Amena Usmani, M.D.: Pathology | UT Southwestern Medical Center

Education & Training

Medical School - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2006-2011)
Residency - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2011-2015), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2015-2016), Blood Banking/transfusion Medicine

Professional Associations & Affiliations

AABB (2018)
American Society for Apheresis (2016)
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (2016)
College of American Pathologists (2011)

Honors & Awards

Physician-in-Training Award, American Society of Cytopathology 2014

Books & Publications

Books
- Obesity in Clinical and Pathological Aspects of Skin Diseases in Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional, and Deposition Disease
  Linder JM, Usmani AF, Miteva M, Ricordi C, Romanelli P (2010), Springer
Publications
- Mathematical calculation of lifespan of transfused RBCs in sickle cell disease patients.
  Kim J, Usmani A, De Simone N, Sarode R Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis 2017 Nov
- Excellent response to therapeutic plasma exchange in myasthenia gravis patients irrespective of antibody status.
  Usmani A, Kwan L, Wahib-Khalil D, Trivedi J, Nations S, Sarode R Journal of clinical apheresis 2019 Feb
- Comparison of low fixed dose versus standard-dose rituximab to treat thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in the acute phase and preemptively during remission.
  Reddy MS, Hofmann S, Shen YM, Nagalla S, Rambally S, Usmani A, Sarode R, Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis 2020 Jul 102885
- HHV8-negative effusion-based lymphoma: a series of 17 cases at a single institution
  Usmani A, Walts AE, Patel S, Alkan S, Kitahara S Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2015 4 1 37-43
- Immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity: A new indication for therapeutic plasma exchange?
  Compton F, He L, Sarode R, Wodajo A, Usmani A, Burner J, Berlacher M, De Simone N, Journal of clinical apheresis 2021 Mar
- Observed incidence of hypofibrinogenemia in cirrhotic patients.
  Usmani A, Laknezhad S, De Simone N, Araj E, Sarode R, Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver 2021 Aug
- Serological Response in Lung Transplant Recipients after Two Doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines.
  Narasimhan M, Mahimainathan L, Clark AE, Usmani A, Cao J, Araj E, Torres F, Sarode R, Kaza V, Lacelle C, Muthukumar A, Vaccines 2021 Jun 9 7