Our Leadership
Northern New England
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E. Mary O’Neill, M.D. Dr. Mary O’Neill is Vice President for the American Red Cross Blood Services, Northeast Division, which includes the Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York-Penn, Northeastern Pennsylvania and Northern New England Regions. The Northeast Division collects approximately 953,000 units of whole blood and 117,500 platelet products on an annual basis, supplying blood to more than 338 hospitals. Dr. O’Neill was appointed Vice President of the Northeast Division in December of 2004; in March 2007, the Northeast Division merged with the former Empire-Keystone Division. Prior to her appointment, Dr. O’Neill served as CEO and Medical Director for the former New England Region. Dr. O’Neill has a medical degree from the University College Cork Medical School in Cork Ireland. She was a Resident in anatomical pathology at The Mallory Institute of Pathology in Boston, Massachusetts and clinical pathology, at the University Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. O’Neill served as the Registrar for the Blood Transfusion Service Board in Cork, Ireland and was a Fellow in clinical chemistry at the University Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. O’Neill is board certified in Anatomical Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. She is a Teaching Fellow and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Boston University School of Medicine, and had served an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pathology at Dartmouth Hitchcock School of Medicine in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Dr. O’Neill serves on a wide range of committees, contributing to more than 23 publications, and serving as a reviewer on industry journals. |
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Susan Parmer, R.N. Susan Parmer is a graduate of the University of Vermont School of Nursing and holds a B.A. in Anthropology from California State University at Long Beach. Susan started her nursing career at Maine Medical Center and at the University of California’s Irvine Medical Center. She joined the American Red Cross in 1980, beginning as a Staff Nurse and rising to Director of Vermont Operations in 1996. In this capacity she managed all aspects of blood collection and donor recruitment for the state of Vermont. In 2002, Susan became Senior Director, overseeing these functions for New Hampshire and western Massachusetts as well. In 2004, she accepted the position of Regional Director of Donor Services for the entire New England Region. In 2007, she was appointed CEO of the newly formed Northern New England Region comprised of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Susan and her team are known for their unconventional ways of recruiting donors and promoting Blood Services. |
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Patricia Pisciotto, M.D. Dr. Patricia Pisciotto joined the American Red Cross - Connecticut Blood Services Region as the medical director on November 1, 2005 and was appointed chief medical officer, Northeast Division in January 2007. Prior to oining the American Red Cross she served as the clinical director of Laboratory Medicine and Blood Bank/Hematology at the University of Connecticut Health Center - John Dempsey Hospital. She held the academic title of professor and interim chair for the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dental Medicine and presently maintains the title of professor emeritus. Dr. Pisciotto received her BS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. and her M.D. from Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y. She completed her training in Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Hospital, in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center/Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and in Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Center. She has pursued a career in transfusion medicine with special interest in pediatric transfusion therapy. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine. |
