Dr. Thomas Jay Raife MD
Pathologist | Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Thomas Raife is a pathologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Raife is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Raife can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Raife 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
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1989
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP- Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- von Willebrand factor and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Inhibition of human platelet function by sulfatides.
- Age-dependent prevalence of vascular disease-associated polymorphisms among 2689 volunteer blood donors.
- Retinoic acid exacerbates experimental radiation nephropathy.
- Pathogenesis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Thienopyridine-linked thrombotic microangiopathy: association with endothelial cell apoptosis and activation of MAP kinase signalling cascades.
- The changing paradigm of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Disseminated histoplasmosis presenting as thrombotic microangiopathy.
- Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI): current clinical and pathophysiologic considerations.
- Plasma fibrinogen gamma' chain content in the thrombotic microangiopathy syndrome.
- Severe citrate toxicity complicating volunteer apheresis platelet donation.
- A comparative labor productivity analysis of blood collection centers.
- Ticlopidine- and clopidogrel-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP): review of clinical, laboratory, epidemiological, and pharmacovigilance findings (1989-2008).
- Value of ADAMTS13 activity and inhibitor in the postmortem diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
- Elevated procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as potential biomarkers of sepsis in a subpopulation of thrombotic microangiopathy patients.
Fellowships
- University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
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