Patrick Monaghan, Ph.D., C.L.S., research professor in the department of anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, was chosen to receive the U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) Lifetime Achievement Award.
He received the award at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks and Cellular Therapy and Transfusion Medicine Expo held on October 9, 2010, in Baltimore, Md. Presentation was made by the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, M.D., Ph.D. Schoomaker is also the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command.
The purpose of this award is to recognize a retired member of the military blood banking community who has made exceptional contributions to the ASBP over a minimum of 20 years.
Dr. Monaghan began his distinguished military career in 1961 when he enlisted as a hospital corpsman. He completed his active military service 27 years later at the rank of Commander and assistant dean for graduate and continuing education at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) located in Bethesda, Md.