
Ravindra Sarode, M.D.
Professor
Endowed Title John H. Childers, M.D. Professorship in Pathology
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Department Pathology | Internal Medicine
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Biography
Ravi Sarode, MD, is a Professor of Pathology (Tenure Track) and Internal Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), the Chief of Pathology, and the Medical Director of Clinical Laboratory Services at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is also the Medical Director of the Division of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis. He holds the John H. Childers, MD, Professorship in Pathology.
He went to MGM Medical College in Indore, India for his medical degree. He did his Pathology and Hematology training at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India where he was assistant professor of Hematology. He came to the Blood Center of Wisconsin in Milwaukee for the Transfusion Medicine Fellowship.
Dr. Sarode has been actively involved in translational and clinical research (Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia, Therapeutic Apheresis in general and, red cell exchange in sickle cell anemia in particular, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, platelet function disorders, reducing the misuse of blood products in clinical practice, Prothrombin Complex Concentrates, rebalanced hemostasis in cirrhosis). He has participated as a principal investigator for more than 12 clinical research studies including comparing Beriplex (KCentra) with plasma for warfarin reversal as an international principal investigator.
He has published more than 170 journal articles, 13 book chapters, and numerous scientific abstracts. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of “Transfusion and Apheresis Science”, and he is also on the editorial board of Transfusion Medicine Reviews. He has been a reviewer for journals including Blood, The Lancet, Journal of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, JAMA, NEJM, Transfusion, British Journal of Hematology and many others. He is the past president of the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA).
He is the recipient of several awards including ASFA Presidential Award, Outstanding Physician Award at University Hospitals of Cleveland and the Vernie A. Stembridge Resident Teaching Award. He was a member of the Advisory Committee on Blood/Tissue Safety and Availability” advising the Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services of the United States. His current clinical research is focused on "Rebalanced Hemostasis in Cirrhosis and Restrictive Transfusions."
Contact:
ravi.sarode@utsouthwestern.edu
214-633-4917
Education
- Medical School
- Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College (1981)
- Internship
- MGM Medical College, Indore, India (1982), Rotating
- Junior Resident
- PGIMER, India (1986), Pathology
- Senior Resident
- PGIMER, India (1988), Hematopathology
- Fellowship
- The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin (1994), Transfusion Medicine Pathology
- Residency
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (1997), Pathology
- Other Post Graduate Training
- UT Dallas/Naveen Jindal School of Management (2015)
- Graduate School
- UT Dallas/Naveen Jindal School of Management (2015), Management and Administrative Sciences
Research Interest
- Anticoagulation Reversal
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Apheresis
- Clincial use of ROTEM
- Hemostasis in general or chronic liver disease in particular
- Heparin-induced-thrombocytopenia
- Hypercoagulability
- Platelet dysfunction
- Rebalanced hemostasis in cirrhosis and restrictive transfusions
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Publications
Featured Publications
- Rituximab for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. Report of A Case And Review of The Literature.
- R Yomtovian, W Niklinski, B Silver, R Sarode, HM Tsai. Br J Haematol 2004 124 787-795
- Ultra Large Von Willebrand Factor Multimers and Normal ADAMTS13 Activity in the Umbilical Cord Blood
- HM Tsai, R Sarode, KA Downes Thromb Res 2003 108 121-125
- Mutations in a Novel Member of the ADAMTS Gene Family Cause Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
- GG Levy, WC Nichols, EC Lian, T Foroud, J McClintick, B McGee, A Yang , D Siemieniak, KR Stark, R Gruppo, R. Sarode, S Shurin, V Chandrasekaran, S Stabler, H Sabio, E Bouhassira, J Upshaw, D Ginsburg, HM Tsai. Nature 2001 413 488-494
- Transfusions and long-term functional outcomes in traumatic brain injury
- Warner MA, O?Keeffe T, Bhavsar P, Shringer R, Moore C, Harper C, Madden CJ, Sarode R, Gentilello LM, Diaz-Arrastia R J Nuerosurgery
- Guidelines on the use of therapeutic apheresis in clinical practice ? evidence-based approach from the apheresis applications committee of the American Society of Apheresis
- Szczepiorkowski ZM, Winters JL, Bandarenko N, Kim HC, Linenberger ML, Marques MB, Sarode R, Schwartz J, Weinstein R, Shaz BH J Clin Apher
- Coagulation factor levels in neurosurgical patients with mild prolongation of prothrombin time: Effect on plasma transfusion therapy
- Matevosyan K, Madden C, Barnett SL, Beshay J, Rutherford C, Sarode R J Neurosurgery
- Rinseback during red blood cell exchange with COBE Spectra does not affect fraction of cells remaining (FCR) or post-exchange hematocrit
- Bhagat R, Matevosyan K, Jones R, Vetus ML, Burner JD, Sarode R. J Clin Apheresis
- Platelet aggregation responses vary over a period of time in healthy controls
- Refaai MA, Frenkel EP, Sarode R Platelets
- Lupus anticoagulant interference in activated protein C resistance testing: in vitro phenomenon or in vivo pathophysiologic effect?
- Shen YM, Bai Y, Cimo M, Frenkel EP, Sarode R Clin Appl Thromb Hemost
- How do I transfuse platelets (PLTs) to reverse anti-PLT drug effect?
- Sarode, R Transfusion
Books
Featured Books
Contrubuting. In AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) ? Therapeutic Apheresis - A Physician?s Handbook ? 4th Edition
Sarode R. (2013).
HUS and Gestational Thrombocytopenia) in pregnancy.. In Obstetrics & pregnancy. In: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology
Sarode R, Frenkel EP (2006).
ABO/Rh and other incompatibilities in OB/Pregnancy. In Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology
Downes K, Sarode R. (2006).
Blood Transfusion. In In The Merck Manual Home Health Handbook
Sarode R (2012).
eChapter On Vitamin K Deficiency And Warfarin Reversal. In Clinical Decision Support: LABORATORY MEDICINE
Sarode R (2012).
of AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) ? Therapeutic Apheresis - A Physician?s Handbook ? 3nd Edition
Sarode R. (Ed.) (2011).
AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) ? Therapeutic Apheresis - A Physician?s Handbook ? 2nd Edition
Sarode R. (Ed.) (2008).
Acquired Bleeding Disorders. In Irwin and Rippe?s Intensive Care Medicine, Fifth Edition
Seegmiller A, Sarode R (2008).
HEM06 ? Transfusion Medicine: Hematologic Disorders. In The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 18th Edition
Sarode, R. (2006).
The rational use of blood products in pregnancy, obstetrical accidents and gynecology oncology.. In Obstetrics & pregnancy. In: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology
Downes K, Sarode R (2006).
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia. In Obstetrics & pregnancy. In: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology
Downes K, Sarode R (2006).
von Willebrand disease and other hemorrhagic problems. In Obstetrics & pregnancy. In: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology,
Fuda F, Sarode R ().
HEM06 -- Transfusion Medicine: Hematologic Disorders. In The Merck Manual, Edition 18
Sarode R (2006).
Acquired Bleeding Disorders. In Irwin and Rippe?s Intensive Care Medicine, Fifth Edition
McCrae KR, Sarode R (2003).
Honors & Awards
- Dr Masahiro Chiga Memorial Lectureship
Kansas University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (2015) - Presidential Award at ASFA the 36th annual meeting
American Society of Apheresis (2015) - John H. Childers, MD, Professorship in Pathology
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2014) - Co-Editor: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy and Gynecology, Bick RL,
Cambridge University Press (2006) - Guest Editor for Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America
Platelet Disorder Issue, 2007 (2006-2007) - Resident Teaching Award
UT Southwestern Medical Center (2005) - Outstanding Physician Award
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH (2000) - XII Congress of International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Tokyo, Japan, Travel Award
"Xa and thrombin like procoagulant activities of tumors" Sarode et al, (1989)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Society for Apheresis (2012-2013)
- American Society of Hematology - Member, Choosing Wisely Campaign (2014)
- Foundation for Women and Girls with Bleeding Disorder (2018)
- Hemostasis & Thrombosis Research Society (2015)
- International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) (2018)
- ISTH (2018)