Amrom Obstfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Director, Hematology and Coagulation Laboratories, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Member, Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Chair of Pathology Informatics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5th Floor Main Building
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
5th Floor Main Building
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7491
Fax: 215-590-1736
Fax: 215-590-1736
Publications
Education:
B.A. (Biology, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
Ph.D. (Physiology)
Columbia University, 2010.
M.D.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 2012.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biology, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies)
University of Pennsylvania, 2003.
Ph.D. (Physiology)
Columbia University, 2010.
M.D.
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 2012.
Selected Publications
Graham BV, Master SR, Obstfeld AE, Wilson RB.: A Multianalyte Machine Learning Model to Detect Wrong Blood in Complete Blood Count Tube Errors in a Pediatric Setting. Clin Chem March 2025.Koga S, Ono D, Obstfeld A.: Retrieval-augmented generation versus document-grounded generation: a key distinction in large language models. J Pathol Clin Res January 2025.
Fatemi Y, Polsky T, Burns J, L'Etoile N, Obstfeld A, Zorc JJ, Nord E, Coffin S, Shaw K.: Reducing Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Ordering: De-implementation and Diagnostic Stewardship. Hosp Pediatr 14: 658-665, Aug 2024.
Obstfeld AE, Davis BH, Han JY, Urrechaga E.: Report of the International Council for Standardization in Haematology working group for standardization of reticulocyte parameters. Int J Lab Hematol April 2024.
Merrill AE, Durant TJS, Baron J, Klutts JS, Obstfeld AE, Peaper D, Stoffel M, Wheeler S, Zaydman MA.: Data Analytics in Clinical Laboratories: Advancing Diagnostic Medicine in the Digital Age. Clin Chem 69: 1333-1341, Dec 2023.
Obstfeld AE, Brodsky V, Carter AB, Gershkovich P, Haymond S, Levy B, Sinard J, Sellers D, Stoffel M, Jackups R.: Proceedings of the Association for Pathology Informatics Bootcamp 2022. J Pathol Inform 14: 100331, Aug 2023.
Zhang R, Drumheller B, Wang LP, Obstfeld AE, Lake JI, Bagg A.: Digital image analysis of erythroblastic islands in myelodysplastic syndromes. Int J Lab Hematol Mar 2023.
Obstfeld AE.: Hematology and Machine Learning. J Appl Lab Med 8: 129-144, Jan 2023.
Doshi BS, Kamdar A, Lambert MP, Obstfeld AE.: Hemolysis After Medication Exposure in Pediatric Patients With G6PD Deficiency. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 44: 261-263, Jul 2022.
Nelson O, Wu L, Swanson JW, Hsu G, Lambert MP, Obstfeld A, Thottathil P, Wohler BL, Stricker PA, Simpao AF, Galvez JA. : Thromboelastography Changes of Whole Blood Compared to Blood Component Transfusion in Infant Craniosynostosis Surgery. J Craniofac Surg 33(1), Jen-Feb 2022.