POWER OF ATTORNEY



             Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints each of Judi Irving, Chief Executive Officer,

Robert Chilton, Chief Financial  Officer, and JoAnn Mannise, Corporate

Secretary, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact to:



(a) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

        undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of

        HemaCare Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in

        accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act

        of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



(b) execute and submit for and on behalf of the undersigned Form

        ID of the Securities and Exchange Commission to obtain

        personal code numbers for the electronic filing of reports;



(c) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedule 13D or

        Schedule 13G, or any amendment thereto, in accordance with

        Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the

        rules thereunder;



(d) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the

        undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete

        and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, Form ID, or Schedule

        13D or 13G, complete and execute any amendment or amendments

        thereto, and file such form with the United States

        Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or

        similar authority; and



(e) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection

        with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-

        in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the interest of, or

        legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood

        that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on

        behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney

        shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and

        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such

        attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact

full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing

whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise

of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents

and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally

present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby

ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or

cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and

powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the

undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 or

Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 or

Schedule 13D or 13G with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of

Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of October, 2003.



/s/ Steven B. Gerber

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Steven B. Gerber