Richard Oscar Francis

Assistant Professor
Pathology and Cell Biology
Columbia University
United States of America

Professor Haematology
Biography

Richard Oscar Francis, is a Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, with pathophysiological consequences of oxidative stress that occurs during the refrigerated storage of red blood cells before transfusion. He was awarded Ph.D from Columbia University College

Research Intrest

Hematology

List of Publications
"Raciti PM, Francis RO, Spitalnik PF, Schwartz J, Jhang JS(2013) Acquired hemoglobin variants and exposure to glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient red blood cell units during exchange transfusion for sickle cell disease in a patient requiring antigen- matched blood. Journal of Clinical Apheresis 28:325-329."
"Francis RO, Jhang J, Hendrickson JE, Zimring JC, Hod EA, et al.(2013) Frequency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient red blood cell units in a metropolitan transfusion service. Transfusion 53:606-611."
Francis RO, Jhang JS, Pham HP, Hod EA, Zimring JC, et al.(2013) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in transfusion medicine: the unknown risks. Vox Sanguinis 105: 271-282.