Albert Ribickas

Company: Moffitt Cancer Center

Job title: Manager BMT Laboratory

Email: albert.ribickas@moffitt.org

Bio:

Al Ribickas is the BMT/QC Laboratories Manager in the Cell Therapies Facility at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida and has provided leadership in his field for more than 18 years. He has been with the Moffitt Cancer Center since its opening in 1987 – initially as a blood bank technologist with the transfusion service until 2001. During this time, he trained in extracorporeal photopheresis for the treatment of Sezary syndrome and graft versus host disease

Seminars:

Preparing a Patient Operations Environment to Cater for Increased Apheresis Demands 12:30 pm

• Recognizing the need for staff resource expansion to provide comprehensive care for patients • Increasing capacity in advance of increased demand to satisfy individual customer needs • Executing a robust scheduling system to manage higher patient numbers whilst maintaining chain of identityRead more

day: Day Two

Panel: Educating Logistics Handlers and Drivers About the Value of Cell Therapy Material 9:45 am

• Appreciating the value of shipped materials to demonstrate the need for informed logistics personnel • Brainstorming methods to safeguard cell therapy treatments and ensure secure deliveryRead more

day: Day One