Christopher Tormey, MD
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Dr. Tormey has several diverse research interests within the fields of Transfusion Medicine & Laboratory Hematology ranging from large clinical studies to translational research projects. Areas of current investigation include blood bank-based immunohematology where the properties of red blood cell alloantibodies in veteran populations are examined, particularly those factors influencing the duration of humoral response following alloimmunization. In addition, Dr. Tormey is interested in studying the biochemical and immunologic effects of storage on platelet components in the blood bank. Finally, he is also interested in studying coagulation assays, in particular the clinical scenarios leading to discrepant coagulation test results and the general impact of coagulation assays on transfusion-related care.
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Blood Coagulation Tests; Blood Group Incompatibility; Blood Group Antigens; Blood Platelet Disorders; Platelet Function Tests; Health Care
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- Cost-effectiveness of rapid vs in-house vs send-out ADAMTS13 testing for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraAllen C, Ito S, Butt A, Purcell A, Richmond R, Tormey C, Krumholz H, Cuker A, Goshua G. Cost-effectiveness of rapid vs in-house vs send-out ADAMTS13 testing for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 2279-2289. PMID: 38502197, PMCID: PMC11116991, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012608.
- Factitious disorder presenting as sickle cell disease: a case reportJacobs J, Guarente J, Karp J, Grossman B, Ziman A, McGonigle A, Binns T, Gish T, Gorham J, Park Y, Perez-Alvarez I, Burner J, Mei Z, Ward D, Woo J, Booth G, Adkins B, Webb C, Yamada C, Lee G, Abels E, Marques M, Allen E, Fasano R, Crowe E, Tobian A, Tormey C, Bloch E. Factitious disorder presenting as sickle cell disease: a case report. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024, 34: 100761. PMID: 38745885, PMCID: PMC11090869, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100761.
- Severe, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions.Namineni N, Waldron C, Tormey C, Goshua G. Severe, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions. Annals Of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases 2024, 3 PMID: 38725710, PMCID: PMC11081177, DOI: 10.7326/aimcc.2023.1141.
- Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic reviewJacobs J, Sharma D, Stephens L, Villalba C, Rinder H, Woo J, Wheeler A, Gerberi D, Goel R, Tormey C, Booth G, Bloch E, Adkins B. Thrombosis risk with haemoglobin C trait and haemoglobin C disease: A systematic review. British Journal Of Haematology 2024, 204: 1500-1506. PMID: 38291731, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19313.
- Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answerBurke O, Jacobs J, Tormey C, Rinder H, Villalba C, Lee E, Campos J, Abels E, Yurtsever N. Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answer. Lab Medicine 2023, 55: 520-523. PMID: 38142129, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmad107.
- Assessing Recommendations for Determining Fetal Risk in Alloimmunized Pregnancies in the United States: Is It Time to Update a Decades-Old Practice?Abels E, Adkins B, Cedeno K, Booth G, Allen E, Stephens L, Woo J, Tormey C, Jacobs J. Assessing Recommendations for Determining Fetal Risk in Alloimmunized Pregnancies in the United States: Is It Time to Update a Decades-Old Practice? Transfusion Medicine Reviews 2023, 38: 150810. PMID: 38194730, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2023.150810.
- Comprehensive Characterization of Coagulation Parameters in Venous MalformationsRestrepo V, Pine A, Butt A, Chang E, Bar N, Baluha A, Brooks A, Chirico G, Curran J, Dumont A, Obura-Wilkes P, Rinder H, Tormey C, Nassiri N, Lee A, Prozora S. Comprehensive Characterization of Coagulation Parameters in Venous Malformations. Blood 2023, 142: 27. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-190609.
- Alloimmunization following antigen‐negative red blood cell transfusionJacobs J, Binns T, Abels E, Iyer K, Villalba C, Verma A, Sostin N, Tormey C. Alloimmunization following antigen‐negative red blood cell transfusion. Transfusion 2022, 63: 430-434. PMID: 36458330, DOI: 10.1111/trf.17208.
- SRSF2 or TET2 Mutations in Patients with MDS Predict Increased Red Blood Cell AlloimmunizationGuarente J, Hendrickson J, Li F, Parziale S, Tormey C, Siddon A. SRSF2 or TET2 Mutations in Patients with MDS Predict Increased Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization. Blood 2022, 140: 5706-5707. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-169888.
- Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Hospitalized PatientsOrtigoza MB, Yoon H, Goldfeld KS, Troxel AB, Daily JP, Wu Y, Li Y, Wu D, Cobb GF, Baptiste G, O’Keeffe M, Corpuz MO, Ostrosky-Zeichner L, Amin A, Zacharioudakis IM, Jayaweera DT, Wu Y, Philley JV, Devine MS, Desruisseaux MS, Santin AD, Anjan S, Mathew R, Patel B, Nigo M, Upadhyay R, Kupferman T, Dentino AN, Nanchal R, Merlo CA, Hager DN, Chandran K, Lai JR, Rivera J, Bikash CR, Lasso G, Hilbert TP, Paroder M, Asencio AA, Liu M, Petkova E, Bragat A, Shaker R, McPherson DD, Sacco RL, Keller MJ, Grudzen CR, Hochman JS, Pirofski LA, Rahman F, Ajayi A, Rodriguez S, Ledesma A, Keeling D, Rappoport N, Ebel S, Kim J, Chang M, Chan K, Patel P, Martocci A, Dave S, Darwish Y, Taveras M, Shoyelu V, Xin P, Iturrate E, Moldolsky L, Raimondo B, Mendez S, Hughes P, Sterling S, Lord A, Yaghi S, Veloso K, Sheikh M, Visconti-Ferrara E, Fleming A, Youn H, Jane Fran B, Medina R, McKell R, Khan S, Hamilton T, Sanchez C, Patel N, Cleare L, Vergnolle O, Nakouzi A, Quevedo G, Bortz R, Wirchnianski A, Florez C, Babb R, Ayala J, Tsagaris K, James A, Eke I, Obeidallah A, Sandu O, Sohval S, Serrano-Rahman L, Uehlinger J, Bartash R, Al-Abduladheem A, Gendlina I, Sheridan C, Bortnick A, Eichler J, Kaufman R, Yukelis S, Pennock M, Goggin M, Shen C, Annam J, Khokhar A, Barboto D, Lally B, Lee A, Lee M, Yang X, Allen S, Malaviya A, Moussa O, Park R, Sample R, Bae A, Benoni G, Boerger L, Baker L, Luther M, Ameti L, Briggs N, Golden M, Gormally M, Huang G, Johnson R, Morrison A, Montagna-Hill M, Rivera B, Cortezzo G, Debski K, Nicoletti, DeBenedictis K, Davis R, Marshall C, Duque Cuartas M, Beauchamps L, Bertran-Lopez J, Gonzales Zamora J, Delgado-Lelievre M, Dominguez S, Lee C, Kusack H, Karakeshishyan V, Hajaz A, Deniz D, Garcia G, Dae K, Blenet P, Jaffe D, Olson L, Sabogal D, Blust O, Del Prete Perez V, Bornia C, Rodriguez-Perez V, Calderon V, Ramdev R, Jolly A, Guzman I, Guerra R, Brito S, Hobbs R, Denham R, Dick J, Hernandez M, Nielsen L, Anjum S, Mader S, Stutz T, Mammadova M, Nichols P, Khan T, Boktour M, Castaneda B, Benitez B, Hinojosa E, Guerra B, Ortiz A, Hebbeler-Clark R, McShane P, Hibbard R, Hawkins B, Dohanich E, Wadle C, Greenlee K, Brooks J, Herrick C, Gode A, Bergl P, Hu K, Patel J, Srinivasan S, Graf J, Klis C, Reimer K, Carpenter E, Naczek C, Petersen R, Dex R, Drossart J, Zelten J, Brummitt C, Liang M, Yanny L, Dennison G, Runningen P, Brzezinski B, Fiebig S, Naczek C, Kasdorf M, Parameswaran L, Corcoran A, Rohatgi A, Wronska M, Wu X, Srinivasan R, Deng F, Filardo T, Pendse J, Blaser S, Whyte O, Gallagher J, Thomas O, Ramos D, Sturm-Reganato C, Fong C, Daus I, Payoen A, Chiofolo J, Friedman M, Wu D, Jacobson J, Schneider J, Sarwar U, Wang H, Huebinger R, Dronavalli G, Bai Y, Grimes C, Eldin K, Umana V, Martin J, Heath T, Bello F, Ransford D, Laurent-Rolle M, Shenoi S, Akide-Ndunge O, Thapa B, Peterson J, Knauf K, Patel S, Cheney L, Tormey C, Hendrickson J. Efficacy and Safety of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Hospitalized Patients. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 115-126. PMID: 34901997, PMCID: PMC8669605, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.6850.
- Assessment of Factor V Activity in Apheresis Platelet Units: Implications for Management of FV DeficiencyGupta G, Hendrickson J, Bahel P, Siddon A, Rinder H, Tormey C. Assessment of Factor V Activity in Apheresis Platelet Units: Implications for Management of FV Deficiency. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s6-s7. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa137.011.
- Endotheliopathy in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: evidence from a single-centre, cross-sectional studyGoshua G, Pine AB, Meizlish ML, Chang CH, Zhang H, Bahel P, Baluha A, Bar N, Bona RD, Burns AJ, Dela Cruz CS, Dumont A, Halene S, Hwa J, Koff J, Menninger H, Neparidze N, Price C, Siner JM, Tormey C, Rinder HM, Chun HJ, Lee AI. Endotheliopathy in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: evidence from a single-centre, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Haematology 2020, 7: e575-e582. PMID: 32619411, PMCID: PMC7326446, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(20)30216-7.
- The evanescence and persistence of RBC alloantibodies in blood donorsHauser RG, Esserman D, Karafin MS, Tan S, Balbuena‐Merle R, Spencer BR, Roubinian NH, Wu Y, Triulzi DJ, Kleinman S, Gottschall JL, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA, ). The evanescence and persistence of RBC alloantibodies in blood donors. Transfusion 2020, 60: 831-839. PMID: 32061102, DOI: 10.1111/trf.15718.
- Microbial pathogen primary sequence inversely correlates with blood group antigen immunogenicityBaine I, Bahar B, Hendrickson JE, Hudson KE, Tormey CA. Microbial pathogen primary sequence inversely correlates with blood group antigen immunogenicity. Transfusion 2019, 59: 1651-1656. PMID: 30811034, DOI: 10.1111/trf.15212.
- Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequencesTormey CA, Hendrickson JE. Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences. Blood 2019, 133: 1821-1830. PMID: 30808636, PMCID: PMC6484385, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-08-833962.
- Modified approach to fibrinogen replacement in the setting of dysfibrinogenaemiaChandler JB, Siddon AJ, Bahel P, Torres R, Rinder HM, Tormey CA. Modified approach to fibrinogen replacement in the setting of dysfibrinogenaemia. Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2018, 72: 177. PMID: 30463936, DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205438.
- Discordance Between Functional Screening and Genetic Confirmatory Diagnostic Tests: A Retrospective Analysis of Activated Protein C Resistance and Factor 5 Leiden Testing Over a 5-Year PeriodBaraban E, Siddon A, Tormey C. Discordance Between Functional Screening and Genetic Confirmatory Diagnostic Tests: A Retrospective Analysis of Activated Protein C Resistance and Factor 5 Leiden Testing Over a 5-Year Period. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2017, 147: s163-s164. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqw191.026.
- The Hidden Lesion.Lee A, Tormey C. The Hidden Lesion. New England Journal Of Medicine 2016, 375: 1199. PMID: 27653584, DOI: 10.1056/nejmc1608553.
- Chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorders are a risk factor for red blood cell alloimmunizationRyder AB, Hendrickson JE, Tormey CA. Chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorders are a risk factor for red blood cell alloimmunization. British Journal Of Haematology 2015, 174: 483-485. PMID: 26456151, PMCID: PMC7025713, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13781.
- Immunogenicity of blood group antigens: a mathematical model corrected for antibody evanescence with exclusion of naturally occurring and pregnancy-related antibodiesTormey CA, Stack G. Immunogenicity of blood group antigens: a mathematical model corrected for antibody evanescence with exclusion of naturally occurring and pregnancy-related antibodies. Blood 2009, 114: 4279-4282. PMID: 19713462, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-06-227793.