David C. Mair, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Activities

Dr. Mair's research interests include studies on antibody test results on patients diagnosed with TRALI and on donors implicated in TRALI reactions; collaboration between the transfusion service and blood supplier decrease cost of transfusing crossmatched platelets; an unusual case of hemolytic disease of the newborn in a mother undergoing in-vitro fertilization with donor oocytes; and culture results on platelets involved in transfusion reactions. Dr. Mair has presented his research at numerous poster presentations.

Educational Background

• Harvard University, Massachusetts (1984), B.A. (Economics)
• University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania (1990), M.D.

Board Certification

• American Board of Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1996
• American Board of Pathology, Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking, 1997

Professional Background

• Transitional Year Internship, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1990-1991
• Pathology Resident, University of Virginia Medical Center, Anatomic Pathology/ Clinical Pathology, Charlottesville, VA, 1991-1995
• Chief Resident of Clinical Pathology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, 1994-1995
• Transfusion Medicine Fellow, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, 1994-1995
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Acting Assistant Director, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 1995-1996
• Chief Medical Officer, American Red Cross Blood Services, Johnstown and Tri-State Regions, Johnstown, PA, 1996-1999
• Director of Transfusion Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 1999-2000
• Medical Director, American Red Cross Blood Services – NCBS, St. Paul, MN, 2001-Present
• Assistant Medical Director, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Fairview University Medical Center, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-Present

Professional Memberships

• ASCP Resource Council on Transfusion Medicine

Publications

Dr. Mair is an ad hoc reviewer for three various journals that include: Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Clinical Chemistry; and Transfusion.

• Eder AF, Kennedy JM, Dy BA, Notari EP, Skeate R, Bachowski G, Mair DC, Webb JS, Wagner SJ, Dodd RY, Benjamin RJ; the American Red Cross Regional Blood Centers. Limiting and detecting bacterial contamination of apheresis platelets: inlet-line diversion and increased culture volume improve component safety. Transfusion 2009 Apr 28.
• J. Burch, D. Mair, G. Meny,  G. Moroff, S. Ching, M. Naidoff, E. Steuer, S. Loftus, J. Armstrong, B. Klein. The Risk of Posterior Subcapsular Cataracts in Granulocyte Donors Transfusion 2005;45:1701-1708.
• Mair, D.C., Eastlund, T., Rosen, G., Covin, R., Harmon, J.V., Menser, M., Carr, R., Shrwany, S. Hemolysis during percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy can mimic a hemolytic transfusion reaction. Transfusion 2005; Vol. 45, No. 8, 1291-1294.
• Mair D, Miller J, Mintz P: Fibrin Glue and Topical Hemostasis. In Blood Transfusion and Conservation in Cardiac Surgery. Isom O and Krieger K, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York  1998
• Burstain JM, Brecher ME, Workman K, Foster M, Faber GH, Mair D. Rapid Identification of Bacterially Contaminated Platelets Using Reagent Strips: Glucose and pH Analysis of Bacterial Contamination. Transfusion 1997; Vol. 37, No. 3, 255-258
• Bandarenko N, Owen H, Mair D, Brecher M. Trends In Apheresis. Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 1996; Vol. 16, No. 4, 907-29
• Mair D, Brecher M, Hom E, Read E, Owen H and Shea T. False Positive Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Screening Tests in Patients Taking Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor. Transfusion 1996;Vol.36, No. 11/12, 948-51