Nicole Aqui, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Attending Pathologist, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Apheresis Services, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Clinical Service Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Member, Ambulatory EMR Operations Committee, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Section Chief, Transfusion Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency Program Director, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
3 White Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-4344
Fax: 215-662-6891
Fax: 215-662-6891
Email:
aqui@mail.med.upenn.edu
aqui@mail.med.upenn.edu
Education:
B.S. (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
University of Maryland College Park, 1996.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001.
Permanent linkB.S. (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
University of Maryland College Park, 1996.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2001.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Transfusion medicine, apheresis, blood banking, hematopoietic stem cell and immune effector cell collection/processing, sickle cell diseaseSelected Publications
Liu HD, Su L, Winters JL, Thibodeaux SR, Park YA, Wu Y, Schwartz J, Zubair AC, Schneiderman J, Gupta GK, Ramakrishnan S, Aqui NA.: Considerations for immune effector cell therapy collections: a white paper from the American Society for Apheresis. Cytotherapy 24(9): 916-922, Sep 2022.Padmanabhan A, Connelly-Smith L, Aqui N, Balogun RA, Klingel R, Meyer E, Pham HP, Schneiderman J, Witt V, Wu Y, Zantek ND, Dunbar NM, Schwartz GEJ: Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice - Evidence-Based Approach from the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: The Eighth Special Issue. J Clin Apher 34(3): 171-354, June 2019.
Thibodeaux SR, Aqui NA, Park YA, Schneiderman J, Su LL, Winters JL, Zubair AC, Schwartz J, Liu HD; Immune Effector Cell Therapy Subcommittee, Clinical Applications Committee, American Society for Apheresis.: Lack of defined apheresis collection criteria in publicly available CAR-T cell clinical trial descriptions: Comprehensive review of over 600 studies. J Clin Apher 37(3): 223-236, Jun 2022.
Bar KJ, Shaw PA, Choi GH, Aqui N, Fesnak A, Yang JB, Soto-Calderon H, Grajales L, Starr J, Andronov M, Mastellone M, Amonu C, Feret G, DeMarshall M, Buchanan M, Caturla M, Gordon J, Wanicur A, Monroy MA, Mampe F, Lindemuth E, Gouma S, Mullin AM, Barilla H, Pronina A, Irwin L, Thomas R, Eichinger RA, Demuth F, Luning Prak ET, Pascual JL, Short WR, Elovitz MA, Baron J, Meyer NJ, Degnan KO, Frank I, Hensley SE, Siegel DL, Tebas P: A randomized controlled study of convalescent plasma for individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. J Clin Invest. 131(24): e155114, Dec 2021.
Yamada C, Hofmann JC, Witt V, Gupta GK, Winters JL; ASFA COVID-19 Taskforce.: The report from ASFA COVID-19 taskforce: Considerations and prioritization on apheresis procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. J Clin Apher 36(6): 878-881, Dec 2021.
Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt WM, Puéchal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley CM, Khalidi N, Floßmann O, Wald R, Girard LP, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark WF, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Tesar V, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa JR, Szczeklik W, Flores-Suárez LF, Carette S, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, Casian AL, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Broadhurst E, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Jayne DRW; PEXIVAS Investigators.: Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis. N Engl J Med 382(7): 622-631, Feb 2020.
Balogun RA, Sanchez AP, Klingel R, Witt V, Aqui N, Meyer E, Padmanabhan A, Pham HP, Schneiderman J, Schwartz J, Wu Y, Zantek ND, Connelly-Smith L, Dunbar NM.: Update to the ASFA guidelines on the use of therapeutic apheresis in ANCA-associated vasculitis. J Clin Apher 35(5): 493-499, Sep 2020.
Wong T, Aqui N, Geara AS: Risk of bleeding with transplant kidney biopsy followed by apheresis - A single center's experience. Clin Nephrol 93(6): 305-306, June 2020.