NORCROSS, Ga., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Immucor, Inc. , a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today announced that Paul D. Mintz, M.D. has been appointed to its board as a new independent director, effective January 1, 2010.
Dr. Mintz has served on numerous national and regional boards and committees throughout his career for such agencies and organizations as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Blood Foundation and the AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks). He is a past president of AABB and served for several years on its FDA Advisory Committee, including as past chair.
Dr. Mintz was a recipient of a Transfusion Medicine Academic Award from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 journal articles in blood banking and transfusion medicine.
About Immucor
Founded in 1982, Immucor manufactures and sells a complete line of reagents and systems used by hospitals, reference laboratories and donor centers to detect and identify certain properties of the cell and serum components of blood prior to transfusion. Immucor markets a complete family of automated instrumentation for all of its market segments. For more information on Immucor, please visit our website at www.immucor.com.
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