Suvarna Deshmukh-Rane

Biography

Suvarna Deshmukh-Rane, M.D., is Staff Pathologist in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Medical Director of the Transfusion Service, Director of Hematopathology, and Site Program Director for the Pathology Residency at the Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System. She also holds an appointment as Health Sciences Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of California Irvine. Board certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology and Hematopathology, Deshmukh-Rane completed fellowship training in Hematopathology at USC/LAC+USC Medical Center, Gastrointestinal/Hepatic Pathology at UC Irvine, and Surgical Pathology at UCLA.

Deshmukh-Rane has held multiple administrative and educational leadership positions throughout her career. At the Permanente Medical Group in Berkeley, she served as Director of the Rapid Response Laboratory, Point of Care Testing, and Outpatient Laboratory, while also serving as Pathology Residency Site Program Director. She has served multiple terms as Acting Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at both the VA Long Beach Healthcare System and during her tenure at Kaiser Permanente. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Medical Center Patient Blood Management Committee and is a member of the UCI Pathology Residency Clinical Competency Committee and Program Evaluation Committee.

Deshmukh-Rane received her M.D. from Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, University of Pune, India. She is a Fellow member of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists and has been a Fellow member of the College of American Pathologists. Her work has been published in journals including the American Journal of Clinical Pathology and the International Journal of Surgical Pathology, and she has contributed to multiple case reports and presentations at national pathology meetings.

Education

• M.D., Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, University of Pune, India, 1995

Distinctions

• Fellow, College of American Pathologists, 2023-2024
• Fellow, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 2022
• Department of Veterans Affairs Certificate of appreciation and recognition for contribution to resident and laboratory staff education, and service to veterans, 2017