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| Medical Director, Hemostasis & Thrombosis Service; Associate Director, Transfusion Medicine |
| Rank: Professor |
| Clinical Services: Assessment and management of complex coagulation and transfusion medicine problems in adult and pediatric patients. Clinical hematology consultant. |
Clinical Interests: Coagulation: management of complex coagulopathies in adult and pediatric critical care, including congenital cardiac surgery and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT); novel anicoagulants
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Research Interests: Coagulation: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, coagulation in congenital cardiac surgery, coagulation in critical care, gamma prime fibrinogen
Transfusion medicine: Transfusion-related acute lung injury *TRALI), leukodepletion and immunomodulatory effects of transfusion |
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| Education: |
1970 BA (Biology), Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York
1981 MDCM, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
Training:
1981-84 Intern, R2, R3 in Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1984-85 Ryand Chief Medical Resident, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1985-87 Fellow in Clinical Hematology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
1987-89 Research Fellow in Platelet Immunology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
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| Boards: |
1984 Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
1985 Internal Medicine (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)
1987 Hematology (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) |
| Previous Position: |
Director of Transfusion Medicine OHSU
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| Selected References: |
- Lovely R, Boshkov LK, Farrell DH, Gamma A/Gamma prime fibrinogen inhibits thrombin-induced platelet aggregation, (submitted)
- Sillliman CC, Ambruso DR, Boshkov LK. Transfusion-related acute lung injury. Blood 2005; 105: 2266-73. (invited review)
- Alsoufi B, Boshkov LK, Kirby A, et al. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in pediatric cardiac surgery: an emerging cause of morbidity and mortality. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Sug Annu 2004; 7: 155-71. (Note: corresponding author)
- Silliman CC, Boshkov LK, Mehdizadehkashi Z et al. Transfusion-related acute lung injury: epidemiology and a prospective analysis of etiological factors. Blood 2003; 101:454-62 (Note: corresponding author)
- Boshkov, LK and Thorborg P, Blood and Component Therapy, In: Critical Care: The Requisites in Anesthesiology, ed: Papadakos Gl, Elsevier Science/Harcourt Health Sciences, 2005 (in press)
- Thorborg P and Boshkov L, Coagulation and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC), In: Critical Care: The Requisites in Anesthesiology, ed: Papadakos G, Elsevier Science/Harcourt Health Sciences, 2005 (in press)
- Boshkov L, Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI) and the ICU: Importance, Pathogenesis, Clinical Recognition and Management, In: Critical Care Clinics, Hematology, eds Thorborg P and Boshkov L, Elsevier Science/ Harcourt Health Sciences, 2005 (in press).
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Last Updated: 08/09/2010 |
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