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6720 Bertner AveHouston, TX 77030
Phone+1 832-355-7016
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Summary
- Dr. Lelenwa is a board-certified Transfusion and Cardiovascular Pathologist based in Houston, Texas. She completed her medical training at the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, followed by residency training in Anatomic & Clinical Pathology at Yale School of Medicine and the University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston. After residency, she went on to complete subspecialty fellowship training in Transfusion Medicine & Blood Banking at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by subspecialty fellowship training in Cardiovascular Pathology at the University of Texas School of Medicine at Houston. Dr. Lelenwa has been recognized with several awards including the Helen Chu Wagner Award and the Dean's Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston, and her publications in the fields of Cardiovascular Pathology and Transfusion Medicine are widely cited in medical literature. Her professional interests include Therapeutic Apheresis, Immunohematology, Cardiac Transplant Pathology and Medical Education.
Education & Training
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2018 - 2019
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2015 - 2018
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2014 - 2015
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioClass of 2014, MD
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2018 - 2027
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Anatomic/Pathology - Clinical- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dean's Teaching Excellence Award McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, 2021
- Helen Chu Wagner Award McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston - Pathology Residency Program, 2018
- Luciano Lemos Helping Hands Award McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston - Pathology Residency Program, 2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Granulomatous fungal and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infestation complicating chronic lung disease: Outcomes in patients undergoing lung transplantation.Humaira Sadaf, Bihong Zhao, Laura C. Lelenwa, Manish K Patel, S. Jyothula
Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2021-09-30 - 77 citationsImmune checkpoint inhibitor myocarditis: elucidating the spectrum of disease through endomyocardial biopsy.Nicolas Palaskas, Ana Maria Segura, Laura Lelenwa, Bilal A. Siddiqui, Sumit K. Subudhi
European Journal of Heart Failure. 2021-06-11 - 15 citationsAcute myeloid leukemia with mutated NPM1 mimics acute promyelocytic leukemia presentationManuel J Arana Rosainz, Nghia D. Nguyen, Amer Wahed, Laura Lelenwa, Nfn Aakash
International Journal of Laboratory Hematology. 2021-04-01
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