Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPHTM

Assistant Clinical Investigator, Epidemiology

 

Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPHTM

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Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPHTM, is a clinical investigator with appointments at the Research Institute, the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Roubinian received his BS from the University of California, Berkeley and his MD from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, and his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at UCSF.

Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPHTM
270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
 
Phone: (415) 749-5771 x655

  • Assistant Clinical Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco
  • Adjunct Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine
  • BS, Molecular Biology & Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley
  • MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
  • MPHTM, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Washington University
  • Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Nareg Roubinian, MD, MPHTM
270 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
 
Phone: (415) 749-5771 x655

  • Assistant Clinical Investigator, Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco
  • Adjunct Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
  • Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine
  • BS, Molecular Biology & Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley
  • MD, College of Medicine, University of Vermont
  • MPHTM, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Tulane University
  • Residency in Internal Medicine, Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Washington University
  • Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellow, University of California, San Francisco
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Research Interests

 
Pulmonary Transfusion Reactions

Pulmonary transfusion reactions are important complications of blood transfusions yet differentiating these clinical syndromes remains diagnostically challenging. Within the NHLBI-funded Recipient Epidemiology Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III), I helped lead the Severe Transfusion Reactions Including Pulmonary Edema (STRIPE) study of pulmonary transfusion reactions, such as transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) and transfusion-associated circulatory overload (TACO). As part of STRIPE and parallel studies including TRALI SCCOR, we have been examining the role of laboratory biomarkers in identifying individuals at highest risk of developing a transfusion-related pulmonary complication with the goal of improving the specificity of definitions of these clinical syndromes.

Clinical Outcomes of Blood Transfusion

Our work with the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research has been relevant to the understanding of clinical transfusion practice. The integrated and granular nature of this study setting has also provided the opportunity to study the impact of blood conservation and associated anemia on resource utilization and subsequent hospitalization. We have utilized the expertise in our collaboration to improve methodology of observational data in transfusion medicine and to develop tools to predict blood utilization using readily available discharge data and to help inform evidence-based guidelines for RBC transfusion.

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