Susan Galel
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Pathology
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Stanford Blood Center 3373 Hillview Ave MC 5556 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel Work (650) 723-2597 Fax (650) 723-7803Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Professional Snapshot
Clinical Focus
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics (1987) |
| Fellowship: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1987) |
| Board Certification: | Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics (1984) |
| Residency: | SUMC - Graduate Medical Education, CA (1982) |
| Internship: | Stanford University School of Medicine, CA (1980) |
Scientific Focus
Research Interests
Enhancement of transfusion safety and effectiveness, with a focus on quality assurance in transfusion therapy; transfusion medicine education; pediatric and adult transfusion therapy
Publications
- Improving platelet supply chains through collaborations between blood centers and transfusion services. Transfusion. 2009; (10): 2040-7
- Feasibility of routine individual donation testing for West Nile virus RNA during epidemic season using the investigational Roche cobas TaqScreen West Nile virus test and cobas s 201 system prototype. Transfusion. 2008; (7): 1486-94
- Comparative yield of HCV RNA testing in blood donors screened by 2.0 versus 3.0 antibody assays. Transfusion. 2002; (11): 1507-13
- HCV lookback in the United States: effectiveness of an extended lookback program. Transfusion. 2000; (11): 1393-8
- Practical approaches to improve laboratory performance and transfusion safety. Am J Clin Pathol. 1997; (4 Suppl 1): S43-9

