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Office
525 E 68th St
# 69
New York, NY 10065Phone+1 646-253-2808Fax+1 212-746-3856
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2001 - 2005
Georgetown University School of MedicineClass of 2001
Duke UniversityAB, History
Certifications & Licensure
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2025
GA State Medical License 2003 - 2011- American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Safety and Effectiveness of Granulocyte Transfusions in Resolving Infection in People With Neutropenia (The RING Study) Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
- Red Cell Storage Duration Study Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
- Red Blood Cell - IMProving trAnsfusions for Chronically Transfused Recipients Start of enrollment: 2022 Mar 16
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 85 citationsImmune plasma for the treatment of severe influenza: an open-label, multicentre, phase 2 randomised studyJohn H. Beigel, Pablo Tebas, Marie-Carmelle Elie-Turenne, Ednan K. Bajwa, Todd Bell
The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 2017-06-01 - 112 citationsLeishmania major-infected murine langerhans cell-like dendritic cells from susceptible mice release IL-12 after infection and vaccinate against experimental cutaneous ...Esther von Stebut, Yasmine Belkaid, Bai V. Nguyen, Melissa M. Cushing, David L. Sacks
European Journal of Immunology. 2000-12-01 - 177 citationsConvalescent plasma for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: an open-label, randomized controlled trial.Philippe Bégin, Jeannie Callum, Erin Jamula, Richard J. Cook, Nancy M. Heddle
Nature Medicine. 2021-09-09
Journal Articles
- Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions with Venous Thromboembolism in a North American RegistryRuchika Goel, Beth Shaz, Ljiljana V Vasovic, Melissa M Cushing, Paul M Ness, Clifford M Takemoto, JAMA
Press Mentions
What Happens in the Blood Bank?October 1st, 2021- Large Study Finds Convalescent Plasma Doesn’t Help Seriously Ill COVID-19 PatientsSeptember 28th, 2021
- How UNH Students Date During COVID-19November 28th, 2020
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