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Ravindra Sarode, M.D.

Ravindra Sarode, M.D.

Professor

Endowed Title
John H. Childers, M.D. Professorship in Pathology
School
Medical School
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
    Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India (1986), Pathology
    Senior Resident
    Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, India (1988), Hematopathology
    Fellowship
    The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin (1994), Transfusion Medicine
    Residency
    Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (1997), Pathology
    Graduate School
    UT Dallas/Naveen Jindal School of Management (2015), Management and Administrative Sciences
    Other Post Graduate Training
    UT Dallas/Naveen Jindal School of Management (2015)
  • 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

    Star Featured Publications

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    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 

  • 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)