Brenda J. Grossman, MD, MPH

Brenda J. Grossman, MD, MPH

Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Professor of Medicine

Division

  • Laboratory & Genomic Medicine

Additional Titles

  • Medical Director, Blood Bank – Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Education

  • BS, Zoology: Ohio University, Athens, OH (1976)
  • MD: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA (1980)
  • Internal Medicine Residency: University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (1983)
  • Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (1986)
  • Transfusion Medicine Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (1988)
  • Master of Public Health: Saint Louis Univeristy, St. Louis, MO (2003)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Pathology, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine

Recognition

  • Distinguished Educator Award: Clinical Fellow Mentoring, 2016
  • Clinical Pathology Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University School of Medicine, 2012
  • Faculty of Year Award, Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 2004

Clinical Interests

  • Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine

Research Interests

  • Best Transfusion Practices
  • Patient-centerd blood management
  • Apheresis

Selected Publications

PubMed Search

Brestoff JR, Tesfazghi MT, Zaydman MA, Jackups R Jr., Kim BS, Scott MG, Gronowski AM, Grossman BJ. The B antigen protects against the development of red meat allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 Feb 21. pii:S2213-2198(18)30102-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2018.02.010. [Epub ahead of print]PubMed PMID: 29510233.
ZK Otrock. Liu C, Grossman BJ. Transfusion-related acute lung injury risk mitigation an update Vox Sang. 2017 Nov;112(8):694-703. PMID: 28948604
Dunbar NM, Raval JS, Johnson A, Abikoff CM, Adamski J, Cooling LL, Grossman B, Kim HC, Marques MB, Morgan S, Schmidt AE, Sloan SR, Su LL, Szczepiorkowski ZM, West FB, Wong E, Schneiderman J. Extracorporeal photopheresis practice patterns: An international survey by the ASFA ECP subcommittee. J Clin Apher. 2017;32:215-223. PubMed PMID: 27442906
Liu, C., Schindler, E., LeRoy, M., Martin-Bredahl, K., Dino, M., Shah, K., Dynis, M., Eby, C. S. and Grossman, B. J. Safety and collection efficiency with a lower transfusion threshold for extracorporeal photopheresis in adult patients with graft-versus-host disease. Vox Sang. 2017 May; 112(4):379-387.PMID:28271523.
Zou J, Romee R, Slade M, Phelan D, Keller, Mohanakumar T, Grossman BJ. Untreated donor specific antibodies against HLA are associated with poor outcomes in peripheral blood haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2017;898-901. PMID: 28218756
Otrock Z, Sempek D, Carey S, Grossman, BJ. Adverse events of cryopreserved hematopoietic stem cells infusions in adults. A single-center observational study. Transfusion. 2017 Mar 16. doi: 10.1111/trf.14072. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 28301051
Wilen C, Booth G, Grossman BJ, et.al. Using direct antiglobulin test results to reduce unnecessary cold agglutinin testing. Transfusion. 2017 Jun;57(6):1480-1484. PMID:28266038
Dunbar NM, Raval JS, Johnson A, Abikoff CM, Adamski J, Cooling LL, Grossman B, Kim HC, Marques MB, Morgan S, Schmidt AE, Sloan SR, Su LL, Szczepiorkowski ZM, West FB, Wong E, Schneiderman J. Extracorporeal photopheresis practice patterns: An international survey by the ASFA ECP subcommittee . J Clin Apher. 2017; 32:215-223. PubMed PMID: 27442906.
Carson JL, Guyatt G, Heddle NM, Grossman BJ, et.al. Clinical Practice Guidelines from the AABB Red Blood Cell Transfusion Thresholds and Storage. JAMA 2016;316:2025-2035 PMID: 28301051
Mainou M, Alahdab F, Tobian AA, Asi N, Mohammed K, Murad MH, Grossman BJ. Reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transfusion. 2016 56;1569-1580. PMID:26826015

Assistant
Julie Shafferkoetter
314-362-3186
shafferkoetterj@wustl.edu
BJCIH Room 4410