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Jaleah Hawkins, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Education

BS Rutgers University, 2007
MD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 2014

Specialty Certification

American Board of Pathology (Clinical Pathology), 2017
American Board of Pathology (Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine), 2018

Postgraduate Training

Resident, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2017
Chief Resident in Clinical Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2016
Fellowship, Division of Transfusion Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2018

Awards and Honors

James Dickson Carr Scholarship, 2007
Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, 2007
Cook College General Honors Program, 2008

Memberships and Professional Organizations

American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), 2015 - Present
College of American Pathologist (CAP), 2016 - Present
American Society for Apheresis (ASFA), 2017 - Present

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Selected Publications

Collection and Buffy Coat Characteristics in Pediatric Photopheresis

Kurshaad A Cheenibass, Rebecca Weldon, Bryan Wilson Jr., David Friedman, and Jaleah Hawkins, Special Issue Abstracts from the American Society for Apheresis 45th Annual Meeting April 17-19, 2024, 2024, PMID:38613464

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Apheresis Principles and Practice, 4th Edition, Chapter 4: Vascular Access

Jaleah Hawkins, Brianna Cunigan, Sorelle Jefcik, Jenna Khan, AABB Press III(): , 2023

Donor Screening and Deferral

Rosochacki L, Hawkins J, Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 41(4): 563-577, 2021

Post-Transfusion Purpura: Current Perspectives.

Hawkins J, Aster RH, Curtis BR, Blood Med 9(10): 405-419, 2019

A Proposal to Evaluate the Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Survival of Transfused Red Blood Cells in Sickle Cell Disease Patients

Hawkins, J, O’Doherty U, Kadauke S., Special Issue Abstracts from the American Society for Apheresis 39th Annual Meeting, 2018

Correlation of Antibody Screens with Clinical Response to Daratumumab Therapy in Multiple Myeloma Patients

Hawkins J, Thomas R, Herwig M, Davis-Rauser R, Erb C, Barron A, Weiss B, Carpenter H, Villa C, Thibodeaux S, Aqui N., Abstract Presentations from the AABB Annual Meeting San Diego, CA, 2017

Molecular Alterations and Pattern of Clinical Utilization of Targeted Next Generation Sequencing for Malignant Lymphoma at the University of Pennsylvania In: (2017), (Supplement 2s) 106 Annual Abstracts, Quality Assurance, San Antonio, TX March 4-10, 2017. Mol Pathol, 30: 501-523. PMID: 28134908

Hawkins J, Lim h M, Morrissette J., United States & Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2017

Corynebacterium propinquum endocarditis: a confounding presentation of a rare entity

Rea B, Hawkins J, Min H, Maniglia R,Talati N, Glaser L., Cardiovasc Pathol 28(): 71-71, 2017

Neonatal Transfusion Testing, Manufacturing, Standards, and Storage

Hawkins J, Sesok-Pizzini D., Neonatal Transfusion Medicine, 2017

Energy Restriction is associated with lower bone mineral density of the tibia and femur in lean but not obese female rats

Hawkins J,Cifuentes M, Pleshko NL, Ambia-Sobhan H,Shapses SA., J. Nutr 140(1): 31-37, 2010