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Office
200 Lothrop St
Rm A608
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-383-7498
Summary
- Dr. Lirong Qu, MD is a board certified pathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, and UPMC Mercy.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical Education/Institute for Transfusion MedicineFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2003 - 2004
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2000 - 2003
- Hubei Medical UniversityClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- WV State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
- American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsEarly and sustained improvement in fatigue-related quality of life following red blood cell transfusion in outpatientsRoberta Bruhn, Matthew S. Karafin, Joan F. Hilton, Zhanna Kaidarova, Bryan R. Spencer
Quality of Life Research. 2020-05-07 - 14 citationsThe impact of recipient factors on the lower‐than‐expected hemoglobin increment in transfused outpatients with hematologic diseasesMatthew S. Karafin, Roberta Bruhn, Nareg Roubinian, Dhuly Chowdhury, Lirong Qu
Transfusion. 2019-07-04 - 24 citationsTherapeutic impact of red blood cell transfusion on anemic outpatients: the RETRO study.Elizabeth St. Lezin, Matthew S. Karafin, Roberta Bruhn, Dhuly Chowdhury, Lirong Qu
Transfusion. 2019-06-01