Amena Usmani, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department Pathology
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Education
- Medical School
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2011)
- Residency
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2015), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center (2016), Blood Banking/transfusion Medicine
Research Interest
- Solid Organ Transplantation
- Therapeutic Apheresis
- Therapeutic Apheresis in the Treatment of Solid Organ Rejection
- Therapeutic Apheresis in Transplant Desensitization
Publications
Featured Publications
- Comparison of low fixed dose versus standard-dose rituximab to treat thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the acute phase and preemptively during remission.
- Reddy MS, Hofmann S, Shen YM, Nagalla S, Rambally S, Usmani A, Sarode R, Transfus. Apher. Sci. 2020 Jul 102885
- Excellent response to therapeutic plasma exchange in myasthenia gravis patients irrespective of antibody status.
- Usmani A, Kwan L, Wahib-Khalil D, Trivedi J, Nations S, Sarode R J Clin Apher 2019 Feb
- Mathematical calculation of lifespan of transfused RBCs in sickle cell disease patients.
- Kim J, Usmani A, De Simone N, Sarode R Transfus. Apher. Sci. 2017 Nov
- HHV8-negative effusion-based lymphoma: a series of 17 cases at a single institution
- Usmani A, Walts AE, Patel S, Alkan S, Kitahara S Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2015 4 1 37-43
Books
Featured Books
Obesity. In Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional, and Deposition Disease
Linder JM, Usmani AF, Miteva M, Ricordi C, Romanelli P (2010). Springer
Honors & Awards
- Physician-in-Training Award, American Society of Cytopathology
(2014)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- AABB (2018)
- American Society for Apheresis (2016)
- American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (2016)
- College of American Pathologists (2011)