Meet Our Volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight and Member Highlights

Exciting news! AABB’s Professional Engagement Program will be showcasing all of the great work our members do for AABB and the world at large.

Our PEP Volunteer Spotlight will consist of a short Q&A with one of our members published each month in AABB News. Our members play an integral role here at AABB and we want to share their accomplishments.

Member Highlights can be any volunteer accomplishment directly involved with AABB and will change as new highlights are added. These highlights may range from publications, committee work, webinars and everything in between!

We are currently soliciting names of individuals to showcase for the coming year in either our Volunteer Spotlight or a Member Highlight capacities. If you or a fellow AABB member are interested, please email us at PEP@aabb.org.

Professional Engagement Program Volunteer Spotlight on Justin Halls, MD

Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis Staff Physician, Phoenix Children's Hospital

How long have you been an AABB member?

Honestly, I'm not completely sure! I think I joined in residency around 2018 so that makes it almost 7 years now.

In which AABB volunteer activities are you currently active? In which have you participated?

The Coding and Reimbursement Committee.

What motivates you to volunteer?

AABB represents transfusion medicine as a field and advocates in our interest and in the interest of our patients. I think this is important and necessary work, and I want to contribute however I can.

How has your volunteer work impacted your professional work?

My experiences with AABB have shed light on elements of my work that I probably wouldn't have thought much about, but now I see as critically important. This has helped me contribute to process optimization at more than one hospital.

What have you learned from volunteering with AABB? And what advice would you give to someone interested in volunteering?

Get involved in a committee. You don't have to be an expert at the onset. Committee work is a great way to learn about things you do not learn in training.

Who is your hero?

This is a tough question! Inside the world of AABB the answer is Bill Lane, my mentor during fellowship. It's rare to find someone who is simultaneously as smart and cheerful as he is. Across life in general? Hard to say, but I greatly admire the work of David Attenborough and anyone who has dedicated their life to conservation of the natural world.