NeilBlumbergMD

Hematology • Rochester, NY

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine

Director, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Bank Director, Stem Cell Processing Laboratory

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Office
601 Elmwood Ave
# Univ
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone+1 585-275-9656

Fax+1 585-273-3002

Summary

I am a laboratory hematologist focusing on transfusion medicine and supportive care for patients undergoing stem cell and solid organ transplants. Our group has pioneered clinical outcomes studies in transfusion therapy, and contributed to discoveries that transfusions are being overutilized, are less efficacious and much more toxic than appreciated. My continuing laboratory research interests are in transfusion and platelet immunology/biology.

Education & Training

Yale-New Haven HospitalResidency, Laboratory Medicine/Hematology/Transfusion Medicine, 1975 - 1978
Yale University School of MedicineMD, Medicine, 1970 - 1975
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1975
Yale UniversityGraduate School, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1970 - 1973
Yale CollegeBS, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1967 - 1970

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1980 - 2026
American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology

Clinical Trials

Washed Versus Standard Blood Cell Transfusions in Pediatric Open Heart Surgery Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Use of Cell Salvage Post-operatively in Infants to Decrease Use of Allogeneic Blood Product Transfusions Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A commentary on the optimal red blood cell transfusion threshold in acute leukemia patients.
Akua Asante, Phuong-Lan Nguyen, Neil Blumberg
Blood Transfusion = Trasfusione Del Sangue. 2023-11-04
1 citations
Reduction of anti-A and anti-B isoagglutinin titers of group O whole blood units employing an ABO antibody immune adsorption column.
Gaurav K Gupta, Kelly Henrichs, Kurt Nilsson, Stephen Wagner, Bethany Brown
Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2023-06-01
Association of crystalloid fluid infusion with intravascular hemolysis and organ dysfunction in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients.
Melissa R Holloway, Thomas Fountaine, Kelly Henrichs, Tate Feeney, Jeffrey Andolina
Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 2023-06-01

Press Mentions

5 Surprising Reasons Why You Should Donate BloodFebruary 10th, 2024

External Links

Home webpagehttps://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/23058255-neil-blumberg