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
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.
Drumheller B, Gebre K, Lockhart B, Margolskee E, Obstfeld A, Paessler M, Pillai V.: Haematology laboratory parameters to assess efficacy of CD19-, CD22-, CD33-, and CD123-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in haematological malignancies. Int J Lab Hematol 2022.
Doshi BS, Kamdar A, Lambert MP, Obstfeld AE. : Hemolysis After Medication Exposure in Pediatric Patients With G6PD Deficiency. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. Oct 2021.
Amrom E Obstfeld, Khushbu Patel, James C Boyd, Julia Drees, Daniel T Holmes, John P A Ioannidis, Arjun K Manrai: Data Mining Approaches to Reference Interval Studies. Clinical Chemistry 67(9): 1175-1181, September 2021.
Obstfeld AE, Patel K, Boyd JC, Drees J, Holmes DT, Ioannidis JPA, Manrai AK: Data Mining Approaches to Reference Interval Studies. Clin Chem 67(9): 1175-1181, Sep 2021.
Dumm RE, Elkan M, Fink J, Richard-Greenblatt M, Obstfeld AE, Harris RM.: Implementation of an extraction-free COVID RT-PCR workflow in a pediatric hospital setting. J Appl Lab Med Jun 2021.
Huang B, Wang R, Masino AJ, Obstfeld AE.: Aiding clinical assessment of neonatal sepsis using hematological analyzer data with machine learning techniques. Int J Lab Hematol May 2021.