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200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213Phone+1 412-383-7498- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Lirong Qu, MD is a board certified pathologist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. She is affiliated with UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, and UPMC Mercy.
Education & Training
- UPMC Medical Education/Institute for Transfusion MedicineFellowship, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2003 - 2004
- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 2000 - 2003
- Hubei Medical UniversityClass of 1983
Certifications & Licensure
- WV State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2001 - 2024
- American Board of Pathology Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 6 citationsEarly and sustained improvement in fatigue-related quality of life following red blood cell transfusion in outpatientsRoberta Bruhn, Matthew S. Karafin, Joan F. Hilton, Zhanna Kaidarova, Bryan R. Spencer, Lirong Qu, Edward L. Snyder, Rebecca L. Olin, Edward L. Murphy, Elizabeth St. Le...> ;Quality of Life Research. 2020 May 7
- 13 citationsThe impact of recipient factors on the lower‐than‐expected hemoglobin increment in transfused outpatients with hematologic diseasesMatthew S. Karafin, Roberta Bruhn, Nareg Roubinian, Dhuly Chowdhury, Lirong Qu, Edward L. Snyder, Edward L. Murphy, Donald Brambilla, Ritchard G. Cable, Joan F. Hilton...> ;Transfusion. 2019 Jul 4
- 24 citationsTherapeutic impact of red blood cell transfusion on anemic outpatients: the RETRO study.Elizabeth St. Lezin, Matthew S. Karafin, Roberta Bruhn, Dhuly Chowdhury, Lirong Qu, Walter Bialkowski, Scott Merenda, Pamela D'Andrea, Anne-Lyne McCalla, Lisa Anderson...> ;Transfusion. 2019 Jun 1
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Hospital Affiliations
- Washington Health SystemWashington, Pennsylvania
- UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC McKeesportMcKeesport, Pennsylvania
- UPMC St. MargaretPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC MercyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC EastMonroeville, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Magee-Womens HospitalPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- UPMC Presbyterian ShadysidePittsburgh, Pennsylvania