Photo: Dr. Anthony Torres, President and CEO of YRMC and Dr. Pierre Tibi, Director of the James Family Heart Center and Patient Blood Management Program at YRMC
Pierre Tibi, MD, Medical Director of the James Family Heart Center and Patient Blood Management (PBM) Program at Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) recently received the 2024 Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM) President’s Award in recognition of his outstanding work in PBM.
The president’s award is presented annually at the international conference in recognition of those who have made outstanding medical, scientific and/or educational contributions to patient blood management. The award also recognizes contributions to the public good in the area of blood safety and the reduction of unnecessary transfusions.
Dr. Tibi has helped advance education among hospital clinicians regarding the benefits of proactively working to optimize a patient’s own blood, such as by managing anemia, achieving proper coagulation and implementing blood conservation techniques in the surgical setting. Thanks to Dr. Tibi and the PBM program coordinator at YRMC, patients are better informed about outcomes by optimizing their own blood health, the liquid organ responsible for so many vital functions.
“I’m honored to receive this award from SABM,” says Dr. Tibi. “It was a privilege to share on the international stage the innovative strategies we’ve created at YRMC for patient-centric care in the cardiac surgery setting, and when blood transfusion is not an option.”
The annual conference, which was held in Phoenix, brought together multidisciplinary health care professionals and global leaders in PBM to recognize and celebrate their work, and to share the latest research and advances in the field of blood management. The president’s award followed a speech from Anthony Torres, MD, President and CEO of Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center. Dr. Torres highlighted how advanced the practice of patient blood management has become at YRMC.
“The community wins when we win. The advancements we make in the hospital translate directly to patient care,” said Dr. Torres. “It was an honor to give a presentation about our service to the community on the same stage where Dr. Tibi received the president’s award from SABM.”
