Steven Leonard Spitalnik MD

Summary

• Dr. Steven Spitalnik is a pathology specialist based in New York, NY, with subspecialties in Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine, Anatomic Pathology, and Clinical Pathology. He completed his medical education at the University of Chicago and his residency in Pathology at the University of Rochester. He is currently a professor at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, where he has been since 2003. Dr. Spitalnik is experienced in transfusion medicine and has authored several publications on topics such as red blood cell biology and transfusion outcomes. He has been involved in clinical trials focusing on the effects and duration of red blood cell storage prior to transfusion. He was elected as a member of The American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1994.
  
  In addition, in 2019, he helped organize and establish the Worldwide Initiative for Rh Disease Eradication (WIRhE; www.wirhe.org) and served as its initial Executive Director. This 501c3 charitable organization aims to raise awareness, provide education, and enable investigators and health care providers to eradicate this completely preventable disorder, particularly in lower-middle income countries.