Kieran Biggins, FIBMS, RT- IH (CSMLS)
Kieran is the Transfusion Safety/Quality Coordinator for Alberta Health Services - South Zone, based in Lethbridge, Alberta. He is also the President of the Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM).
Personal
- Born and educated in Scotland
- Emigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1981
- Married with 3 children all residing in Alberta
Employment
1974 - 1981 Glasgow and West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service - Bench Tech.
1981 - 1990 Rh Laboratory in Winnipeg - Supervisor/Bench Technologist
1990- 2002 Blood Bank Laboratory at Lethbridge Regional Hospital and subsequently Chinook Health Region - Supervisor
2002 - 2009 Transfusion Safety Manager, Chinook Health Region, Lethbridge
2009 Transfusion Safety/Quality Coordinator for Alberta Health Services – South Zone
Education/Training
1978 Special Exam in Blood Group Serology and Transfusion
1981 Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences London (FIBMS)
1991 RT Immunohematology/Blood Bank
Publication/Presentations
- Several publications
- Numerous presentations at local, provincial and national conventions, seminars and meetings on a variety of transfusion medicine topics
Memberships/Appointments
- CSTM Vice President (2008)
- Member of the Alberta Wide Transfusion Medicine Group
- Appointed to the Policy Advisory Committee on Blood Services in Alberta
- Witness at the Krever Commission Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada
- Member of AABB
Professional Interests
- Rh blood group system
- Rural transfusion medicine services
- Quality Assurance in transfusion medicine
Personal Interests
- Genealogy
- Downhill skiing
- Trying to rebuild a 1972 MGB Roadster
