Deborah Batts Taffer

Background

Taffer, Deborah Batts was born on March 24, 1954 in Cairo, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Clyde Turner and Martha Rachel Batts.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Western Kentucky U., 1976; certified in medical technical, Lourdes Hospital, 1976.

Career

Electrocardiogram technical, Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, 1972, 74, 75; phlebotomist, Lourdes Hospital, 1976; staff technical, Lourdes Hospital, 1976-1978; staff technical, Marshall County Hospital, Benton, Kentucky, 1978; staff technical, Missouri Delta Community Hospital, Sikeston, Missouri, 1979; staff technologist, Western Bapt Hospital, Paducah, 1979-1980; blood bank supervisor, Western Bapt Hospital, 1980-1986; laboratory director, Western Bapt Hospital, since 1986.

Achievements

• Deborah Batts Taffer has been listed as a noteworthy Hospital laboratory director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member blood services committee Tennessee Valley region American Red Cross, Paducah, Kentucky, since 1986. Member American Society Medical Technologists (registered medical technologist), Kentucky Society Medical Technologists (western area director 1984-1985, board directors 1985-1988, New Member of Year award 1984), Paducah Area Medical Technologists Society (vice president 1983-1984).

Connections

Married Edward Bruce Taffer, June 12, 1957.

Father:

Clyde Turner Batts

Mother:

Martha Rachel Batts

Spouse:

Edward Bruce Taffer