D. Joe Chaffin, MD
Director, Clinical Pathology Services
Clinical Specialties:
Transfusion Medicine,
Clinical Pathology
Email: Joe.Chaffin@cshs.org
Phone: 310-423-5418
Education and Training
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA; MD
- Transitional internship, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA
- Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Medical Board Certification
- Board Certified, Anatomic Pathology
- Board Certified, Clinical Pathology
- Board Certified, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
Clinical and Research Interests
- Blood donor collection and management
- Transfusion reaction diagnosis and management
- Immunohematology
Awards and Activities
- Founder, Blood Bank Guy website
- Primary transfusion medicine lecturer, Osler Institute, Terre Haute, IN since 1996
- 2012 Larry Trow Memorial Education Award; South Central Association of Blood Banking
- Former Medical Director/VP Medical Affairs, Bonfils Blood Center, Denver, CO
Selected Publications
- “Broken Hearts and TRALI (Editorial),” CC Silliman and DJ Chaffin, Critical Care Medicine, 2012 (in press)
- “Measures to Prevent Transfusion-related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI),” HW Reesink…DJ Chaffin, et al. Vox Sanguinis, 2012, ePub ahead of print
- Gribble DM, Chaffin DJ, Bryant BJ. Cost-effectiveness of FDA variance for blood collection from individuals with hereditary hemochromatosis at a 398-bed hospital-based donor center. Immunohematology. 2009;25:170-3.
- “Blood Groups,” “Blood Component Therapy,” and “Blood Donation,” D. Joe Chaffin, MD; Chapters in Clinical Laboratory Pearls, SL Jones, ed, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2001
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