Patricia A. Ford

Patricia A. Ford, MD (born September 27, 1955) is an American physician, oncologist, hematologist and Director for the Center of Bloodless Medicine at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia.[1] She is widely considered the pioneer for bloodless surgery and medicine. In 1995, she performed the first bloodless stem cell transplant.[2]

To this date the bloodless stem cell transplant has been performed thousands of times worldwide. Ford has performed the procedure herself over 700 times and teaches this technique to doctors all over the world.[3]

Education and training

Dr. Patricia Ford received her BA in Science from Barry University in 1983 and received her medical degree from University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in 1987.[4]

She trained as an intern at Internal Medicine at Graduate Hospital from 1987-1988. She then trained as a resident at the Internal Medicine at Graduate Hospital from 1988-1990. She did her fellowship at Hematology/Oncology at Temple University Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1990-1993. She then trained as a Chief Fellow at the Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center from 1992-1993.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Sarah C.P. (Spring 2013). "Against the flow - What's behind the decline in blood transfusions?". Stanford Medicine.
  2. ↑ "Center for Bloodless Medicine & Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital". Penn Medicine.
  3. ↑ Gorman, Ali (March 24, 2011). "What is bloodless surgery?". 6 ABC Action News. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Patricia Ann Ford". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 14, 2015.


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