Jesse C. Qiao
Biography
Jesse C. Qiao, M.D., is HS Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, where he serves as Medical Director of Coagulation and Hemostasis and Associate Medical Director of Transfusion Services at UCI Medical Center. He also serves as Program Director for the Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship and Resident Rotation Director for the Coagulation Rotation. Qiao received his M.D. from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed residency training in Anatomical and Clinical Pathology followed by fellowship training in Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine at the same institution. He is board certified in both Anatomical and Clinical Pathology and Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine by the American Board of Pathology.
Qiao's clinical and research focus centers on viscoelastic testing in trauma and perioperative care, anticoagulation monitoring, and patient blood management strategies. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed articles in journals including Transfusion, Anesthesia & Analgesia, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, and Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, addressing topics such as transfusion management during mass casualty events, coagulation monitoring in cardiac surgery, and diagnostic challenges in antiphospholipid syndrome. His work on patient outcomes during COVID-19 blood shortages and transfusion management of the 2019 El Paso mass shooting has contributed to the field's understanding of crisis resource management. Qiao received the Top Coagulation Award from the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management in 2024 and was awarded a Research Starter Grant from the same organization in 2023.
Qiao serves on the Communications Committee of the Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management and participates in the University of California Coagulation and Transfusion Medical Directors Workgroups. He is an active member of multiple professional organizations including the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies, the College of American Pathologists, and the International Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He has served as an inspection team leader for the College of American Pathologists and regularly reviews manuscripts for journals including Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis and Laboratory Medicine. Qiao has delivered invited presentations at national and international conferences and provides extensive teaching to pathology residents, medical students, and clinical laboratory staff in transfusion medicine and coagulation.
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- M.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2010
- B.S. in Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2006
Distinctions
- Top Coagulation Award, Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM), 2024
- Infographics Award in Coagulation, first place, Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM), 2024
- Research Starter Grant, Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM), 2023-2024
- Speaker Honorarium, American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), 2024
- Speaker Honorarium for Hematology Symposium, UCI, 2022
- Speaker Honorarium for Annual Meeting, Texas Society of Pathologists, 2022
- Service Award, University Medical Center El Paso, TTUHSC, 2023
- Outstanding Contribution to the Pathology Service, UTHSA, 2015
- Outstanding Effort Award in Autopsy Pathology, UTHSA, 2012
- Collegium V Honors Program, UTD, 2006
Areas of Expertise
- Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis
- Viscoelastic Coagulation Monitoring
- Patient Blood Management Strategies
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome Diagnostics
- Therapeutic Apheresis Procedures
- Cellular Therapy Collection Protocols
- Iron Deficiency Anemia Screening
Recent Publications
- Qiao J., Rezk S., Mathur G., “Exploring low haemoglobin density as a no-added-cost screening marker to assess iron deficiency” (opens in new tab), Vox Sanguinis, vol. 121, pp. 35-42, 2026.
- Qiao J, Mathur G, “Modernizing Iron Screening: The Case for Reticulocyte Hemoglobin” (opens in new tab), Transfusion, vol. 65, pp. 1564-1566, 2025.
- Mathur G, Qiao J, “Prolonged COVID-19 infection in a patient with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia maintained on convalescent plasma until recovery with monoclonal antibodies” (opens in new tab), Laboratory Medicine, vol. 56, pp. 813-818, 2025.
- Tran MH, Jones J, Qiao J, “Relapse and beyond: Navigating the long-term clinical impacts of immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura” (opens in new tab), Transfusion and Apheresis Science, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 104174, 2025.
- Tiwari A, Mathur G, Modha D, Qiao J, “The Effect of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution on Coagulation During Cardiac Surgery Using Sonorheometric Clot Analysis (Quantra QPlus): A Retrospective Pilot Study” (opens in new tab), Anesthesia and Analgesia, vol. 141, pp. 1181-1184, 2025.
- Aslam S, Nguyen L, Rabichow L, Dinh J, Qiao J, “Transient Acquired von Willebrand Disease With a Type 2B Phenotype: Recognizing the Diagnostic Challenges” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. e83470, 2025.
- Urgun K, Qiao J, Tran MH, Mathur G, “In Response: Further Thoughts on a Lower Fibrinogen Threshold prior to Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE)” (opens in new tab), Transfusion, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 420-421, 2025.
- Zhang S, Qiao J, “An atypical presentation of catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome with refractoriness to treatment” (opens in new tab), Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, vol. 36, pp. 101-107, 2025.
- Qiao J, Bailly J, Opie J, “Key Issues at the Forefront of Diagnosis and Testing for Antiphospholipid Syndrome” (opens in new tab), Clinical and Applied Thrombosis Hemostasis, vol. 30, 2024.
- Qiao J, Tran MH, “Challenges to Laboratory Monitoring of Direct Oral Anticoagulants” (opens in new tab), Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, vol. 30, 2024.
- Rabichow L, Dinh J, Nguyen L, Qiao J, “In vitro Differential Inhibition of the Factor XI Activity Assay in the Setting of a Lupus Anticoagulant” (opens in new tab), Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, vol. 35, pp. 217-222, 2024.
- Wells ME, Qiao J, Decker KE, Parnes N, Rajani R, Eckhoff M, “A Masquerading Hematoma Resulting in the Delayed Diagnosis of a Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Case Report” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 15, no. 9, pp. e44822, 2023.
- Abadie J, Qiao J, “Delayed Diagnosis in a 61-Year-Old Hispanic Male with Ecchymoses, Soft Tissue Bleeding, and Edema” (opens in new tab), Clinical Chemistry, vol. 69, no. 8, pp. 803-806, 2023.
- Qiao J, Ray B, Singh V, Geno A, Abadie J, “Lessons learned from patient outcomes when lowering hemoglobin transfusion thresholds during COVID-19 blood shortages” (opens in new tab), American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 160, no. 2, pp. 175-184, 2023.
- Qiao J, “Prostatic Leiomyoma: An Uncommon Diagnosis Found in Clinically Suspected Cases of Severe Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Without Elevated Serum Total Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. e37035, 2023.
- Brentlinger MN, Padilla O, Qiao J, “Primary Urethral Malignant Peripheral Neural Sheath Tumor in a 58-Year-Old Female in the Absence of Neurofibromatosis Type 1” (opens in new tab), Cureus, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. e32634, 2022.
- Qiao J, Ray B, “Transfusion-Free Anemia PowerPlan: Pharmaceutical Updates”, The El Paso Physician, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 32-33, 2022.
- Qiao J, Ray B, “Case Quiz on Transfusion Medicine and Patient Blood Management”, The El Paso Physician, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 15-18, 2022.
- Qiao J, Ray B, Wians F, Abadie J, “Transfusion management of trauma from the 2019 El Paso mass shooting incident” (opens in new tab), Vox Sanguinis, vol. 117, pp. 299-312, 2021.
- Qiao J, Abadie J, “Massive Transfusion Protocol in a 69 Year Old Woman with Alloantibodies” (opens in new tab), Laboratory Medicine, vol. 53, pp. E30-E32, 2021.
Most Cited Publications
- Hamdan M, Qiao J, Fidfak V, “Adult-onset perianal Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as pruritus ani: a case report and review of the literature” (opens in new tab), Journal of Medical Case Reports, vol. 15, 2021.
- Jones H, Qiao J, Padilla O, Orazi A, “Primary pancreatic diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma, activated B‐cell subtype, diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration—A case report and review of the literature” (opens in new tab), Clinical Case Reports, vol. 9, pp. 669-672, 2020.
- Qiao J., Mathur G., “Revisiting a “new” yet “old” approach: Reticulocyte hemoglobin and related hematological indices for iron deficiency screening for patient blood management” (opens in new tab), Transfusion, vol. 65, pp. 2178-2191, 2025.
- Maracaja D, Qiao J, Salazar T, Barry J, LaForce K, Holder K, Olson J, “A Flow Cytometric Study of Reagent Cells to Resolve ABO Typing Discrepancy” (opens in new tab), American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 155, pp. 117-123, 2020.
- Dudrey E, Qiao J, Ezhaplili S, Gilani S, “Cerebrospinal fluid with abnormal cells: Diagnostic considerations” (opens in new tab), Cytopathology, vol. 31, pp. 1-2, 2019.
Contact Information
Email: jesseq1@uci.edu
Phone: (714) 456-6141
Address: UCIMC - Bldg. 1, Irvine, CA 92697-4805
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