Dr Rashmi Sood

Consultant – Blood Centre & Transfusion Medicine PSRI Hospital

Experience

20+ Years

Qualifications

MBBS

DNB (Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology)

MNAMS

Area of Expertise

  • Transfusion Medicine & Clinical Transfusion
  • Immunohematology
  • Patient Blood Management
  • Routine & Specialized Blood Components
  • Therapeutic Plasma Exchange / Plasmapheresis
  • Donor & Therapeutic Apheresis
  • Plateletpheresis, Plasmapheresis & Red Cell Apheresis
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Services
  • HLA Typing & Cross-Matching
  • Advanced Immunohematology Problem-Solving
  • Blood Centre Quality Assurance
  • Rational Use of Blood & Blood Components
  • Blood Donor Counselling
  • Platelet-Rich Plasma
  • Blood Centre Setup & Accreditation

Brief Profile

Dr. Rashmi Sood is an accomplished Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology specialist with more than 16 years of clinical, teaching and blood banking experience across leading medical institutions and corporate hospitals in India.

She brings extensive expertise in the development and management of advanced Blood Centres, Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology services, with a strong focus on blood safety, quality assurance, patient blood management and rational transfusion practices.

Over the course of her career, Dr. Sood has played an important role in establishing and strengthening Blood Centres, advanced Immunohematology laboratories, Blood Component Units, Apheresis Units, Peripheral Blood Stem Cell services and HLA laboratories. She has also been actively involved in developing standard operating procedures, clinical protocols and quality systems aligned with NABH standards.

Her clinical expertise includes therapeutic plasma exchange, donor and therapeutic apheresis, complex immunohematology work-ups, blood component therapy and patient blood management.

Dr. Sood is also an NABH Assessor for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services and an NABH Internal Assessor for hospitals, reflecting her extensive experience in quality standards, accreditation and safe transfusion practices.

Qualification

MBBS

DNB (Transfusion Medicine & Immunohematology)

MNAMS

Institute / Department

Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab

Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Mathura Road, New Delhi

National Board of Examinations

Year

1977

2011

 

 

 


    • National Board of Examinations – MNAMS
    • Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM)
    • Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohematology (ISBTI)
    • Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine (AATM)
    • International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT)
    • Indian Medical Association (IMA)
    • Delhi Medical Council
    • Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB)

    • Second Best Poster Award for scientific work on temperature distribution in stored red blood cells and temperature-sensitive labels.
    • Best Poster Presentation Award in the field of Transfusion Medicine.
    • Selected as an Evaluator on the Scientific Committee for the AABB–AATM International Conference, New Delhi.
    • Has presented scientific work at multiple national and international conferences.
    • Has organised and chaired CME programmes, workshops and professional educational sessions in Transfusion Medicine.
    • Extensive involvement in organising and managing voluntary blood donation programmes and blood donation camps.
    • Experienced NABH Assessor for Blood Banks and Transfusion Services.

    Detection of Alloimmunization to Ensure Safer Transfusions

    Published in the Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2013; 7(2):135–139.

    Paroxysmal Cold Hemoglobinuria: Role of Hospital Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology Department in Diagnosis

    Published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Circulation, 2016.

    Antibody Titers Study in Group O Blood Donors

    Study comparing tube and column agglutination techniques for antibody titres among Group O blood donors.

    Other Areas of Scientific Presentation & Research

    Her academic work has also included:

    • Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
    • Platelet Transfusion Therapy
    • Blood Donor Recruitment & Retention
    • Reactive Blood Donor Notification
    • Blood Safety & Transfusion-Transmitted Infections
    • Fundamentals of ABO Blood Groups
    • Immunohematology Practices
    • Emergency Preparedness of Blood Banks
    • Phenotype-Matched Blood in Patients with Autoantibodies
    • Patient Blood Management
    • Apheresis Therapies
    • Voluntary Blood Donation

     


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