Susan Galel
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pathology
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Blood Center 3373 Hillview Ave MC 5556 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 723-2597 Fax (650) 723-7803Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-2597Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Professional Education
| Residency: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1982) |
| Medical Education: | Harvard Medical School MA (1979) |
| Board Certification: | General Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1984) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics (1987) |
| MD: | Harvard Medical School, Medicine (1979) |
| BS: | University of Maryland, Biochemistry (1975) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Enhancement of transfusion safety and effectiveness, with a focus on donor screening for infectious diseases, quality assurance in blood banking and transfusion medicine, pediatric and adult transfusion therapy, and transfusion medicine education.
Publications
- Anti-Ge3 causes late-onset hemolytic disease of the newborn: the fourth case in three Hispanic families. Transfusion. 2012
- Frequency and specificity of the Trima Accel "verify WBCs" advisory: considerations for product management. Transfusion. 2012; (5): 995-1002
- Complement (C1q) fixing solid-phase screening for HLA antibodies increases the availability of compatible platelet components for refractory patients. Transfusion. 2011; (12): 2611-8
- Improving platelet supply chains through collaborations between blood centers and transfusion services. Transfusion. 2009; (10): 2040-7
- Feasibility of routine individual donation testing for West Nile virus RNA during epidemic season using the investigational Roche cobas TaqScreen West Nile virus test and cobas s 201 system prototype. Transfusion. 2008; (7): 1486-94
- Comparative yield of HCV RNA testing in blood donors screened by 2.0 versus 3.0 antibody assays. Transfusion. 2002; (11): 1507-13
