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Akua A. Asante, M.D.

Akua A. Asante, M.D.

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UR Medicine Labs , Pediatrics

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Office (585) 275-2251

About Me

Associate Director of the Stem Cell Processing Laboratory since May 2023.
Associate Director of the Stem Cell Processing Laboratory since May 2023.

Certified Specialties

Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics

Faculty Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SMD)

Assistant Professor - Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 2015 - 2018

Residency, Pediatrics, OSF St. Francis Medical Center. 2013 - 2015

Internship, Pediatrics, OSF St. Francis Medical Center. 2012 - 2013

Education

MD | American University of the Caribbean. 2011

Awards

Department of Pediatrics Dean's Fellowship. 2016 - 2018

American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Diversity Special Interest Group (DISG) travel award. 2016

Children's Hospital of Illinois Advocacy Group Award. 2014

Research

Clinical Trials

Prospective Multi-Center Evaluation of the Duration of Therapy for Thrombosis in Children

Lead Researcher: Akua Asante

The Kids-DOTT trial is a randomized controlled clinical trial whose primary objective is to evaluate non-inferiority of shortened-duration (6 weeks) versus conventional-duration (3 months) anticoagulation in children with first-episode ...

Publications

Journal Articles

Platelet Transfusions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

Blumberg N, Asante AA, Nguyen PT, Heal JM

Anesthesia and analgesia.. 2024 May 1138 (5):921-924. Epub 04/15/2024.

In response: ABO nonidentical platelet transfusions and mortality.

Blumberg N, Nguyen PL, Asante A, Masel D, Henrichs K, Refaai M, Heal J, Love T

Transfusion.. 2024 May 64 (5):954-956. Epub 1900 01 01.

Platelet transfusions, mortality and ABO identicality in premature newborns.

Asante A, Nguyen P, Henrichs K, Masel D, Refaai M, Blumberg N

American journal of perinatology.. 2023 October 20 Epub 10/20/2023.

A commentary on the optimal red blood cell transfusion threshold in acute leukemia patients.

Asante A, Nguyen PL, Blumberg N

Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue.. 2023 September 4 Epub 09/04/2023.

Platelet-derived ?2M regulates monocyte inflammatory responses.

Hilt ZT, Pariser DN, Ture SK, Mohan A, Quijada P, Asante A, Cameron SJ, Sterling JA, Merkel AR, Johanson AL, Jenkins JL, Small EM, McGrath KE, Palis J, Elliott MR, Morrell CN

JCI insight.. 2019 March 74 (5)Epub 03/07/2019.