1Professor, Trauma Program and Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2Professor, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
3Professor, Department of Surgery, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
4Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
5Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Washington
6Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine
sevenProfessor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas San Antonio Health Sciences Center
8Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
9Professor, Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
tenProfessor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington
11Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas San Antonio Health Sciences Center
12Professor, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco–Fresno
13Professor, Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
14Professor, Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
15Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
16Professor, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University
17Professor, Department of Surgery, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Conflicts of interest: Philip C. Spinella, MD – Consultant for Hemanext, Cerus, Haima and Secure Transfusion Services. Co-founder and board member of Kalocyte. John R. Hess, MD, MPH – Consultant, Hemerus; LLC, shareholder, Medcura, Inc.
Author contribution statement: Documentary research, writing, critical review: DMS, JSU, DHL, JA, EMB, MJC, BJE, MJF, OG, JRH, DHJ, KLK, MLN, PCS, BLZ, DZ, RC
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