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Pathology

Houston, Texas

Department of Pathology
Pathology
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Faculty

Jun Teruya, M.D., D.Sc. Professor of Pathology
Associate Chairman of Clinical Pathology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Center of Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation at Texas Children's Hospital

Jun Teruya

Education

  1. M.D. from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  2. D.Sc. (Doctor of Science) from Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Residency

  1. Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Fellowship

  1. Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Specialty

  1. Blood banking and coagulation

Board Certification

  1. Clinical Pathology

  2. Blood Banking / Transfusion Medicine

Area of Interest

  1. Clinical blood banking

  2. Thrombosis

  3. Bleeding

  4. Plasmapheresis

Current Position

  1. Professor and Associate Chairman of Clinical pathology

  2. Head, Division of Baylor Transfusion Medicine

  3. Director of Center of Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation, Texas Children's Hospital

  4. Director of Blood Bank fellowship program

  5. Director of Clinical Pathology Residency Program

Honors and Awards

  1. The Best Clinical Teacher, voted by residents in Clinical Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1994-1995

  2. Faculty Award for Outstanding Resident Teaching in Clinical Pathology 2003-2004 at Baylor College of Medicine, 2003-2004

  3. Listed as America's Top Physician, 2005

  4. Listed as America's Top Physician, 2006

  5. Best teacher with most humor, voted by 170 second year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine, 2006

  6. Listed as America 's Top Physician, 2007

  7. Powerful Power Pointer Award, voted by 1st and 2nd year medical students at Baylor College of Medicine, 2007

  8. Faculty Education Award, Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Service, 2008

Membership on professional organizations

  1. American Association of Blood Banks

  2. The Massachusetts Medical Society

  3. Fellow of College of American Pathologists and member of Coagulation Resource Committee

  4. American Society of Hematology

  5. Texas Society of Pathologists

  6. American Society of Clinical Pathology

  7. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Area Committee on Hematology, observer

Representative Publications

  1. Chen, A and Teruya, J. Global hemostasis testing - Thromboelastography: Old technology, new applications Laboratory diagnosis of disorders of hemostasis. Clin Lab Med. 2009 ;29:391–407

  2. Brunetti-Pierri, N, Grove, NC, Zuo, Y, Edwards, RM, Palmer, D, Cerullo, V, Teruya, J, and Ng, P. Bioengineered factor IX molecules with increased catalytic activity improve the safety and efficacy of helper-dependent adenoviral vectors for hemophilia B gene therapy. Human Gene Therapy. 2009 ;20:479-485.

  3. Baxter, PA, Nuchtern, JG, Guillerman, RP, Mahoney, DH, Teruya, J, Chintagumpala, MC and Yee, DL. Acquired von Willebrand syndrome and Wilms tumor: Not always benign. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 ;52:392-394.

  4. Edwards, RM, Naik-Mathuria, B, Gay, N, Olutoye OO, Teruya, J. Parameters of thromboelastography in the normal newborns. Am J Clin Path. 2008 ;130:99-102.

  5. Yee, DL, Dinu, C, Sun, C, Edwards, RM, Teruya, J, Bray, PF, Bomgaars, LR. “Aspirin resistance” in children: prevalence and assay discordance. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 ;51:86-92.

  6. Teruya, J . and Van Cott, EM. Questions and perspective on laboratory hypercoagulation testing. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 ;131:864–865.

  7. Cunningham, MT, Brandt, JT, Chandler, WL, Eby, CS, Hayes, TE, Krishnan, J, Lefkowitz, JB, Olson, JD, Stasik, CJ, Teruya, J, and Van Cott, EM. Quality assurance in hemostasis: The perspective from the College of American Pathologists proficiency testing program. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2007 Apr;33(3):250-8.

  8. Teruya, J, West, A, and Suell, MN. Lupus anticoagulant Lupus Anticoagulant Assays: Questions Answered and To Be Answered. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2007 ;131:885–889

  9. Gonzalez, BE, Teruya, J, Mahoney, D, Hulten, KG, Edwards, R, Lamberth, LB, Hammerman, WA, Mason Jr., EO, and Kaplan SL. Venous thrombosis associated with staphylococcal osteomyelitis in children. Pediatrics. 2006;117:1673-1679

  10. Quiros-Tejeira, RE, Chang, I, Scott, JD, Goss, JA and Teruya, J. Mycophenolate mofetil in the management of alloimmune hemolytic anemia in ABO-compatible but non-identical pediatric liver transplantation. Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2005;41:125-128

  11. Yee, Y, Edwards, R, Mueller, B and Teruya, J. Thromboelastographic and hemostatic characteristics in patients with sickle cell disease Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2005;129:760-765

  12. Acosta, M, Edwards, R, Jaffe, EI, Yee, DL, Mahoney, DH, and Teruya, J. Practical approach to pediatric patients referred with an abnormal coagulation profile.Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2005;129:1011-1016

  13. Kurbegov, D, Teruya, J, and Rice, L. Pathologic Quiz Case: A 64-year-old man with hematuria, intracranial hemorrhage and severe coagulation abnormalities. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2004;128:e181-e182. (USA)

  14. Alberts, MJ, Bergman, DL, Molner, E, Jovanovic B, Ishiwata I, and Teruya, J. Antiplatelet effect of aspirin in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Stroke. 2004;35:175-8. (USA)