Dr. Samir K. Ballas M.D.
Pathologist | Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
833 Chestnut St Suite 701 Philadelphia PA, 19107Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Samir Ballas is a pathologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ballas is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Ballas can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Ballas may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Govt. Dental College, Bangalore University, India 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sickle hemoglobin polymer melting in high concentration phosphate buffer.
- Greater erythrocyte deformability in world-class endurance athletes.
- The reaction of deoxy-sickle cell hemoglobin with hydroxyurea.
- Temperature and domain size dependence of sickle cell hemoglobin polymer melting in high concentration phosphate buffer.
- The reactions of myoglobin, normal adult hemoglobin, sickle cell hemoglobin and
- Sequential nitric oxide measurements during the emergency department treatment of acute vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis.
- Cost-effectiveness of hydroxyurea in sickle cell anemia. Investigators of the Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell Anemia.
- Sickle cell disease: clinical management.
- Pleiotropic syndrome of dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis, pseudohyperkalemia, and perinatal edema maps to 16q23-q24.
- Hydration of sickle erythrocytes using a herbal extract (Pfaffia paniculata) in vitro.
- Elevated serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid levels of interleukin 8 and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor associated with the acute chest syndrome in patients with sickle cell disease.
- Determinants of red cell survival and erythropoietic activity in patients with sickle cell anemia in the steady state.
- Iron overload is a determinant of morbidity and mortality in adult patients with sickle cell disease.
- Sudden unexpected death in a patient with splenic sequestration and sickle cell-beta+-thalassemia syndrome.
- In vitro exposure to hydroxyurea reduces sickle red blood cell deformability.
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