
Cara Lunn Shirai, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology & Immunology
Contact
- Email: clunn@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-273-6207
Division: Laboratory & Genomic Medicine
Titles
Section Head of Laboratory Hematology
Medical Director Automated Hematology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Medical Director Flow Cytometry, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Medical Director Hematology, St. Louis Children’s Hospi
Education
PhD: Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences
Subspecialty
Flow Cytometry
Automated Hematology
Boards
HCLD(ABB)
SCYM(ASCP)
Honor Society Memberships
American Association of Bioanalysts
American Society of Clinical Pathology
Research Interests
Clinical Flow Cytometry
Assay Development
Measurable Residual Disease (MRD) Analysis
Automated Hematology
Myeloid Malignancies
Selected Publications
Practical Considerations in the Implementation of Peripheral Smear Review in the Clinical Laboratory
Publication
Performance of Automated Hematology Analyzer Criteria in Detecting Peripheral Blood Smear Abnormalities: A Systematic Literature Review
Publication
Pseudo-lymphocytosis caused by circulating megakaryocyte fragments in a patient with post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis
Publication
Validation of an automated iron stain process for use with bone marrow aspirate smear slides
Publication