Dr. Gail Rock received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1966, obtained her MD from Ottawa University in 1972 and her FRCP in Hematopathology from the University of Toronto.

She was employed by the Canadian Red Cross as the Medical Director of the Ottawa Centre for close to fifteen years during which time she developed local and national programs in Apheresis and carried out many studies on blood and blood components. She is Chief of the Division of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital and Professor of Pathology at the University of Ottawa. She is the author of more than 200 publications and has received 5 United States Patents.

She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Transfusion and Apheresis Science, President of the Canadian Hematology Society and Chair of the Canadian Apheresis Group. She is a member of the National Canadian Blood Safety Council which reports to the Minister of Health.

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