IraAndrewShulmanMD

Pathology • Los Angeles, CA

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Director of USC Transfusion Medicine Services Group; Director of Laboratories at LAC+USC Medical Center

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Office
1500 San Pablo St
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Phone+1 323-442-2582

Fax+1 323-442-2588

Summary

I am Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology at Keck School of Medicine of USC. My duties include being Director of the USC Transfusion Medicine Group and Director of Laboratories and Pathology at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. I received my BA from UCLA (graduating summa cum laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa), my medical degree from the USC School of Medicine (elected to AOA), and I completed my Pathology residency and blood banking/transfusion medicine fellowship at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.  

I am author or co-author of more than 150 papers, monographs, and books and book chapters, most of which deal with the clinical and laboratory practice of transfusion medicine and I have been active in the California Blood Bank Society (CBBS), the AABB, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American  Pathologists (CAP), and the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM).

I served as chair of state and national organizations’ committees, including AABB's Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee, CAP's Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee, ASCP's Council on Transfusion Medicine. I served as president of CBBS, and on the board of directors of the AABB and SABM.   The CBBS and the AABB have recognized me for contributions to the field of transfusion medicine as a recipient of the CBBS 'Owen F. Thomas, MD Award' and the AABB 'Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award'.

I helped create the Transfusion Medicine Blog 'e-Network Forum' <http://cbbsweb.org/enf/index.php> which was a moderated transfusion medicine BLOG with an international audience.  

Most recently, I served on a California Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Advisory workgroup that focused on Resource Stewardship of blood product utilization.

My wife (Nadine) and I enjoy living in Mar Vista (West Los Angeles), California within a short distance of our two daughters, our daughters’ husbands, and our four fantastic grand kids.

Education & Training

University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 1979 - 1980
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Residency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1976 - 1979
University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Preliminary Year, 1975 - 1976
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1975
University of CaliforniaBA, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1976 - 2027
American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
American Board of Pathology Blood Banking
American Board of PathologyImmunohematology/Transfusion Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Leadership American Association of Blood Banks, 2010
Outstanding Medical Eduation 2010
Oustanding Inspector College of American Pathologist’s Accreditation, 2009, 2010
Top Physicians 2008
Who’s Who in America 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
America’s Registry of Outstanding Professionals 2006, 2007
Outsanding Intellectual 2004
Who’s Who in the World 2004
International Scientist of the year 2004
International Health Professional of the Year 2003
Who’s Who in Science and Engineering 2002, 2003
Lifetime Achievement Outstanding Service California Blood Bank Society, 2000
Resident Teaching Award in Clinical Pathology Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997
ASCP Distinguished Service Commission on Continuing Education, 1995
American Men and Women of Science 1994
Distinguished Speaker Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, 1990
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership 1988
Who's Who in California 1986
Commended Alumnus USC School of Medicine, 1985
Service Recognition Society of Air Force Physicians Assistants, 1984
FIrst Place Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity Research Symposium, 1979
First Place Los Angeles Pathology Society Residents Research Symposium, 1979
Outstanding Teaching USC School of Medicine, 1977
Alpha Omega Alpha 1975
Research Award USC Medical School, 1972
Phi Beta Kappa UCLA, 1971
Summa Cum Laude UCLA, 1971
Who Among Executives and Professionals
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare 2002-2007
Class Agent USC Alumni Annual Fund, 1995-1996
Reagent Scholar University of California, 1969-1971
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

60 citations
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia With Both Cold and Warm Autoantibodies
Ira A. Shulman, Donal R. Branch, Janice M. Nelson, Joseph C. Thompson, Sunita Saxena
JAMA. 1985-03-22
11 citations
When should antibody screening tests be done for recently transfused patients
Ira A. Shulman, Janice M. Nelson, Roland K. Nakayama
Transfusion. 1990-01-01
106 citations
Practice parameter for the use of red blood cell transfusions: developed by the Red Blood Cell Administration Practice Guideline Development Task Force of the College ...
Toby L. Simon, Dale C. Alverson, James P. AuBuchon, Barbara J. Barrett, E. Shannon Cooper
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 1998-01-30

Journal Articles

Renal cell carcinoma presenting as a muscle mass.
Chandler, R, Shulman IA, Moore R, Clin. Orthoped and Related Diseases 1979; l45:227-229
Herpes gestationis in association with a hydatidiform mole, immunopathological studies.
Tindall JG, Rea TH, Shulman IA, Quismorio FP, Arch. Dermatol. 1981; ll7:5l0-5l2
Demyelination with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis of the CNS.
Miller C, Shulman IA, Taylor C, Acta Neuropathol. 1981;54:l53-l55
The Starr- Edwards aortic ball valve: Flow characteristics, thrombus formation, and tissue overgrowth.
Yoganathan AP, Reamer HH, Corcoran WH, Harrison EC, Shulman IA, Parnassus W, Art. Organs 1981;5(l):6-l7
ABO incompatibility missed by saline immediate spin compatibility testing.
Shulman IA, Transfusion 1981;2l:469-47l
Thimerosal dependent cell agglutination: a newly described blood bank problem.
Shulman IA, Hasz L, Simpson R, Transfusion 1982;22:24l-243
Histocompatibility antigens in sympathetic ophthalmia.
Reynard M, Shulman IA, Azen S, Minckler D, Am J. Ophthalmol. 1983;95:2l6-22l
Reticuloendothelial cell function in alpha-methyldopa induced hemolytic anemia.
Branch D, Gallagher M, Shulman IA, Mison A, Hian A, Petz L, Vox Sang. 1983;45:278-287
Neonatal exchange transfusions complicated by transfusion malaria.
Shulman IA, Saxena S, Nelson JM, Furmanski M, Pediatrics 1984;73:330-332
Two distinct categories of warm antibody reactivity with age fractionated red cells.
Branch D, Shulman IA, Sy Siok Hian AL, Petz LD, Blood 1984;63:l77-l80
A new subgroup of group B blood.
Wheeler D, Nelson JM, Shulman IA, Okamoto M, Blood 1984;63:7ll-7l3
The routine use of an abbreviated crossmatch.
Shulman IA, Nelson JM, Saxena S, Thompson J, Kent D, Okamoto M, Nakayama R, Am.J. Clin. Pathol. 1984;82:l78-l8l
Thimerosal dependent agglutination complicating the serologic evaluation for unexpected antibodies.
Shulman IA, Simpson R, Farmer C, Lam H-T, Transfusion 1984;24:365-367
DTT modified RBCs: a new approach to the identification of antibodies directed at high frequency Kell and Cartwright antigens.
Shulman IA, Nelson JM, Lam H-T, Meyer E, Okamoto M, Lab. Med. 1984;l5:607-608
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia with both cold and warm autoantibodies.
Shulman IA, Branch RB, Nelson JM, Thompson JC, Saxena S, Petz LD, JAMA 1985;253:l746-l748
Experience with a cost effective crossmatch protocol.
Shulman IA, Nelson JM, Kent DR, Jacobs V, Nakayama R, Malone SA, JAMA 1985;254:93-95
The dependence of anti-JKa detection on screening cell zygosity.
Shulman IA, Nelson JM, Okamoto M, Malone SA, Lab. Med. 1985;l6:602-604
The staphylococcal protein A column; correlation of mitogenicity of perfused plasma with clinical response.
Bertram JH, Grunberg SM, Shulman IA, Apuzzo ML, et al, Cancer Res. 1986;45:4486-4494
Two examples of low ionic strength- dependent autoagglutinins with anti-Pr specificity.
O'Neill P, Shulman IA, Simpson R, Halima D, Garratty G, Vox Sang 1986;50:l07-lll
An explanation for non-immunologic adsorption of proteins onto red blood cells; Schiff's base reactions.
Jamin D, Demers J, Shulman IA, Lam H-T, Momparier R, Blood 1986;67:993-996
The use of pooled antibody screening red cells during pretransfusion compatibility testing.
Shulman IA, Kiyabu M, Nelson JM, Okamoto M, Lam H-T, Meyer E, Lab. Med. 1986;l7:407-408
The pros and cons of the abbreviated crossmatch.
Shulman IA, Nelson JM, J. Med. Technol.1986;7:417 419
Blood bank serologic problems caused by human thrombin.
Shulman IA, Meyer E, Nakano F, Seymour M, Kent D, Ching J, J. Med. Technol. 1986;8:455-456
Rhesus Du incompatibility in a newborn without hemolytic disease: a possible role for the mononuclear phagocyte system in the benign clinical course.
Perez D, Cohen DW, Shulman IA, Branch DR, Vox Sang 1986;51:341-343
Life saving incompatible blood transfusion.
Thompson J, Shulman I, Nelson J, Okamoto M, Lab. Med. 1987;18:385 387
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Books/Book Chapters

Bacterial and Parasitic Contamination of Blood Components.
Chapter: Transmission of T. cruzi Infection by Blood Transfusion
Shulman IAEditors: Brecher ME.AABB Press, Bethesda, MD
Clinical Practice of Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Surgical Blood Ordering, Blood Shortage Situations, and Emergency Transfusions
Shulman IA, Spence RK, Petz LDEditors: Petz LD, Swisher SN, Kleinman S, Spence RK, and Strauss RG.Churchill Livingstone, New YorkEdition 3,
Principles of Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Transmission of Parasitic Infections by Blood Transfusion
Shulman IAEditors: Rossi EC,et.al.BaltimoreEdition 2,
Encylopedia of Human Biology.
Chapter: Blood Supply Testing for Infectious Diseases
Shulman IAEditors: Dulbecco.Academic Press, San Diego
Pathology Patterns.
Chapter: Practical Solutions to Practical Problems in Tranfusion Medicine and Tissue Banking
Linder J, Shulman IA, Hilborne LH, Wayne WGASCP Press, Chicago
Current Diagnosis 9.
Chapter: Transfusion Reactions
Dastghaib H, Shulman IAEditors: Conn RB.Saunders Co, Philadelphia
Encyclopedia of Human Biology. vol2.
Chapter: Blood Supply Testing for Infectious Diseases
Shulman IAAcademic Press, San Diego CAEdition 2,
Trauma Management.
Chapter: Transfusion Therapy
Page 636 - 645Wehrli G, Shulman IAEditors: Demetriades, D and Asensio, JA.Landes Bioscience, Georgetown
Rossi’s Principles of Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Transmission of Parasitic Infections by Blood Transfusion
Shulman IA, Haimowitz MEditors: Simon TL.Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 3,
Conn's Current Therapy 2003.
Chapter: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Shulman IA, Downes KEditors: Rakel and Bope.WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia
Clinical Practice of Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Red Cell Compatibility Testing: Clinical Significance and Laboratory Methods
Shulman IA, Petz LDEditors: Petz LD, Swisher SN, Kleinman S, Spence RK, and Strauss RG.Churchill Livingstone, New York
Transfusion-Free Medicine and Surgery.
Chapter: Transfusion Therapy – Balancing the Risks and Benefits
Yomtovian R, Downes K, Shulman IAEditors: Jabbour N.Blackwell Publishing
Perioperative Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Serious Acute Transfusion Reactions
Shulman IA, Shander AEditors: Spiess BD, Spence RK, Shander A.Lippincott, Williams and WilkinsEdition 2,
Conn's Current Therapy 2006.
Chapter: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Page 468 - 478Downes KA, Shulman IAEditors: Rakel and Bope.WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia
Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine.
Chapter: Blood Donation and Collection
Zeger G, Selogie E, Shulman IAEditors: Hillyer CD, Silberstein LE, Ness PM, Anderson KC, Roback JD.Churchill LivingstonEdition 2,
Technical Manual.
Chapter: Pretransfusion Testing
Downes KA, Shulman IAEditors: Roback JD, Combs MR, Grossman BJ, Hillyer CD.AABB Press, Bethesda, MarylandEdition 16,
Technical Manual.
Chapter: Pretransfusion Testing
Downes KA, Shulman IAEditors: Roback JD, et al.AABB Press, Bethesda, MarylandEdition 17,
Technical Manual.
Chapter: Pretransfusion Testing
Downes KA, Shulman IAEditors: Fung M, et al.AABB Press, Bethesda, Maryland
Transfusion Service.
Chapter: Managing Hazards
Page 25 - 27Shulman IAEditors: Anstall H, Blaylock R, Craven C.
Clinical Chemistry.
Chapter: Transfusion Therapy, Clinical Principles and Practice.
Page 2044 - 2045Shulman IAEditors: Paul Mintz.
Immunohematology Check Sample.
Chapter: The abbreviated crossmatch
Shulman IAASCP
Problem Solving in Immunohematology.
Shulman IA, Calhoun AASCP Press, Chicago, ILEdition 4,
The Transfusion Committee: Putting Patient Safety First.
Saxena S, Shulman IAAABB Press, Bethesda, Maryland
Collected Questions and Answers.
Brecher ME, McLannan L, Stevens WT, Shulman IAAABB PressEdition 10,
Getting started in blood management (a primer).
AuBuchon JP, Puca K, Saxena S, Shulman IA, Waters JHAABB Press
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Abstracts/Posters

Practical solutions to practical problems in transfusion medicine and tissue banking.
Shulman IA, AJCP
Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Chagas Disease: The Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Experience.
Shulman IA, NIH consensus Development Conference on infectious disease testing for blood transfusions
A new simple method to assess menstrual blood loss using a grid - research in progress.
Shin EH, Mitani G, Harrison EC, Gill M, Shulman IA, Abstracts of the Western States Conference for Pharmacy Residents, Fellows, and Preceptors
Report from the first multidisciplinary cost of blood consensus (COBCON) working group to establish standard methodology.
Broder M, Aledort LM, Busch MP, Custer B, Fergusson DA, Goodnough LT, Hendler RS, Hofmann A, Klein HG, Louie JE, Page PL, Sazama K, Shander A, Shulman IA, Spence RK, S..., ISPOR 9th Annual International Meeting, May 16-19, 2004, Arlington, Virginia
Impact of platelet transfusion ratio in massively transfused trauma patients. Paper #11.
Inaba K, Lustenberger T, Rhee P, Holcomb JB, Blackbourne L, Shulman I, Nelson J, Talving P, Demetriades, 68th American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Meeting, The Hilton Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Identification and evaluation of explanted heart valve prosthesis.
Harrison E, Shulman IA, et al, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Update on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Shulman IA, Meyer P, A Home Education Course for the Dental Professional. Healthwatch, Los Angeles, CA
Update on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Shulman IA, Meyer P, A Home Education Course for the Dental Professional. Healthwatch, Los Angeles, CA
Update on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Shulman IA, Meyer P, A Home Education Course for the Nursing Professional. Healthwatch, Los Angeles, CA
Pitfalls of the immediate spin crossmatch.
Meyer E, Lam H-T, Shulman IA, Tech. Sample No. I-6, 1986. American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Chicago, Illinois
Controversies in compatibility testing.
Shulman IA, AABB Annual Seminar
Strategies for the prevention of transfusion transmitted Chagas' Disease.
Shulman IA, Appleman M, Saxena S, CBBS Today 1990;8(2):19-22, University of Southern California Medical Center
Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Chagas Disease.
Shulman IA, Blood Safety & Screening, Cambridge Healthtech Institute, University of Southern California Medical Center
Iron deficiency anemia: a medically treatable chronic anemia as a model for transfusion overuse.
Saxena S, Rabinowitz A, Johnson C, Shulman IA, American Journal of Medicine 1993;94:120-124
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 1998 Set J-A.
Sazama K, Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 1998 Set J-B.
Shulman IA, Sazama K, Interlaboratory Comparison Program, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 2001 Set J-A.
Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 2001 Set DAT-A.
Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Current PreTransfusion Testing Practices. JCME1-A Transfusion Medicine Continuing Education Module.
Downes K, Shulman IA, Current Pretransfusion Testing Practicies, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Prevention of Acute Fatal Transfusion Reactions. JCME1-A Transfusion Medicine Continuing Education Module.
Downes K, Harrison CR, Osby MA, Rodwig FR, Sherman LA, Shulman IA, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Prevention of Acute Fatal Transfusion Reactions. JCME1-B Transfusion Medicine Continuing Education Module.
Downes K, Harrison CR, Osby MA, Rodwig FR, Sherman LA, Shulman IA, College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Platelet Transfusions. Transfusion Medicine Continuing Education Module.
Shulman IA, Fung M, Educational Challenge. College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
A Comprehensive Assessment Program to Improve Blood Administering Practices Using FOCUS-PDCA Model.
Saxena S, Ramer L, Shulman IA, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services – DHS Patient Safety Seminar. Los Angeles
Critical Laboratory Value Notification – A failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA).
Saxena S, Kempf R, Wilcox S, Shulman IA, Wong L, Cunningham G, Vega E, Hall S, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services – DHS Patient Safety Seminar. Los Angeles
The transfusion services committee – responsibilities and response to adverse transfusion events.
Shulman IA, Saxena S, Hematology 2005 – American Society of Hematology Education Program Book pages 483-490
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Lectures

Blood Groups, Blood Antibodies.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1989-2000
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia and Alloimmune Hemolytic Disease.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1982-2000
Atherosclerosis.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1982-1997
Adverse Reactions to Blood Transfusions.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1983-2000
Blood Component Therapy.
Multiple Locations, 1983-2000
Basic Mechanisms of Disease MDL instruction.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1975-2000
Cardiovascular System MDL instruction.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1981-1997
Cardiovascular pathology.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1983-1991
Preparation for clinical clerkships General Pathology for Cytology Students.
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Pathology of the cervix.
University of Southern California School of Medicine, 1975-1979
Pathology of the intestine.
University of Southern California School of Medicine
Pathology of inheritance.
USC School of Pharmacy, 1978-1979
Pathology of drugs.
USC School of Pharmacy
Pathology of the blood.
USC School of Pharmacy
Pathology of malnutrition.
USC School of Pharmacy, 1978-1979
Blood Component Therapy-Red Cell Products.
USC School of Pharmacy, 1987, 1988
Quality Control in the Blood Bank.
USC School of Pharmacy, 1987, 1988
Compatibility testing.
Multiple Locations, 1986, 1989
Transfusion Transmitted Chagas Disease.
Multiple Locations, 1997, 2003
Acute Blood Loss.
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Transfusion of uncrossmatched blood in emergencies and partially crossmatched blood as a routine.
American Society of Clinical Pathologists. 1985-1988
Current concepts in immune hemolytic disease.
Multiple Location, 1985-1990
Effective Laboratory Services in the Face of Funding Cuts: Strategies and Tactics.
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Strategies for the safe transfusion of crossmatch incompatible blood.
American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1986-1988
Cost effective blood banking.
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
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Other

Recent changes in Standards, 12th edition.
Shulman IA, Inspector's Quarterly 1987;1(3):1-2
Q & A the Webmaster Way.
Shulman IA, CBBS Today Fall 1999, pages 38-41
Troubleshooting a problem with hemolyzed units of leukoreduced RBCs
Shulman IA, CBBS e- network forum. CBBS Today Spring 2002, pages 17-21
RBC Transfusions for a patient with ITP who is receiving IV anti-D therapy.
Shulman IA, CBBS e- network forum. CBBS Today Fall 2002, pages 46-49
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 2002 Set DAT-A.
Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program. College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Does the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) require hospitals to have a transfusion committee?
Shulman IA, CBBS Today Sprint 2003, pages 18-19
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey, 2004 Set JAT-A.
Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program
College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
Protocols for ‘identifying’ unidentified trauma patients needing emergency transfusion.
Shulman IA, CBBS Today 2004 Spring
Emerging concepts in the mechanism of hemostasis: Impact on the practice of transfusion of Fresh Frozen Plasma.
Shulman IA, Issues in Hemostasis Management 2004: Vol 1 No. 1 p 1-2
Selection of compatible Red Cells for a patient with anti-M.
Shulman IA, CBBS Today Spring 2005 pages 63-64
Comprehensive Transfusion Medicine Survey 2008 Set JAT-A.
Downes KA, Shulman IA, Interlaboratory Comparison Program
College of American Pathologists. Northfield, IL
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Professional Memberships

American Association of Blood Banks
Member
College of American Pathologists - CAP
Fellow