Alexis Peedin, MD, MEHP

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Alexis Peedin, MD, is the Assistant Director of the Apheresis Service and an attending physician on the Blood Bank and Transfusion Services at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Rush University, Chicago, IL

Residency

Resident in Pathology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Fellowship

Fellowship in Transfusion Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Board Certification

Anatomic and Clinical Pathology – American Board of Pathology
Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine – American Board of Pathology

Graduate Degree

MEHP - Johns Hopkins University (Education in the Health Professions), Baltimore, MD 

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant Director of the Apheresis Service

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2022

Peedin AR, Hess C, Chan J. Communicating with Other Physicians: A Pathology Simulation Curriculum. Medical Education 56.5:563-564, May 2022.

Binder AF, Loos K, Xu A, Peedin AR, Gergis U, Karp JK, Wilde L. Optimizing Utilization of Blood Products in the Hematologic Malignancy Clinic: Less Is More. JCO Oncology Practice 18.6:e1016-1022, June 2022.

Yost CC, Samuel R, Karp JK, Peedin AR. Advocacy in medicine: An LGBTQ+ Ally Blood Drive. Medical Education 56.11:1145-1146, Nov 2022.

2021

Babariya SP, Vivero A, Peedin AR, Karp JK. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Patients with Severe Obesity (BMI>40): A Survey of Practices in the United States. Journal of Clinical Apheresis 36.6:802-807, Dec 2021

2020

Brueseke TJ, Wilkins MF, Willis-Gray MG, Husk KE, Peedin AR, Geller EJ, Wu JM. Transfusion Rates and the Utility of Type and Screen for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery. Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery 26.1:51-55, Jan/Feb 2020.

Peedin AR, Park YA, Mazepa MA, Siniard RC, Neish T, Raval JS. The Impact of an Undergraduate Biology Class on Donor Recruitment at a Hospital-Based Blood Donor Center. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 153.3:368-373, Feb 2020.

Peedin AR, Genzen J, Karp JK. Correlating Transfusion Medicine In-Service Examination (TMISE) Scores with Outcomes of the American Board of Pathology Transfusion Medicine Subspecialty Certifying Examination. American Journal of Clinical Pathology 153.4:497-501, Mar 2020.

Abstracts

2022

Straus A, Karp JK, George MR, Potochny E, Sahin Z, Peedin AR. Transfusion Medicine in American Undergraduate Medical Education: A Decade Later. Transfusion 62.S2:26A, Sept 2022. (Oral presentation at AABB Annual Meeting, October 2022, Virtual)

Karp JK, Harach M, Loos K, Everetts J, Peedin AR, Vivero A. Prospective Review of Red Blood Cell and Platelet Orders Decreases Inappropriate Blood Utilization and Realizes Significant Cost Savings. Transfusion 62.S2:196A, Sept 2022. (Poster presentation at AABB Annual Meeting, October 2022, Virtual)

Karp JK, Harach M, Peedin AR, Vivero A, Gao Y, Christensen A, Sahin Z, Wilde L, Delengowski A, Babariya SP. Driving Change: Curtailing Unnecessary Premedication Before Outpatient Transfusions. Transfusion 62.S2:236A, Sept 2022. (Poster presentation at AABB Annual Meeting, October 2022, Virtual)

2021

Binder AF, Loos K, Peedin AR, Karp J, Gergis U, Wilde L. Optimizing Blood Product Utilization: A Whole Lot to Gain and Nothing to Lose! Journal of Clinical Oncology 39.15s:e18669, June 2021. (Poster presentation at ASCO Annual Meeting, June 2021, Virtual)

Flomenberg N, Grosso D, Sykulev Y, Anikeyeva N, Huang Y, Sun M, Keck K, O’Connor A, Peedin AR, Karp J, Flomenberg P, Chang A, Henwood P, Rising K, Nikbakht N, McGuide L, Flomenberg S, Saadi R, Wagner JL. Loss of an Immunodominant HLA-A *01:01 Restricted Epitope for CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs) in the Delta Variant of COVID-19: An Example of Immunologic Escape and Implications for Immunologic Treatment. Blood 138.S1:738, Nov 2021. (Poster presentation at ASH Annual Meeting, December 2021, Atlanta)

2020

Peedin AR, Chan J. A Pilot Communication Skills Simulation Curriculum for Pathology Residents. Academic Pathology 7:3, January-December 2020. (Accepted for oral and poster presentation at Association of Pathology Chairs Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2020; presented in virtual poster format only due to COVID-19 pandemic).

Babariya S, Karp JK, Peedin AR. Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Patients with Morbid Obesity (BMI >40): a Survey of Practices in the United States. Journal of Clinical Apheresis 35.6, April 2020. (Accepted for oral presentation at the American Society for Apheresis Annual Meeting, May 2020; presented in virtual poster format due to COVID-19 pandemic).

Doxzon K, Grosso D, Babariya S, Peedin AR. External Validation of Predictive Algorithm to Achieve CD3+ Target in Unstimulated Haploidentical Stem Cell Donors. Journal of Clinical Apheresis 35.6, April 2020. (Poster presentation at American Society for Apheresis Annual Meeting, May 2020, Virtual)

2019

Herman J, Park B, Awsare B, West F, Crittendon D, Evans L, Harach M, Karp J, Peedin A, LaNoue M, Goldsmith B. Warnick E, Baram M. Point-of-Care Versus Central Testing of Hemoglobin During Large Volume Blood Transfusion. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 199:A4142, May 2019. (Poster presentation at American Thoracic Society International Conference, Dallas, May 2019)

Shah M, Amer K, Sood N, Eschelman D, Peedin A, Shaw C, Karp J, Guarente J, Civan J. Liberalization of INR and Platelet Count Thresholds for Patients with Cirrhosis Undergoing Paracentesis and Thoracentesis- No Difference in Bleeding Complications. Gastroenterology 156.6:S-1350, May 2019. (Poster presentation at Digestive Diseases Week, 2019, May San Diego).

Awards and Honors

2015, Academy of Educators, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

2015, William W. McLendon Clinical Pathology Award, University of North Carolina Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

2020, Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education, Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Editorial and Academic Positions

2017—present, Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Apheresis

2021—present, Reviewer, Hematology

2021—present, Reviewer, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

2021—present, Reviewer, American Journal of Clinical Pathology

2021—present, Reviewer, Academic Pathology

2022—present, Reviewer, Transfusion

2021—present, Reviewer, Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Leadership and Memberships

National:

2019–present, College of American Pathologists (Vice Chair, Clinical Pathology Education Committee, 2020-present)

2020-present, AABB (Publications Committee)