Dr. Nicole Aqui is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the attending Pathologist, Section Chief, and Apheresis Services for the division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Aqui is also the Director of the Clinical Service Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Aqui is an Ambulatory EMR Operations Committee member, Residency Program Director, and Vice Chair of the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Committee. She completed her undergraduate degree in Cellular And Molecular Biology at the University Of Maryland College Park and her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is an expert in transfusion medicine, apheresis, blood banking, hematopoietic stem cell and immune effector cell collection/processing, and sickle cell disease. Dr. Aqui has numerous publications and research.
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Tracy is responsible for assessing, analyzing, and recommending quality and clinical performance improvement processes. She collaborates with clinical service groups to provide division guidance to ensure the cancer service line is in compliance with regulatory and accreditation bodies. Dodd is a senior consultant for the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) Consulting Services, a FACT Quality Inspection Auditor. Tracy previously served as the Quality Improvement Director for the Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Network and, before that, as the Quality Improvement Committee Chair for the Medical College of Wisconsin BMT Program and as the Blood and Marrow Transplant Manager at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Tracy has over 35 years of healthcare quality and accreditation/regulatory compliance experience, 25 years specific to adult and pediatric BMT Programs, and 25 years of transplant and cellular therapy management experience. She earned her diploma in nursing at Columbia Hospital School of Nursing and her MBA at the Keller Graduate School of Management.
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) through the Joint Providership of Edward-Elmhurst Health and FACT. Edward-Elmhurst Health is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society to provide continuing medical education to physicians. This enduring activity is designated for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity is approved by NAHQ® for 1.0 hour of CPHQ CE credit.
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