Jeannie Callum

Jeannie Callum is a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at Queen’s University and a Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. She serves as Director of Transfusion Medicine at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and leads the QUEST transfusion research program at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on transfusion medicine, including error tracking, blood utilization, and coagulopathy management in trauma and cardiac surgery. She has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles and co-edited the Ontario transfusion handbook, *Bloody Easy*.

Education: MD (1993, University of Toronto), Internal Medicine Fellowship (1996, Toronto), and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship (Canadian Blood Services). She also holds a BA from Queen’s University.

Research Interests: Blood utilization, hemostasis in bleeding patients, and transfusion-related errors. Major contributions include involvement in the U.S. Biovigilance Network, Canadian Transfusion Error Surveillance System, and clinical trials like PROPPR and FIBRES.

Publications: Over 150 articles, with recent work focusing on cardiac surgery transfusions, IVIG hemolysis, and platelet transfusion guidelines. Awards include the Leo Stevens Excellence In Leadership Award and the J.G. Scott Award for Hematology Teaching.

Affiliations: International Society of Blood Transfusion, Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine, and editorial boards for *Transfusion* and *Transfusion Medicine Reviews*.