Cynthia Flickinger received a BS degree in Health Sciences at the University of Delaware; 10 years later she obtained ASCP certification as an SBB. Ms. Flickinger worked for more than 20 years as a blood bank technologist in local hospitals and facilities, including the Blood Bank of Delmarva, ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital, and Nemours Children’s Hospital. From 1993 to 2001, Ms. Flickinger also instructed the Medical Technology students in blood banking at the University of Delaware. In 2001, Ms. Flickinger joined the Penn-Jersey Region of the American Red Cross in the National Reference Laboratory for Blood Group Serology (NRLBGS). In this role, Ms. Flickinger developed a continuing education curriculum for training laboratory staff in blood banking, which was provided to the Red Cross Immunohematology Reference Laboratories (IRLs) as well as marketed to non-Red Cross facilities. Ms. Flickinger undertook the roles of Managing Editor of the Red Cross journal, Immunohematology, and Manager of the American Rare Donor Program (ARDP) in 2004; and was promoted to Supervisor of the National Reference Laboratory for Specialized Testing (NRLST) in 2006. Ms. Flickinger received the Tiffany Award for her managing of the ARDP in 2006 and the Michigan Association of Blood Banks Kay Beattie Lectureship Award in 2012. In 2012, Ms. Flickinger was promoted to Director of the Penn-Jersey IRL. Between 2001 and 2015, Ms. Flickinger presented at more than 20 seminars, meetings, conferences, and continuing educational programs and authored or co-authored more than 30 publications. Ms. Flickinger resigned her position as IRL Director in 2015 to assume a position as a Clinical Study Monitor at Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics in Newark, DE. Ms. Flickinger retained her position as Managing Editor of Immunohematology, which she holds today.
