Dr. Amardeep Pathak

MBBS, MD (Transfusion Medicine), DNB (Transfusion Medicine)

Consultant & Head – Transfusion Medicine (Blood Centre)

RGCIRC, Rohini, Delhi - 110085

About

Dr. Amardeep Pathak is one of the few Transfusions Medicine (MD, DNB) specialists in India, with special interest in Apheresis, Therapeutic Apheresis, Immunohematology (IHL), NAT testing & Component separation techniques by automation. He has more than 12 years of experience in Transfusion Medicine.

His focus is on advanced techniques in transfusion medicine such as automation in IHL lab, automation in NAT lab, automation in component separation, therapeutic apheresis procedures [Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection (PBSC), Lymphocyte collection, granulocytes collection & plasma exchange (TPE)] and Cryopreservation of stem cells.

He has started the following services:

100% partial mapping/extended phenotype matching of donor’s & patient’s blood for PRBC transfusion (To prevent alloimmunization & transfusion reactions).
100% patient’s & donor’s antibody screening.
100% leucodepletion of PRBC & platelets (Universal Leucoreduction – ULR) (To prevent transfusion reactions & HLA alloimmunization)
100% Irradiation of PRBC & platelets with validated Irradiation indicators (To prevent Graft vs Host disease- GVHD)

Specialized Areas

Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest & Cryopreservation
Therapeutic apheresis (PBSC, granulocytes collection, DLI & TPE)
Immunohaematology – Resolution of complicated cases, ABO antibodies titration by column agglutination technique (CAT) & heat inactivation method etc.
Quality Control of the blood Components
Leucodepletion/Leucoreduction & Irradiation
PRP preparation & it’s therapeutic application

Educational Background

DNB (Transfusion Medicine) – National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi, India
M.D. (Transfusion Medicine) – Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune (MH), India
M.B.B.S. – R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain (MP), India

Experience

Consultant & Head department of Transfusion Medicine, RGCIRC, Delhi: 2015-till date
Associate consultant & In-charge in dept Transfusion Medicine, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune: 2013-2015
Asst. Prof. & In-charge in Blood Bank, Bharati Vidhyapeeth Medical College & Hospitals, Pune: 2012-2013

Professional Journey

Awards/Certificates

Certificate for NABH blood Centre Assessor (BBS-05-100)
Award for outstanding performance at RGCIRC 24th Sept 2016
Award for Chairman’s Appreciation Award at RGCIRC 7th Oct. 2017
Certificate for 06 wks training in Immunohaematology at NIIH, Mumbai.

Publications

Pathak A, Panda D, Tejwani N, Mehta A. A study on beneficial impact of the use of medium-molecular-weight hydroxyethyl starch in granulocyte apheresis using continuous-flow cell separator Spectra Optia: A retrospective single-center study at a tertiary care oncology center. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2024 Jan-Jun;18(1):79-84. doi: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_43_23. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 39036682; PMCID: PMC11259344.
Pathak A, Tejwani N, Panda D, Mehta A. Determination of the Rh/Kell phenotypes in donor as well as patients might be significant to provide phenotype-matched blood to cancer patients: A retrospective analysis from a tertiary care oncology center in North India. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2023 Jul-Dec;17(2):234-238. doi: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_44_23. Epub 2023 Nov 7. PMID: 38274955; PMCID: PMC10807539.
Panda, D., Pathak, A., Tejwani, N., Pandey, P. and Mehta, A. (2023), Acquired RUNX1::CBFA2T2fusion at extramedullary relapse in a patient of PDGFRA rearranged acute myeloid leukemia post allogenic HSCT. Cytometry. https://doi.org/10.1002/cyto.b.22121
Panda, D., Pathak, A., Tejwani, N. and Mehta, A. (2023), A novel case of primary myelofibrosis with mastocytic differentiation; the characteristic CD117 vs HLA-DR dot plot on flow cytometry. Int J Lab Hematol. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijlh.14050
Pathak A, Panda D, Sharma M, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Blood Donation Screening of Transfusion‑Transmissible Viral Infection Using Two Different Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) Platforms: A Single Tertiary Care Oncology Centre Experience. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-022-01598-y
Panda D, Pathak A, Tejwani N, Mehta A. NK-cell trogocytosis of CD19 antigen: a rare B-ALL MRD mimicker. Blood Res. 2022 Dec 31;57(4):249. doi: 10.5045/br.2022.2022235. PMID: 36579484
Pathak A, Tejwani N, Gudapati P, Sharma M, Tayal P, Mehta A. Assessment of noncryopreserved stem cell viability (CD34+) at 4°C. Glob J Transfus Med 2020;5:182-6.
Manushri Sharma, Dr. Amardeep Pathak and Dr. Anurag Mehta. 2020. “Performance evaluation of vitros® anti-sars cov-2 antibody assays (total & IgG): an adjunctive screening tool for rtqpcr in covid–19 infection detection”, International Journal of Current Research, 12, (12), 15214-15217.
Pathak A, Sharma M, Tejwani N, Mehta A. Performance evaluation of VITROS syphilis Treponema pallidum agglutination assay in blood donor samples by using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reverse sequence algorithm. Glob J Transfus Med 2019;4:69-73.
Agarwal P, Tejwani N, Pathak A, Kumar D, Agrawal N, Mehta A. Benefits of pre-harvest peripheral blood CD34 counts guided single dose therapy with PLERIXAFOR in autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: A Retrospective Study at a Tertiary Care Institute in India. J Hematol Blood Transfus; july 2018; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-018-0979-0]
Shah SB, Bhargava AK, Chawla R, Pathak A. Robotic hysterectomy in Trendelenburg position in a severely anaemic JKa alloimmunised patient with impending highoutput cardiac failure: An anaesthetic challenge. Indian J Anaesth 2018;62:385-8.
Bhangale A, Pathak A, Pawar S, Jeloka T. Comparison of antibody titers using conventional tube technique versus column agglutination technique for ABOi Renal Transplant. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Asian J Transfus Sci 2017 Jul-Dec; 11(2): 131–134. doi: 4103/0973-6247.214343]
Philip J, Sarkar RS, Pathak A. The effect of repeated freezing & thawing on Vitamin K dependent coagulation factors & fibrinogen levels in Fresh Frozen Plasma. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Volume 7, Issue 1, page 11 – 15, January – June 2013.
Philip J, Sarkar RS, Pathak A. Adverse events associated with Apheresis procedures: Incidence and relative frequency. Asian Journal of Transfusion Sciences, (AJTS), Volume 7, Issue 1, page 37 – 41, January – June 2013]
Sarkar RS, Philip J, B.R. Prathip Kumar, Pathak A. Effect of gamma irradiation with 30 Gy on the coagulation system in leukoreduced fresh frozen plasma. Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 37 – 40, January 2013]
Philip J, Sarkar RS, Kumar S, B.R. Prathip, Pathak A. Factor IX deficiency (Christmas disease). Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 379 – 380, October 2012]
Philip J, Sarkar RS, Kumar S, Pathak A. Changing trends of transfusion transmitted viral infections among blood donors in the last decade—a 10-year study in a large tertiary care blood bank (2000 –2009). Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI), Volume 68, Issue 1, Pages 28-32, January 2012

Membership

Indian Society of Transfusion Medicine (ISTM), 2011(Lifetime member & Membership no. 2011150022)
Indian Society of Blood Transfusion & Immunohaematology (ISBTI), 2010 (Lifetime member & Membership no. MAHA-327)
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT), Reference number: ORD-08210