Ravindra Sarode, M.D.

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

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

• 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

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

 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).

• 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)

• 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)