JohnD.RobackMDPhD

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Transplantation Immunology, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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Office
101 PO Box
# Woodruff
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 404-712-1774

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Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 1998 - 1999
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1996 - 1998
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1994 - 1996
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1994

Adverse Effects of RBC Transfusions: A Unifying Hypothesis Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Transfusion of Biotinylated Red Blood Cells Start of enrollment: 2017 Jan 11
Completed
Phase 1
Red Blood Cell Survival in Sickle Cell Disease Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 29
Recruiting
Phase 1

PubMed

14 citations
Multiplatform analyses reveal distinct drivers of systemic pathogenesis in adult versus pediatric severe acute COVID-19.
Samuel Druzak, Elizabeth Iffrig, Blaine R Roberts, Tiantian Zhang, Kirby S Fibben
Nature Communications. 2023-04-04
31 citations
Determinants of Neutralizing Antibody Response After SARS CoV-2 Vaccination in Patients With Myeloma.
Ajay K Nooka, Uma Shanmugasundaram, Narayana Cheedarla, Hans Verkerke, Venkata V Edara
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2022-09-10
18 citations
Impaired SARS-CoV-2 Variant Neutralization and CD8+ T-cell Responses Following 3 Doses of mRNA Vaccines in Myeloma: Correlation with Breakthrough Infections.
Maryam I Azeem, Ajay K Nooka, Uma Shanmugasundaram, Narayanaiah Cheedarla, Sayalee Potdar
Blood Cancer Discovery. 2023-03-01

Journal Articles

Multiple Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions Misinterpreted as Severe Vaso‐Occlusive Crisis in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease
Cheryl L Maier, John D Roback, Sean R Stowell, Transfusion
Stability of Anti‐A Blood Group Titers Among Blood Group B Renal Transplant Candidates
John D Roback, Abigail L Goodman, Reuben P Jacob, Scott M Krummey, Transfusion

Lectures

Integrated Microfluidic Automated Particle Tracking Enables High-Throughput Cell Deformability Cytometry for Red Cell Disorders
2018 ASH Annual Meeting - San Diego, CA - 12/1/2018

Quanterix Hosts Webinar with Leading Pathologist from Emory Medical LaboratoriesSeptember 20th, 2021
Quanterix to Host Webinar with Leading Pathologist from Emory Medical Laboratories: “COVID-19 Testing in a Residential University Setting: Implementation, Insights, and Learnings”September 10th, 2021
Female Blood Donors Linked to Better Outcomes for Transfused Preterm InfantsSeptember 3rd, 2021
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Training Grant In Transfusion Medicine (T32)National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2012
Serious Hazards Of Transfusion &Cellular Therapies: Mechanisms And InterventionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011
Adverse Effects Of RBC Transfusions: A Unifying HypothesisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2011
Novel Devices For Rapid Blood Compatibility TestingNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2008–2010
Vaccine-Enhanced DLI To Prevent Cancer Recurrence After Stem Cell TransplantationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006
Automated High-Throughput Detection Anti-Hla AntibodiesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2006
Allogeneic BMT And Adoptive Antiviral ImmunotherapyNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2005
Rapid Quantitation Of Residual Wbcs In Filtered BloodNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004
Novel Devices For Rapid Blood Compatibility TestingNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2003–2004
Novel Devices For Rapid Blood Compatibility TestingNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2001
Nerve Growth Factor Expression In The Developing BrainNational Institute Of Mental Health1991–1993