Michael J. Lopatka, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, is the system manager of transfusion services at Geisinger Health System in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. He received his BS in medical technology from the University of Scranton and MS in Immunohematology from The George Washington University in Washington DC. Having spent 22 years in the Army as a laboratory and blood bank manager, Michael specializes in transfusion services operations. He is a voluntary transfusion services assessor for AABB and laboratory inspector for CAP.