Jed B. Gorlin MD, MBA

Jed Gorlin, MD, MBA, retired July 1, 2026 from his roles as vice president of medical and quality affairs at New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) and medical director for Memorial Blood Centers, Nebraska Community Blood Bank and Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City, capping 28 years of dedicated service to Memorial Blood Centers. He continues to serve part time as medical director, transfusion service, at Children's Minnesota; co-director of the transfusion service at Hennepin County Medical Center; and chief medical officer of America's Blood Centers.

A pillar of the AABB community for many years, Gorlin has held numerous leadership roles in blood banking and transfusion medicine, including as a past member of the AABB Board of Directors and the AABB Foundation Board of Directors, and as co-leader of the AABB Thursday Forum, a weekly call focused on critical topics in the field.

He has served on more than 30 AABB committees, including as chair of the Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Committee, where he played a leading role in expanding donor eligibility through individual donor assessment and in updating the AABB Emerging Infectious Diseases Fact Sheets. He was also the inaugural chair of the Global Standards Committee, which developed the first edition of Fundamental Standards for Blood Collection and Transfusion. In recognition of his service to AABB and the field, Gorlin received the John Elliott Memorial Award in 2019 and an AABB President's Award in 2022.

Beyond AABB, Gorlin served on the Food and Drug Administration's Advisory Committee on Blood and Tissue Safety and Availability. He also worked as a consultant on AABB-PEPFAR projects in Rwanda and Tanzania and supported national blood development programs in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan through his work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.