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Dr. Amardeep Pathak

MBBS, MD (Transfusion Medicine), DNB (Transfusion Medicine)


Consultant & Head Transfusion Medicine (Blood Centre)

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Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Sector - 5, Rohini, Delhi - 110085

About

Dr. Amardeep Pathak is one of the few Transfusion Medicine (MD, DNB) specialists in India, with special interest in Apheresis, Therapeutic Apheresis, Immunohaematology (IHL), NAT testing & Component separation techniques by automation. He is having more 12 years of experience in Transfusion Medicine.

His focus on advanced techniques in transfusion medicine such as automation in IHL lab, automation in NAT lab, automation in component separation, therapeutic apheresis procedures [Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection (PBSC), Lymphocyte collection, granulocytes collection & plasma exchange (TPE)] and Cryopreservation of stem cells.

He has started following services:

  • 100% partial mapping/extended phenotype matching of donor’s & patient’s blood for PRBC transfusion (To prevent alloimmunization & transfusion reactions).
  • 100% patient’s & donor’s antibody screening.
  • 100% leucodepletion of PRBC & platelets (Universal Leucoreduction – ULR) (To prevent transfusion reactions & HLA alloimmunization)
  • 100% Irradiation of PRBC & platelets with validated Irradiation indicators (To prevent Graft vs Host disease- GVHD)

Specialized Areas

  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest & Cryopreservation
  • Therapeutic apheresis (PBSC, granulocytes collection, DLI & TPE)
  • Immunohaematology – Resolution of complicated cases, ABO antibodies titration by column agglutination technique (CAT) & heat inactivation method etc.
  • Quality Control of the blood Components
  • Leucodepletion/Leucoreduction & Irradiation
  • PRP preparation & it’s therapeutic application

Educational Background

  • DNB (Transfusion Medicine) – National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi, India
  • M.D. (Transfusion Medicine) – Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune (MH), India
  • M.B.B.S. – R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain (MP), India

 

Experience

  • 2015-till date Consultant & Head department of Transfusion Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center (RGCI & RC), New Delhi, India
  • 2013-2015 Associate consultant & In-charge in dept Transfusion Medicine, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune
  • 2012-2013 Asst. Prof. & In-charge in Blood Bank, Bharati Vidhyapeeth Medical College & Hospitals, Pune

Professional Journey

Awards/Certificates

  • Certificate for NABH blood Centre Assessor (BBS-05-100)
  • Award for outstanding performance at RGCI & RC 24th Sept 2016
  • Award for Chairman’s Appreciation Award at RGCI & RC 7th Oct. 2017
  • Certificate for 06 wks training in Immunohaematology at NIIH, Mumbai.

Publications

  • Pathak A, Panda D, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Study on beneficial impact of use of medium molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch in granulocyte apheresis using Spectra Optia: Retrospective single centre study at a tertiary care Oncology Centre. {Accepted for publication in AJTS 2023 edition, it is in published ahead of print phase}
  • Pathak A, Panda D, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Determination of the Rh/ Kell phenotypes in donor as well as patients might be significant to provide phenotype-matched blood to cancer patients: A retrospective analysis from a Tertiary Care Oncology Centre in North India {Accepted for publication in AJTS 2023 edition, it is in published ahead of print phase}
  • Panda, D., Pathak, A., Tejwani, N., Pandey, P. and Mehta, A. (2023), Acquired RUNX1::CBFA2T2fusion at extramedullary relapse in a patient of PDGFRA rearranged acute myeloid leukemia post allogenic HSCT. Cytometry. https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.b.22121
  • Panda, D., Pathak, A., Tejwani, N. and Mehta, A. (2023), A novel case of primary myelofibrosis with mastocytic differentiation; the characteristic CD117 vs HLA-DR dot plot on flow cytometry. Int J Lab Hematol. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.14050
  • Pathak A, Panda D, Sharma M, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Blood Donation Screening of Transfusion‑Transmissible Viral Infection Using Two Different Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Platforms: A Single Tertiary Care Oncology Centre Experience. . Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-022-01598-y
  • Panda D, Pathak A, Tejwani N, Mehta A. NK-cell trogocytosis of CD19 antigen: a rare B-ALL MRD mimicker. Blood Res. 2022 Dec 31;57(4):249. doi: 10.5045/br.2022.2022235. PMID: 36579484
  • Pathak A, Tejwani N, Gudapati P, Sharma M, Tayal P, Mehta A. Assessment of noncryopreserved stem cell viability (CD34+) at 4°C. Glob J Transfus Med 2020;5:182-6.
  • Manushri Sharma, Dr. Amardeep Pathak and Dr. Anurag Mehta. 2020. “Performance evaluation of vitros® anti-sars cov-2 antibody assays (total & igg): an adjunctive screening tool for rtqpcr in covid–19 infection detection”, International Journal of Current Research, 12, (12), 15214-15217.
  • Pathak A, Sharma M, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Performance evaluation of VITROS syphilis Treponema pallidum agglutination assay in blood donor samples by using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reverse sequence algorithm. Glob J Transfus Med 2019;4:69-73.
  • Agarwal P, Tejwani N, Pathak A, Kumar D, Agrawal N, Mehta A. Benefits of pre-harvest peripheral blood CD34 counts guided single dose therapy with PLERIXAFOR in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Care Institute in India. J Hematol Blood Transfus; july 2018; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-018-0979-0]
  • Shah SB, Bhargava AK, Chawla R, Pathak A. Robotic hysterectomy in Trendelenburg position in a severely anaemic JKa alloimmunised patient with impending highoutput cardiac failure: An anaesthetic challenge. Indian J Anaesth 2018;62:385-8.
  • Bhangale A, Pathak A, Pawar S, Jeloka T. Comparison of antibody titers using conventional tube technique versus column agglutination technique for ABOi Renal Transplant. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Asian J Transfus Sci 2017 Jul-Dec; 11(2): 131–134. doi:  4103/0973-6247.214343]
  • Philip J, Sarkar RS, Pathak A. The effect of repeated freezing & thawing on Vitamin K dependent coagulation factors & fibrinogen levels in Fresh Frozen Plasma. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Volume 7, Issue 1, page 11 – 15 , January – June 2013]
  • Philip J, Sarkar RS, Pathak A. Adverse events associated with Apheresis procedures: Incidence and relative frequency. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Volume 7, Issue 1, page 37 – 41, January – June 2013]
  • Sarkar RS, Philip J, B.R. Prathip Kumar, Pathak A. Effect of gamma irradiation with 30 Gy on the coagulation system in leukoreduced fresh frozen plasma. Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 37 – 40, January 2013]
  • Philip J, Sarkar RS, Kumar S, B.R. Prathip, Pathak A. Factor IX deficiency (Christmas disease). Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 379 – 380, October 2012]
  • Philip J, Sarkar RS, Kumar S, Pathak A. Changing trends of transfusion transmitted viral infections among blood donors in the last decade—a 10-year study in a large tertiary care blood bank (2000 –2009). Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 68, Issue 1, Pages 28-32, January 2012

Membership

  • Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM), 2011(Lifetime member & Membership no. 2011150022)
  • Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohaematology (ISBTI), 2010 (Lifetime member & Membership no. MAHA-327)
  • International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), Reference number: ORD-08210

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