Sara Bakhtary, MD
Professor
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California - San Francisco 2018
• Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Stanford University 2015
• Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Stanford University 2014
• MD School of Medicine University of California - San Diego 2009
• BA Molecular and Cell Biology, Spanish Literature University of California - Berkeley 2004

Publications (37)

Top publication keywords:
Blood DonorsIsoantibodiesBlood Transfusion, IntrauterineAntigens, Human PlateletHistocompatibility, Maternal-FetalThrombocytopeniaTransfusion MedicineMaternal-Fetal ExchangeBlood Transfusion, AutologousDonor SelectionPublicationsPlatelet TransfusionErythroblastosis, FetalErythrocytesPhysicians, Women

• Red Cell Transfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction: AABB International Clinical Practice Guidelines.
  Annals of internal medicine 2025 Pagano MB, Stanworth SJ, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Callum J, Carson JL, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Karkouti K, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Miles LF, Mills NL, Murphy …
• Characterization of a population with pregnancy potential and anti-K alloimmunization in the United States.
  Transfusion 2025 Kelly E, Rosenberg M, Gonzalez-Velez J, Bakhtary S, Marrero-Rivera G
• In reply: Considering the reporting of race in the transfusion medicine literature.
  Transfusion 2024 Haspel RL, Bakhtary S, Miller YM, Reik R, Schneider WH
• Characterization of blood bank and transfusion medicine practices for pregnant individuals with fetuses at risk of hemolytic disease in the United States.
  Transfusion 2024 Jacobs JW, Booth GS, Moise KJ, Adkins BD, Bakhtary S, Fasano RM, Goel R, Hinton HD, Laghari SA, Stephens LD, Tormey CA, Crowe EP, Bloch EM, Abels EA
• Blood donor questionnaires and infectious disease screening in Latin American countries.
  Vox sanguinis 2024 Marrero-Rivera G, García-Otálora MA, Gonzalez C, Pérez-Carrillo J, Rojas P, Castellanos P, Granados M, Herrera G, Montemayor C, Bakhtary S

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• Rh immune globulin immunoprophylaxis after RhD-positive red cell exposure in RhD-negative patients via transfusion: A survey of practices.
  Transfusion 2024 Lu W, Stephens L, Shmookler A, O'Brien K, Karp JK, Hermelin D, Bakhtary S, Almozain N, George M, Fung M
• Differentiating patient characteristics between platelet refractory patients with and without antibodies to human leukocyte antigens.
  Transfusion 2024 Liu K, Stephens L, Nedelcu E, Bakhtary S
• Red Blood Cell Transfusion: 2023 AABB International Guidelines.
  JAMA 2023 Carson JL, Stanworth SJ, Guyatt G, Valentine S, Dennis J, Bakhtary S, Cohn CS, Dubon A, Grossman BJ, Gupta GK, Hess AS, Jacobson JL, Kaplan LJ, Lin Y, Metcalf RA, Murphy CH, Pavenski K, Prochaska MT, …
• How do we perform intrauterine transfusions?
  Transfusion 2023 Crowe EP, Hasan R, Saifee NH, Bakhtary S, Miller JL, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Goel R
• P-BB-18 | Blood Donor Questionnaires and Infectious Disease Screening in Latin American Countries.
  Transfusion 2023 G. Marrero-Rivera, C. Gonzalez, L. Rojas Lemus, J. Perez-Carrillo, M. Garcia Otalora, G. Herrera, M. Granados, P. Castellanos Fernández, C. Montemayor Garcia, S. Bakhtary
• Involvement of Diverse Populations in Transfusion Medicine Research.
  Transfusion medicine reviews 2023 Miller YM, Bakhtary S, Chou ST, Hailu B, Reik RA, Richard RH, Spencer BR, Witherspoon R, Delaney M
• How do we… direct a transfusion service/blood bank with limited laboratory staff.
  Transfusion 2023 Lu W, Bakhtary S, Oliver L, Stephens L, Tanhehco Y, O'Brien K
• Current advances in 2022: A critical review of selected topics by the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee.
  Transfusion 2023 Metcalf RA, Cohn CS, Bakhtary S, Gniadek T, Gupta G, Harm S, Haspel RL, Hess AS, Jacobson J, Lokhandwala PM, Murphy C, Poston JN, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Saifee NH, Salazar E, Shan H, Zantek ND, …
• Considering equity in transfusion medicine practice.
  British journal of haematology 2023 Haspel RL, Bakhtary S, Miller YM, O'Brien KL, Pagano MB, DeChristopher PJ
• A National Survey of Outpatient Platelet Transfusion Practice.
  American journal of clinical pathology 2022 O'Brien K, Bakhtary S, Benson K, Stephens L, Lu W
• Survey of intrauterine red blood cell (RBC) transfusion practices in the United States.
  Transfusion 2022 Bakhtary S, Panchalee T, Crowe EP, Schwab ME, Zakieh A, Josephson CD, Sobhani NC, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Goel R
• Current advances in transfusion medicine 2021: A critical review of selected topics by the AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee.
  Transfusion 2022 Metcalf RA, Cohn CS, Allen ES, Bakhtary S, Gniadek T, Gupta G, Harm S, Haspel R, Hess A, Jacobson J, Lokhandwala PM, Murphy C, Poston J, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Saifee NH, Salazar E, Shan H, Zantek N,…
• Intrauterine transfusion practice patterns in the United States.
  American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM 2022 Sobhani NC, Zakieh A, Bakhtary S, Gonzalez JM
• Development and validation of the safe transfusion assessment tool.
  Transfusion 2022 Suleiman L, Bakhtary S, Boscardin CK, Manuel SP
• A Single-Center Description of Pediatric Transfusion Reactions and Preventable Patient Harm.
  Hospital pediatrics 2021 Johns C, Bakhtary S, Wu R, Nedelcu E
• Modeling global transfusion medicine education.
  Transfusion 2021 Smit Sibinga CT, Louw VJ, Nedelcu E, Al-Riyami AZ, Bakhtary S, Johnson ST, Rambiritch V, Seoraj V, Callum J, van den Berg K, Vermeulen M, Barrett CA, Eichbaum QG, Subcommittee on Education of the AABB…
• Current advances in transfusion medicine 2020: A critical review of selected topics by the AABB Clinical Transfusion Medicine Committee.
  Transfusion 2021 Allen ES, Cohn CS, Bakhtary S, Dunbar NM, Gniadek T, Hopkins CK, Jacobson J, Lokhandwala PM, Metcalf RA, Murphy C, Prochaska MT, Raval JS, Shan H, Storch EK, Pagano MB
• Racial/ethnic disparities among women receiving intrauterine transfusions for alloimmunization at a single fetal treatment center.
  Transfusion 2021 Schwab ME, Schmidt CN, Gonzalez-Velez JM, Bakhtary S
• Hospital-Based Donor Recruitment and Predonation Serologic Testing for COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma.
  American journal of clinical pathology 2021 Balcerek J, Trejo E, Levine K, Couey P, Kornberg ZV, Rogine C, Young C, Li PJ, Shy BR, Taylor JE, Bakhtary S, Friedlander T, Lynch KL, Bern C, Esensten JH
• The impact of COVID-19 on academic productivity by female physicians and researchers in transfusion medicine.
  Transfusion 2021 Ipe TS, Goel R, Howes L, Bakhtary S
• Defining core competencies in transfusion medicine for resident physicians: A multi-specialty Delphi consensus study.
  Transfusion 2021 Suleiman L, Bakhtary S, Manuel SP
• Global survey of transfusion medicine curricula in medical schools: Challenges and opportunities.
  Transfusion 2020 Al-Riyami AZ, Louw VJ, Indrikovs AJ, Nedelcu E, Bakhtary S, Eichbaum QG, Smit Sibinga CT, Education Subcommittee of the AABB Global Transfusion Forum
• Overtransfusion after unexpected intraoperative hemorrhage: A retrospective study.
  Journal of clinical anesthesia 2020 Corpman D, Bakhtary S, Manuel SP
• Overtransfusion of Autologous Blood Identifies Opportunities for Improving Patient Blood Management.
  Cureus 2019 Perez A, Bakhtary S, Nedelcu E, Manuel S
• Development and Implementation of Real-Time Web-Based Dashboards in a Multisite Transfusion Service.
  Journal of pathology informatics 2019 Woo JS, Suslow P, Thorsen R, Ma R, Bakhtary S, Moayeri M, Nambiar A
• Preoperative Autologous Blood Collection in Adult Living Liver Donors: Are We Wasting Donor Blood and Increasing Exposure to Risk?
  Transplantation 2019 Manuel SP, Roberts JP, Bakhtary S
• A Standardized Approach for Transfusion Medicine Support in Patients With Morbidly Adherent Placenta.
  Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2018 A.K. Panigrahi, A. Yeaton-Massey, S. Bakhtary, J. Andrews, D.J. Lyell, A.J. Butwick, L.T. Goodnough
• A Standardized Approach for Transfusion Medicine Support in Patients With Morbidly Adherent Placenta.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2017 Panigrahi AK, Yeaton-Massey A, Bakhtary S, Andrews J, Lyell DJ, Butwick AJ, Goodnough LT
• Clinical Pattern in Hypotensive Transfusion Reactions.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2016 Metcalf RA, Bakhtary S, Goodnough LT, Andrews J
• Anti-Mur as the most likely cause of mild hemolytic disease of the newborn.
  Transfusion 2016 Bakhtary S, Gikas A, Glader B, Andrews J
• 725: Study to investigate the association between placenta accreta subtype and red blood cell transfusion.
  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2016 Sara Bakhtary, Amanda Yeaton-Massey, Anil Panigrahi, Deirdre Lyell, Lawrence T. Goodnough, Alexander J. Butwick
• Ruptured biliary cystadenoma managed by angiographic embolization and interval partial hepatectomy.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2011 Ghole SA, Bakhtary S, Staudenmayer K, Sze DY, Pai RK, Visser BC, Norton JA, Poultsides GA