Suzanne R. Thibodeaux, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology

Titles

Section Head, Transfusion Medicine/HLA
Medical Director, Apheresis Center – Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Medical Director, Cellular Therapy Laboratory – Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank Services – Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Director, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program
Associate Director, Clinical Pathology Residency Program
Director, Advanced Clinical Rotation, Gateway Curriculum, Washington University School of Medicine

Education

BS, Cell & Molecular Biology: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (2005)

PhD, Cell & Molecular Biology: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (2011)

MD: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (2013)

Residency, Clinical Pathology: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2016)

Fellowship, Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (2017)

Boards

American Board of Pathology, Clinical Pathology, 2016

American Board of Pathology, Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, 2017

Recognition

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2012

The William Pepper Fellowship Award for Outstanding Contributions to Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016

Paul E. Strandjord Young Investigator Research Grant, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists, 2017

American Society for Apheresis, Fort Lauderdale, FL. People’s Choice Poster Abstract Award, 2017

40 under Forty Honoree, American Society of Clinical Pathology, 2020

Academy of Educators, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Induction 2021

Honor Roll Award, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2021

Pathology & Immunology Department Special Recognition Award, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2021, 2022 and 2023

Rising Star Award, Academy of Educators, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2023

Research Interests

Dr. Thibodeaux’s research efforts focus on improving cellular therapies from the clinical laboratory perspective, as well as apheresis and transfusion medicine as it relates to cellular therapies. She is particularly interested in collaborative approached to process improvement in transfusion medicine and cellular therapies.

Selected Publications

WashU Medicine Profile

Assistant

Susan Keen

Administrative Assistant I