MatthewScottKarafinMD

Pathology • Chapel Hill, NC

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

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Office
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone+1 919-966-4676

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2007 - 2012
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2010 - 2011
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineClass of 2007

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2020 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2012 - 2021
PA State Medical License 2011 - 2012
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical
American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

28 citations
Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor in association with Noonan syndrome: pathobiological implications.
Karafin M, George I. Jallo, Michael Ayars, Charles G. Eberhart, Fausto J. Rodriguez
Clinical Neuropathology. 2011-11-01
26 citations
The use of plasma exchange in Hashimoto's encephalopathy: A case report and review of the literature.
Melissa K. Cook, Mark G. Malkin, Matthew S. Karafin
Journal of Clinical Apheresis. 2015-06-01
6 citations
Therapeutic plasma exchange in refractory warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Waseem Q. Anani, Jean Wucinski, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, Jerome L. Gottschall, Matthew S. Karafin
Transfusion. 2017-06-01

Journal Articles

Prevalence and Risk Factors for RBC Alloantibodies in Blood Donors in the Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study‐III (REDS‐III)
Matthew S Karafin, Darrell J Triulzi, Ronald G Hauser, Philip J Norris, Jeanne E Hendrickson, Jerome L Gottschall, Christopher A Tormey, Nareg H Roubinian, Transfusion

Abstracts/Posters

The Presence and Persistence of Pregnancy-Associated Red Blood Cell Alloantibodies in Blood Donors
Matthew Karafin, 61st Annual American Society of Hematology Meeting, Orlando, FL, 12/8/2019

Press Mentions

As Blood Supply Tightens, so Too Does MitigationSeptember 20th, 2022