Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Asif graduated from Allama Iqbal Medical College and completed a year of clinical internship at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. After relocating to the US, she completed her pathology residency training at the University of Chicago and completed Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking fellowship from Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle. She was working as an Assistant Professor in Transfusion Medicine, Apheresis, and Coagulation at the University of California, Davis, before joining the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Washington. Her research interests include blood product utilization, transfusion reaction, bleeding and clotting disorders, and integration of transfusion medicine within medical education through case examples. She is passionate about teaching medical students and trainees all aspects of transfusion medicine and coagulation.
Board Certifications
American Board of Pathology-Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
American Board of Pathology-Clinical Pathology
Research Interests
Blood Product Utilization, Transfusion Medicine, Coagulation and Therapeutic Apheresis
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2022-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 2021-2022
Medical Appointments
Associate Medical Director, Hematology and Coagulation Laboratories, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2022-present
Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Services, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2022-present
Education and Training
Fellowship, Transfusion Medicine, Bloodworks Northwest, Seattle, WA 2020-2021
Residency, Clinical Pathology, University of Chicago, IL 2017-2020
Clinical internship, Jinnah Hospital Lahore, Pakistan 2011-2012
Medical education M.B.B.S (M.D. equivalent), Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore, Pakistan 2011
Publications
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