Ronald O. Gilcher, MD, FACP
Scientific Advisory Board, Inner Reach®
Board Member Director
Medical Director Emeritus, Oklahoma Blood Institute

Expertise: transfusion medicine, hematology, internal medicine and oncology
Ronald O. Gilcher, M.D., F.A.C.P, is a hematologist, internist and transfusion medicine physician. After serving in the military in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, Dept. of Hematology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. from 1968 to 1971 as a Major in the U.S. Army, Dr. Gilcher joined the Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh as Assistant Medical Director and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. Following these appointments, in 1979 he became the President, CEO, and Medical Director of the Sylvan N. Goldman Center, Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) in Oklahoma City, OK until December, 2006 when he retired and became Medical Director Emeritus of OBI.

Dr Gilcher has served in academic appointments early in his career at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, and then as an Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Clinical Associate Professor at the College of Medicine of the University of Oklahoma, appointments which continue today. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine for Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine for Hematology.

The recipient of numerous honors, he was appointed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to serve on the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability; elected and served for four years to the Hematology, Blood & Blood Products Expert Committee by U.S. Pharmacopoeia Council of Experts; awarded the Thomas F. Zuck Lifetime Achievement Award by America’s Blood Centers for the year 2003 and the recipient of the Bernice Hemphill Award of AABB for Outstanding Blood Center Administrator 1995; and the Centennial Award presented by Oklahoma University College of Medicine, Department of Pathology for Dr. Gilcher's many years of dedicated service to pathology and patient care in the State of Oklahoma.

The Association of Donor Recruitment Professionals (ADRP) created an award in honor of Dr. Gilcher. The award is given to those demonstrating outstanding support and commitment to donor recruitment. In 2004, Dr Gilcher was selected as the Award of Merit Winner in the Professional Health Care category of Champions of Health Awards sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the Oklahoma Hospital Association and the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association. And perhaps one of his most beloved honors was receipt of The Don F. Rhinehart Medical Service Award received at the Oklahoma County Medical Society Inaugural Dinner in February, 2007 and named for his, now deceased, dear friend, colleague, and mentor, Don F. Rhinehart, M.D.

Dr. Gilcher holds a B.S degree in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh (1960) and a Doctor of Medicine degree from The Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia (1963). Postgraduate medical education included a Straight Internship in Medicine and Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Pittsburgh, Health Center Hospitals and a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Fellowship in Hematology at the University of Pittsburgh. He holds active medical licenses in the states of Oklahoma and California and inactive licenses in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Dr Gilcher serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Inner Reach^® Corporation and continues to assist other medical and scientific boards and committees in hematology, transfusion medicine, and health areas. Dedicated to the health of humanity, Dr Gilcher continues his work as a champion of public health, health preservation, and disease prevention and delay.