and co-editor of 10 books on transfusion medicine. Additionally, she is the Past-President of the AABB Board of Directors and an Associate Editor for the journal Transfusion and was on the editorial board of the journal Blood.

Dr. Shaz received her BS from Cornell University in Chemical Engineering and completed her MD at the University of Michigan. She then completed a surgical internship at Georgetown University and received her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School.