Malcolm Needs ★ Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 It is with huge regret that I have heard today of the death of the great John Judd. Mrasmus1, Ensis01 and Cliff 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donellda Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 This is sad news. Being from Windsor, Ontario, just across the border from Detroit, I had the pleasure of attending several of his lectures in both Detroit and Ann Arbor. He was also one of my instructors for the MABB SBB lecture series. I remember our class wandering through the halls of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor with him, looking for coffee during one of our lectures. He made the classes enjoyable for sure. He will be missed. May he rest in peace Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnv Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 That is very said news. He was a great leader in Transfusion Medicine. We all have fond memories of him. As a Navy SBB Fellow, we would attend the Univ of Michigan seminars and John Judd would spend time talking with us about different issues we had at our medical centers. He really gave a personal touch that was greatly appreciated. He will definitely be missed. Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMcCord Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I had the pleasure of attending an AABB session with Drs John Case and John Judd on the panel. Amazing session. Very knowledgeable gentlemen with wonderful wit and humor. Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John C. Staley Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Very sad to hear this. I spent, what I consider, a great deal of time with John and enjoyed every minute and learned more than I remember from him. The highlight was when I ran across him in Vienna in 2000. I was presenting a poster on automation in the transfusion service and he was attending as well. We had a most delightful conversation. In my estimation he was one of the great ones. It was his papers on dropping the autocontrol from pretransfusion testing that convinced my medical director that it would be ok for us as well. Thanks John Judd, you are fondly remembered. Thank you Malcolm for letting us know. Was he residing in the UK? I lost track of him when he retired. Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Needs ★ Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Was he residing in the UK? I lost track of him when he retired. Not as far as I know John. John C. Staley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exlimey Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 On 12/3/2021 at 5:59 PM, John C. Staley said: Was he residing in the UK? I lost track of him when he retired. He passed peacefully in his home near Wilmington, NC. donellda, Malcolm Needs and John C. Staley 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papapablo Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I had the honor and the pleasure to have him as a speaker on two of our TSC's: wonderful and lovely memories. Malcolm Needs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicolePCanada Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 My favourite John Judd quote from a University of Michigan Symposium I heard him at. "Phenotypically matched RBC units for a corpse is not a medical breakthrough." If the patient needs blood get them blood, worry about the rest later. RIP John Judd donellda, exlimey, Cliff and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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