Hung Luu, M.D., Pharm.D.: Pathology | Pathology/Diagnosis of Hematologic Cancers

Education & Training

Fellowship - City of Hope National Medical Center (2009-2010), Hematopathology
Residency - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (2005-2009), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology
Internship - University of Oregon Health Sciences Center - GME (2004-2005), General Surgery
Medical School - Oregon Health and Science University (2000-2004)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2005)
College of American Pathologists (2010)
American Society of Hematology (2009)
American Society for Clinical Pathology (2010)

Honors & Awards

American Association of Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award 2014
Southwestern Association of Microbiology 32nd Annual Meeting Poster Award 2013

Books & Publications

Books
- Pediatric Coagulation in Pediatric Laboratory Medicine
  Zia A, Journeycake JM, Luu HS. (2017), McGraw-Hill Education
- Pediatric Hematology & Hemoglobinopathies in Pediatric Laboratory Medicine
  Luu HS, Timmons, CF, Zia A. (2017), McGraw-Hill Education
- Immunophenotyping by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Methods in Molecular Biology
  Chen W, Luu HS (2017), New York, Humana Press
Publications
- The Brief Case: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection/AIDS.
  Hill EV, Cavuoti D, Luu HS, McElvania TeKippe E Journal of clinical microbiology 2018 Mar 56 3
- Closing the Brief Case: Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection/AIDS.
  Hill EV, Cavuoti D, Luu HS, McElvania TeKippe E Journal of clinical microbiology 2018 Mar 56 3
- ?-Globin Gene Sequencing of Hemoglobin Austin Revises the Historically Reported Electrophoretic Migration Pattern.
  Racsa LD, Luu HS, Park JY, Mitui M, Timmons CF Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 2014 Jun 138 6 819-822
- Characterization of the HBB: c.*233G?>?C Variant: No Evidence of a ?-Thalassemic Phenotype.
  Smith DL, Mitui M, Park JY, Luu HS, Timmons CF Hemoglobin 2015 Nov 1-4
- Genomic Privacy.
  Schwab AP, Luu HS, Wang J, Park JY Clinical chemistry 2018 Jul
- Detection of Intracellular Parasites Utilizing the CellaVision DM96 on Routine Screening of Peripheral Blood Smears.
  Racsa LD, Gander RM, Southern PM, McElvania TeKippe E, Doern C, Luu HS Journal of clinical microbiology 2014 Nov
- Reinterpretation of Chromosomal Microarrays with Detailed Medical History.
  Farooqi MS, Figueroa S, Gotway G, Wang J, Luu HS, Park JY, The Journal of pediatrics 2020 May
- Chromosomal microarray reinterpretation: Applications to pediatric practice.
  Shi G, Xu J, Barnes SF, Farooqi MS, Luu HS, Gotway G, Park JY, The Journal of pediatrics 2021 Dec
- A Combined Biomarker of Bright CD38 and MYC =55% Is Highly Predictive of Double-/Triple-Hit High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma.
  Alsuwaidan A, Koduru P, Fuda F, Manuel Jaso J, Chen M, Rosado F, Luu HS, Sweed N, Garcia R, Doucet M, Desai NB, Kumar KA, Awan FT, Ramakrishnan Geethakumari P, Chen W, American journal of clinical pathology 2022 May
- A Survey of LOINC Code Selection Practices Among Participants of the College of American Pathologists' Coagulation (CGL) and Cardiac Markers (CRT) Proficiency Testing Programs.
  Stram M, Seheult J, Sinard JH, Campbell WS, Carter AB, de Baca ME, Quinn AM, Luu HS, Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine 2019 Oct
- Providing Inclusive Care for Transgender Patients: Capturing Sex and Gender in the Electronic Medical Record.
  Patel K, Lyon ME, Luu HS, The journal of applied laboratory medicine 2020 Dec
- Harnessing the Electronic Health Record and Computerized Provider Order Entry Data for Resource Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Luu HS, Filkins LM, Park JY, Rakheja D, Tweed J, Menzies C, Wang VJ, Mittal V, Lehmann CU, Sebert ME, JMIR medical informatics 2021 Sep
- Adult mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL): B/myeloid MPAL^isoMPO is distinct from other MPAL subtypes.
  Weinberg OK, Dennis J, Zia H, Chen P, Chu A, Koduru P, Luu HS, Fuda F, Chen W, International journal of laboratory hematology 2022 Nov
- Use of LOINC for interoperability between organisations poses a risk to safety.
  Carter AB, de Baca ME, Luu HS, Campbell WS, Stram MN, The Lancet. Digital health 2020 Nov 2 11 e569
- Automated cell counts on CSF samples: A multicenter performance evaluation of the GloCyte system.
  Hod EA, Brugnara C, Pilichowska M, Sandhaus LM, Luu HS, Forest SK, Netterwald JC, Reynafarje GM, Kratz A International journal of laboratory hematology 2017 Sep
- Novel r(2)(p25q31) Cytogenetic Abnormality in a Pediatric Patient With Acute Leukemia of Ambiguous Lineage.
  Kim J, Bu L, Koduru PR, Wilson KS, Fuda FS, Kumar KR, Timmons CF, Slone TL, Luu HS Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society 2014 Dec
- Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)-associated cytogenetic abnormalities in pediatric chronic myelogenous leukemia.
  Kumar KR, Koduru P, Timmons C, Monaghan S, Cavalier M, Luu HS Pediatric blood & cancer 2013 Jul
- Transfusion-Transmitted Malaria: Two Pediatric Cases From the United States and Their Relevance in an Increasingly Globalized World.
  Stubbs LA, Price M, Noland D, Fuchs J, Filkins L, McElvania E, Luu HS, Sebert M, Waters A, Hsiang MS, Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2021 Sep
- Applying the Principles of Lean Production to Gastrointestinal Biopsy Handling: From the Factory Floor to the Anatomic Pathology Laboratory.
  Sugianto JZ, Stewart B, Ambruzs JM, Arista A, Park JY, Cope-Yokoyama S, Luu HS Laboratory medicine 2015 46 3 259-264
- Hb Alcorn County: A ?-Globin Variant [?40(C6)Arg?Thr; HBB: c.122G>C (p.Arg41Thr)] with Increased Oxygen Affinity.
  Luu HS, McCavit TL, Park JY, Mitui M, Lopez DD, Timmons CF, Hemoglobin 2019 Aug 1-3
- Therapy-induced Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia With t(11;19)(q23;p13.1) in a Pediatric Patient With Relapsed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
  Dang DN, Morris HD, Feusner JH, Koduru P, Wilson K, Timmons CF, Cavalier M, Luu HS Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology 2014 Jun
- Myeloid and Lymphoid Neoplasm With Abnormalities of FGFR1 Presenting With Trilineage Blasts and RUNX1 Rearrangement: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
  Kumar KR, Chen W, Koduru PR, Luu HS American journal of clinical pathology 2015 May 143 5 738-48
- A synthetic heparinoid blocks tau aggregate cell uptake and amplification.
  Stopschinski BE, Thomas TL, Nadji S, Darvish E, Fan L, Holmes BB, Modi AR, Finnell J, Kashmer OM, Estill-Terpack S, Mirbaha H, Luu HS, Diamond MI, The Journal of biological chemistry 2020 Jan
- A t(11;14)(q13;q32)/CCND1::IGH carrying progenitor germinal B-cell with subsequent cytogenetic aberrations contributes to the development of classic Hodgkin lymphoma.
  García R, Timmons C, Luu H, Miller V, Fuda F, Chen W, Koduru P, Cancer genetics 2022 Oct 268-269 97-102
- Digital pathology and artificial intelligence as the next chapter in diagnostic hematopathology.
  Lin E, Fuda F, Luu HS, Cox AM, Fang F, Feng J, Chen M, Seminars in diagnostic pathology 2023 Feb
- Hematologic Complications in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Infection.
  Lin E, Araj E, Markantonis J, Luu H, Chen M, Hematology reports 2022 Jul 14 3 228-234
- Comparison of the platelet activation status of single-donor platelets obtained with two different cell separator technologies.
  Millar D, Hayes C, Jones J, Klapper E, Kniep JN, Luu HS, Noland DK, Petitti L, Poisson JL, Spaepen E, Ye Z, Maurer-Spurej E, Transfusion 2020 Jul
- Immunophenotyping by Multiparameter Flow Cytometry.
  Chen W, Luu HS Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2017 1633 51-73
- Homozygous hemoglobin S with concomitant hemoglobin G-Philadelphia: A diagnostic challenge.
  Racsa L, Rogers ZR, Mitui M, Park JY, Timmons C, Luu H Pediatric blood & cancer 2014 Apr
- Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Lymphoma Presenting as Subglottic Stenosis: Single-Agent Treatment Using Rituximab.
  Bielinski C, Luu HS, Mau T Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2014 Feb 150 2 334-5
- Mature neutrophils with Auer rods following treatment with all-trans retinoic acid for acute promyelocytic leukemia.
  Luu HS, Rahaman PA Blood 2015 Jul 126 1 121
- Haematogone hyperplasia in copper deficiency.
  Pirruccello E, Luu HS, Chen W British journal of haematology 2016 Mar
- A Patient with Persistent Foot Swelling after Ankle Sprain: B-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Mimicking Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  Montgomery-Goecker CR, Martin AA, Timmons CF, Rakheja D, Rajaram V, Luu HS. Cancer Translational Medicine 2019 5 (3) 60-3

Research

Process Improvement
Myeloid Neoplasms
Hemoglobinopathies
Hematolymphoid Neoplasms
Coagulation
Clinical Informatics

Hung Luu, M.D., Pharm.D.

Education & Training

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Honors & Awards

Books & Publications

Research

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