Ryan A. Metcalf MD, CQA

Dr. Metcalf is Associate Medical Director of University Hospital Transfusion Services and ARUP Blood Services, Medical Director of the Immunohematology Reference Laboratory at ARUP, and Inpatient Chief Value Officer for the Department of Pathology. He completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine at Stanford University and is board certified in these disciplines. He also has expertise in quality management and is a Certified Quality Auditor.

Dr. Metcalf practices transfusion medicine and his specific interests include data-driven approaches to patient blood management, quality management, and value-based healthcare. He was previously Assistant Professor at the University of Washington where he helped build a new FDA-registered hospital-based transfusion service laboratory. He was recruited to the University of Utah and ARUP in 2017.

His research interests include the use of machine learning and data visualization techniques to predict and visualize patient blood management practice patterns and clinical patient outcomes. He is a member of the AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee, the AABB Patient Blood Management Standards Committee, and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Transfusion, Apheresis, and Cellular Therapy Committee.