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Ira Shulman, MD, Pathology, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles General Medical Center

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Pathology • Los Angeles, CA

Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology

Director of USC Transfusion Medicine Services Group; Director of Laboratories at LAC+USC Medical Center

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Summary

  • I am Professor and Vice Chair of Pathology at Keck School of Medicine of USC. My duties include being Director of the USC Transfusion Medicine Group and Director of Laboratories and Pathology at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. I received my BA from UCLA (graduating summa cum laude and elected to Phi Beta Kappa), my medical degree from the USC School of Medicine (elected to AOA), and I completed my Pathology residency and blood banking/transfusion medicine fellowship at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center.



    I am author or co-author of more than 150 papers, monographs, and books and book chapters, most of which deal with the clinical and laboratory practice of transfusion medicine and I have been active in the California Blood Bank Society (CBBS), the AABB, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), the College of American 
Pathologists (CAP), and the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management (SABM).

    I served as chair of state and national organizations’ committees, including AABB's Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee, CAP's Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee, ASCP's Council on Transfusion Medicine. I served as president of CBBS, and on the board of directors of the AABB and SABM.

 The CBBS and the AABB have recognized me for contributions to the field of transfusion medicine as a recipient of the CBBS 'Owen F. Thomas, MD Award' and the AABB 'Hemphill-Jordan Leadership Award'.

    I helped create the Transfusion Medicine Blog 'e-Network Forum' <http://cbbsweb.org/enf/index.php> which was a moderated transfusion medicine BLOG with an international audience. 


    Most recently, I served on a California Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Advisory workgroup that focused on Resource Stewardship of blood product utilization.

    My wife (Nadine) and I enjoy living in Mar Vista (West Los Angeles), California within a short distance of our two daughters, our daughters’ husbands, and our four fantastic grand kids.

Education & Training

  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
    University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 1979 - 1980
  • University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical Center
    University of Southern California/LAC+USC Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1976 - 1979
  • University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical Center
    University of Southern California/LACUSC Medical CenterInternship, Preliminary Year, 1975 - 1976
  • Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
    Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1975
  • University of California
    University of CaliforniaBA, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1976 - 2025
  • American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
  • American Board of Pathology Blood Banking
  • American Board of PathologyImmunohematology/Transfusion Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Oustanding Inspector College of American Pathologist’s Accreditation, 2009, 2010
  • Outstanding Medical Eduation 2010
  • Leadership American Association of Blood Banks, 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Neonatal exchange transfusions complicated by transfusion malaria.  
    Shulman IA, Saxena S, Nelson JM, Furmanski M, Pediatrics 1984;73:330-332
  • Two distinct categories of warm antibody reactivity with age fractionated red cells.  
    Branch D, Shulman IA, Sy Siok Hian AL, Petz LD, Blood 1984;63:l77-l80
  • Is the immediate spin crossmatch really necessary?  
    Shulman IA, Meyer EA, Lam H-T, Nelson JM, CBBS Today 1987;5:8-10
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Problem Solving in Immunohematology. 
    Shulman IA, Calhoun AASCP Press, Chicago, ILEdition 4,
  • The Transfusion Committee: Putting Patient Safety First. 
    Saxena S, Shulman IAAABB Press, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Collected Questions and Answers. 
    Brecher ME, McLannan L, Stevens WT, Shulman IAAABB PressEdition 10,
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Impact of platelet transfusion ratio in massively transfused trauma patients. Paper #11.
    Inaba K, Lustenberger T, Rhee P, Holcomb JB, Blackbourne L, Shulman I, Nelson J, Talving P, Demetriades, 68th American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Meeting, The Hilton Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Strategies for the prevention of transfusion transmitted Chagas' Disease.
    Shulman IA, Appleman M, Saxena S, CBBS Today 1990;8(2):19-22, University of Southern California Medical Center
  • Preventing Transfusion-Transmitted Chagas Disease.
    Shulman IA, Blood Safety & Screening, Cambridge Healthtech Institute, University of Southern California Medical Center
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Lectures

  • The Donor, The Patient, and You. 
    UC Irvine, Orange, CA
  • Blood Component Therapy for the Hematology/Oncology Patient. 
    Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, CA
  • Strategies for Providing Incompatible Blood to Alloimmunized Patients in the Absence of Antigen Negative RBCs. 
    CBBS state meeting, Palm Springs, CA
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Other

  • Recent changes in Standards, 12th edition. 
    Shulman IA, Inspector's Quarterly 1987;1(3):1-2
  • Q & A the Webmaster Way. 
    Shulman IA, CBBS Today Fall 1999, pages 38-41
  • Troubleshooting a problem with hemolyzed units of leukoreduced RBCs 
    Shulman IA, CBBS e- network forum. CBBS Today Spring 2002, pages 17-21
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Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Ira Shulman, Dr. Ira Shulman, MD, Dr. I Shulman, Dr. Ira Andrew Shulman