J Peter Pelletier

J Peter R. Pelletier, M.D., FCAP, FASCP, is medical director of Transfusion Services at Shands UF Blood Bank. He also holds an appointment as clinical professor in the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine and Anesthesia in the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. Pelletier was a medical technologist graduating from the University of Connecticut before entering medical school at University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. His research interests are in the areas of pathogen reduction/inactivation, massive transfusion protocols’ blood program management/utilization, treatment of infectious disease with passive immunization, and use of alternative blood.