Douglas Blackall, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor; Director of Pediatric Pathology
Clinical Pathology, Pediatric Pathology
Director
Transfusion Services at Saint Louis University Hospital
Education
University of Arkansas, M.D., 1988
Johns Hopkins University, M.P.H., 2016
Certifications
Missouri medical license 09/2016-present
United Arab Emirates medical license 02/2011-present
Arkansas medical license 07/2003-present
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, ABP 07/1998-present
Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology (ABP) 11/1992-present
Research Interests
Appropriate transfusion practice, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, blood group antigen and antibody immunology and disease associations, global pathology research and practice
Publications
Friedman-Klabanoff D, Ball A, Rutare S, McCall N, Blackall D. Three Rwandan children with massive splenomegaly and Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorders: case presentations and literature review. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2016; 38:158-161.
Veeraputhiran MK, Pesek GA, Blackall DP. Strict versus lenient criteria for elution testing: comparison of yields between two tertiary care medical centers. Am J Clin Pathol 2011;136:359-363.
Montano RF, Penichet ML, Blackall DP, et al. Recombinant polymeric IgG anti-Rh: a novel strategy for development of direct agglutinating reagents. J Immunol Methods 2009;340:1-10.
Blackall DP, Pesek GD, Montgomery MM, et al. Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn due to anti-Ge3: combined antibody-dependent hemolysis and erythroid precursor cell growth inhibition. Am J Perinatol 2008;25:541-545.
Blackall DP. Warm-reactive autoantibodies in pediatric patients: clinical and serologic correlations. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2007;29:792-796.
Wheeler C, Calhoun L, Blackall DP. Warm reactive autoantibodies: clinical and serologic correlations. Am J Clin Pathol 2004;122:680-685.
Baum LG, Blackall DP, Arias-Magallanos S, et al. Amelioration of graft versus host disease by galectin-1. Clin Immunol 2003;109:295-307.
Laine E, Steadman R, Calhoun L, Blackall D, et al. Comparison of RBCs and FFP with whole blood during liver transplant surgery. Transfusion 2003;43:322-327.
Ockenhouse CF, Barbosa A, Blackall DP, Murphy CI, Kashala O, Dutta S, Lanar DE, Daugherty JR. Sialic acid-dependent binding of Baculovirus-expressed recombinant antigens from Plasmodium falciparum EBA-175 to glycophorin A. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2001;113:9-21.
Blackall DP, Armstrong JK, Meiselman HJ, Fisher TC. Polyethylene glycol-coated red blood cells fail to bind glycophorin A-specific antibodies and are impervious to invasion by Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites. Blood 2001;97:551-556.
Professional Organizations and Associations
AABB (formerly, American Association of Blood Banks)
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists