DawnCWardMDCABP

Pathology • Los Angeles, CA

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Transplantation Immunology, Clinical Pathology

Medical Director, Asso Clin Prof

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Office
Ucla Path And Lab Medicine
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-794-4969
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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2013 - 2014
National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2011 - 2013
Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 2008

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - 2025
American Board of Pathology Pathology - Clinical
American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
AABBCertified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP)

Clinical Trials

Neurovascular Complications and White Matter Damage in Acquired Anemias Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 01
Withdrawn
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) Start of enrollment: 2023 Dec 01
Not yet recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Contact

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Risk factors for T-cell lymphopenia in frequent platelet donors: The BEST collaborative study.
Richard M Kaufman, Denese C Marks, Yael Flamand, Jason P Acker, Bethany L Brown, Carly Olafson, Susanne Marschner, Suchitra Pandey, Mona Papari, Tanya Petraszko, Kathe...> ;Transfusion. 2023 Nov 1
6 citations
Women and non-white people among Lasker Award recipients from 1946 to 2022: cross sectional study.
Jeremy W Jacobs, Lorin A Bibb, Elizabeth S Allen, Dawn C Ward, Garrett S Booth, Julie K Silver, Brian D Adkins> ;BMJ. 2023 May 17
Mitigating the cryoprecipitate shortage by using apheresis plasma as a manufacturing source.
Rugved Pattarkine, Aida-Rae Manansala, Alyssa Ziman, Dawn C Ward> ;Transfusion. 2023 Jun 1
Management and Follow-up of Massive Fetomaternal Hemorrhage Requiring High-Dose Rh Immune Globulin: A Case Report.
Precious Ann Fortes, Esteban D Gnass, Janet Baez, Banafsheh Bayati, Zhen Mei, Andrea M McGonigle, Alyssa Ziman, Dawn C Ward> ;American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2023 Jul 5
5 citations
Blood conservation strategies at United States hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from a multi-institutional analysis - International Society of Blood Tr...
Jeremy W Jacobs, Matthew S Karafin, Elizabeth S Allen, Elizabeth Abels, Yara A Park, Laura D Stephens, Dawn C Ward, Jennifer S Woo, Eric A Gehrie, Garrett S Booth, Bri...> ;Transfusion. 2022 Nov 1
1 citations
Logistics of managing a trauma whole blood inventory in a civilian level 1 trauma center.
Michelle Phan-Tang, Christine M Lee, Amy Fang, Jowin Rioveros, Anaar E Siletz, Henry Cryer, Andrea M McGonigle, Alyssa Ziman, Dawn C Ward> ;Transfusion. 2022 Sep 1
IgM Warm Autoantibodies Causing Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia in a Pediatric Patient.
Precious Fortes, Janet Baez, Andrea M McGonigle, Alyssa Ziman, Noah Federman, Dawn C Ward> ;Laboratory Medicine. 2022 Jul 4
6 citations
Antibody profiles in COVID-19 convalescent plasma prepared with amotosalen/UVA pathogen reduction treatment.
Anil Bagri, Rafael R de Assis, Cheng-Ting Tsai, Graham Simmons, Zhen W Mei, Melissa Von Goetz, Michelle Gatmaitan, Mars Stone, Clara Di Germanio, Rachel Martinelli, Or...> ;Transfusion. 2022 Mar 1
Who donates? Patterns of blood donation and donor characteristics at a university-affiliated hospital-based donor center.
Mana Sheykhsoltan, Wesley Wu, Zhen Mei, D. Ward, Alyssa Ziman> ;Transfusion. 2021 Dec 3
1 citations
False anemia due to total parenteral nutrition and lipid emulsion contamination.
Sofia Liou, Lissette Bakic, Bethelhem Manakelew, Floricel Guillermo, Andrea M. McGonigle, Alyssa Ziman, D. Ward, Zhen Mei> ;Transfusion. 2021 Nov 5
4 citations
Pathogen-reduced platelets in pediatric and neonatal patients: Demographics, transfusion rates, and transfusion reactions.
Baia Lasky, Joseph Nolasco, Jazmin Graff, D. Ward, Alyssa Ziman, Andrea M. McGonigle> ;Transfusion. 2021 Aug 27
1 citations
To Reflex or Not to Reflex: A Time and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Autocontrol with Reflex DAT versus Direct DAT.
Trang K. Lollie, Voicu Suciu, D. Ward, Alyssa Ziman, Andrea M. McGonigle> ;Laboratory Medicine. 2021 Aug 5
11 citations
A pilot study of stored low titer group O whole blood + component therapy versus component therapy only for civilian trauma patients.
Anaar Siletz, Kevin J. Blair, Richelle J. Cooper, N. Charity Nguyen, Scott J. Lewis, Amy Fang, D. Ward, Nicholas Jackson, Tyler Rodriguez, Jonathan Grotts, Jonathan Hw...> ;The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. 2021 Jul 2
1 citations
Macroscopic and microscopic visual inspection of a formed clot in a cryoprecipitate unit.
Zhen Mei, Andrea M. McGonigle, D. Ward, Alyssa Ziman> ;Transfusion. 2021 Jun 30
4 citations
How do we implement pathogen reduction technology, while maintaining an adequate platelet inventory for our patients?
Jennifer T. Nguyen, Jowin Rioveros, Alyssa Ziman, Andrea M. McGonigle, D. Ward> ;Transfusion. 2021 Apr 1
5 citations
Optimizing Inpatient Blood Utilization Using Real-Time Clinical Decision Support.
Shohei Ikoma, Meg Furukawa, Ashley Busuttil, D. Ward, Kevin Baldwin, Jeffrey Mayne, Robin Clarke, Alyssa Ziman> ;Applied Clinical Informatics. 2021 Jan 1
28 citations
Myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and TK fusion genes, version 3.2021
Aaron T. Gerds, Jason Gotlib, Prithviraj Bose, Michael W. Deininger, Andrew Dunbar, Amro Elshoury, Tracy I. George, Ivana Gojo, Krishna Gundabolu, Elizabeth O. Hexner,...> ;Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. 2020 Sep 1
1 citations
Resolving Blocked Antigen Phenomenon in Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn Due to Anti-K
Mitchell Moosavi, Yao Ma, Janet Baez, Rebecca Jeffreys, D. Ward, Alyssa Ziman, Andrea M. McGonigle> ;Transfusion Medicine Reviews. 2020 Feb 19
4 citations
Acanthocytes in the McLeod phenotype of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
Gregory P. Beaulieu, Dawn C. Ward, Sandhya R. Panch, Willy A. Flegel> ;Transfusion. 2017 Oct 1
38 citations
Cost implications of implementation of pathogen-inactivated platelets
Jeffrey McCullough, Dennis Goldfinger, Jed B. Gorlin, William J. Riley, Harpreet Sandhu, Christopher P. Stowell, D. Ward, Mary E. Clay, Shelley Pulkrabek, Vera Chrebto...> ;Transfusion. 2015 Oct 1
8 citations
A quality initiative of postoperative radiographic imaging performed on mastectomy specimens to reduce histology cost and pathology report turnaround time
Michael E. Kallen, Myung Sim, Bryan Radosavcev, Romney M. Humphries, D. Ward, Sophia K. Apple> ;Annals of Diagnostic Pathology. 2015 Oct 1
1 citations
Direct decays from superdeformed states in 192Pb observed using time-correlated gamma-ray spectroscopy.
Anna Wilson, George Dracoulis, Aidan Byrne, Paul Davidson, Gregory Lane, R. M. Clark, P. Fallon, Andreas Görgen, A. O. Macchiavelli, D. Ward> ;Physical Review Letters. 2003 Apr 8
532 citations
Signaling by toll-like receptor 2 and 4 agonists results in differential gene expression in murine macrophages.
Matthew Hirschfeld, Janis J. Weis, Vladimir Y. Toshchakov, Cindy A. Salkowski, M. Joshua Cody, Dawn C. Ward, Nilofer Qureshi, Suzanne M. Michalek, Stefanie N. Vogel> ;Infection and Immunity. 2001 Mar 1
49 citations
Effect of host responses on the pathogenicity of strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
J. Katz, Dawn C. Ward, Suzanne M. Michalek> ;Oral Microbiology and Immunology. 1996 Oct 1
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Authored Content

Women and non-white people among Lasker Award recipients from 1946 to 2022: cross sectional studyMay 2023

Press Mentions

Rewriting the Rules of Blood DonationOctober 1st, 2020