Reggie R. Thomasson, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Reggie R. Thomasson, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He joined the faculty after completing his fellowship in Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. There, he was an Instructor of Pathology and joined the Program Evaluation Committee, the Diversity Committee, and the Resident Committee. His professional and research interest include massive transfusion and blood product inventory management.

Dr. Thomasson currently serves as the Medical Director of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Service at Boston Medical Center. His laboratory is CAP, AABB, and FACT accredited.

Publications

  • Published 3/7/2025

    Sofoluwe A, Ferri G, Sloan JM, Caron J, Thomasson RR. Implementation of a Duffy antigen screening test order with interpretation guide to help optimize resource allocation at an urban safety-net hospital. Transfusion. 2025 Apr; 65(4):652-653. PMID: 40055154.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/2/2022

    Covington ML, Cone-Sullivan JK, Andrzejewski C, Lu W, Thomasson RR, O'Brien K, Brunker PAR, Stowell SR. Unmasking delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions in patients with sickle-cell disease: Challenges and opportunities for improvement. Transfusion. 2022 Aug; 62(8):1662-1670. PMID: 35778994.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/24/2021

    Mohanty A, Kapuria D, Canakis A, Lin H, Amat MJ, Rangel Paniz G, Placone NT, Thomasson R, Roy H, Chak E, Baffy G, Curry MP, Laine L, Rustagi T. Fresh frozen plasma transfusion in acute variceal haemorrhage: Results from a multicentre cohort study. Liver Int. 2021 08; 41(8):1901-1908. PMID: 33969607.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/5/2019

    Thomasson RR, Yazer MH, Gorham JD, Dunbar NM. International assessment of massive transfusion protocol contents and indications for activation. Transfusion. 2019 05; 59(5):1637-1643. PMID: 30720872.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/17/2018

    Ruby KN, Thomasson RR, Szczepiorkowski ZM, Dunbar NM. Bacterial screening of apheresis platelets with a rapid test: a 113-month single center experience. Transfusion. 2018 07; 58(7):1665-1669. PMID: 29664170.

    Read at: PubMed

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Education

  • Medical University of South Carolina, MD
  • Winthrop College, MS
  • Wofford College, BS

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