James AuBuchon, M.D.

Professional Bio

Dr. AuBuchon is the President & CEO of Bloodworks Northwest. He oversees all aspects of the operation and is the primary face of the blood center with the community and our customers’ executives. He is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and in transfusion medicine.

Patient Care Bio

• Consultant on all transfusion service issues.

Awards & Honors

• NBF Scholar. National Blood Foundation, 1996
• Morton Grove-Rasmussen Memorial Award, Massachusetts Association of Blood Banks, 1998
• Richard J. Davey Lectureship, National Institutes of Health, 1999
• Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), 1999
• Dr. Robert Race Scientific Lecturer Award, South Central Association of Blood Banks, 2001
• Claes Högman Lectureship, Swedish Society of Transfusion Medicine, 2002
• Emily Cooley Memorial Award and Lectureship, American Association of Blood Banks, 2003
• Edwin C. Yoder Honor Lecturer, Franciscan Health System, Tacoma, Washington, 2004
• L. Jean Stubbins Lecturer, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 2005
• Bill T. Teague Lecturer, Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, Houston, May, 2006
• Petteway-Sheperd Award, North Carolina Association of Blood Bankers, September, 2006
• Third Annual Harold A. Oberman Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan, June, 2007
• Distinguished Service Award, College of American Pathologists, September, 2008
• Bill Stone Distinguished Lecturer, South Texas Blood and Tissue Center, San Antonio, October, 2008.
• Suzanne Ledine Lectureship and Award, California Blood Bank Society, Anaheim, April, 2010.
• James Blundell Award, British Blood Transfusion Society, Harrogate, England, September, 2012.

Current Appointments

• Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
• Medical Director, Hemophilia Care Program, Bloodworks Northwest
• Associate Member, Research Institute, Bloodworks Northwest
• Active Medical Staff Privileges: University of Washington Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA

Board Certified Specialties

• Professor of Medicine (Hematology) and of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Education

• MD | Medicine | University of Michigan, 1978
• BS | Molecular Biology | University of Michigan, 1973

Post-Doctoral Training & Residency

• 1978 – 1982, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Wisconsin

• 1982 – 1984, Transfusion Medicine Fellow, Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health