Christine Fuja, DO

Division

Laboratory and Genomic Medicine

Additional Titles

• Medical Director of Hemostasis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• Medical Director of Hemostasis, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• Attending Physician, Transfusion Medicine

Education

• BA, Film and Video: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL (2007)
• DO: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (2020)
• Resident in Clinical Pathology: University of Chicago (2023)
• Fellow in Transfusion Medicine: University of Chicago (2024)

Board Certifications

• American Board of Pathology Certification in Clinical Pathology (2023)

Clinical Interests

• Hemostasis and Thrombosis
• Transfusion Medicine
• Trainee Education

Research Interests

• Hemostasis and Thrombosis
• Transfusion Medicine

Selected Publications

Mehr N, Fuja C, Simon C, Carll T, Alkhateb R, Wu S, Patel AA, Aldarweesh F. Transfusion management and hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier treatment in a patient with anti-Rh17 antibody. Transfusion. 2024 Jun;64(6):1161-1166.

Fuja C, Carll TC, Mikrut K, Wool GD. Sensitivity and specificity of thromboelastography for hyperfibrinolysis: Comparison of TEG 5000 and TEG 6S CK LY30 systems. Am J Clin Pathol. 2023 Nov 2;160(5):455-465.

Fuja C, Kothary V, Carll TC, Singh S, Mansfield P, Wool GD. Hyperhemolysis in a patient with sickle cell disease and recent SARS-CoV-2 infection, with complex auto- and alloantibody work-up, successfully treated with tocilizumab. Transfusion. 2022 Jul;62(7):1446-1451.

Carll T, Fuja C, Antic T, Lastra R, Pytel P. Tissue Contamination During Transportation of Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Blocks. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 Jul 1;158(1):96-104.

Pitstick LD, Goral J, Schmelter RA, Fuja C, Ciancio MJ, Pytynia M, Meyer A, Green JM. Fat and exposure to 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide causes histologic and inflammatory changes in murine livers. PLoS One. 2022 May 31;17(5):e0268891.

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Assistant
Susan Keen
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