Louise Helander, MBBS
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Allergy/Clinical Immunology

Professional Titles

• Medical Director

Recognition & Awards

• Summit Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Education of Pathologists, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado (2022)
  Teaching award for the education of pathology residents.

Teaching

Publications

• Helander L, Mack S, Stanley C, Luong P, Dumont LJ, Berg M. Platelet Swirling: a useful viability marker or just and interesting phenomenon? [abstract] Abstract Presentations from the 2022 AABB Virtual Annual Meeting, November 6-7, 2022. Abstract no. P-BB-62.
• Pasko BE, DomBourian M, Helander L, Sanders M, Annen K. Safe peripheral blood stem cell collection in patients less than 10kg: A single-center review. J Clin Apher. 2022 Dec 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36477903
• Kelly K, Helander L, Hazegh K, Stanley C, Moss R, Mack S, Sanders ML, Gurley J, McKinney C, Dumont LJ, Annen K. Cryopreservation of rare pediatric red blood cells for support following bone marrow transplant. Transfusion. 2022 May;62(5):954-960. PubMed PMID: 35403731
• Helander L, McKinney C, Kelly K, Mack S, Sanders M, Gurley J, Dumont LJ, Annen K. Chronic granulomatous disease and McLeod syndrome: Stem cell transplant and transfusion support in a 2-year-old patient-a case report. Front Immunol. 2022;13:994321. PubMed PMID: 36081507
• Helander L & Alquist CR. Modern Blood Banking. In: C. S. Scherf, A. D. Kaye, H. Liu, S. Perelman & S. Leavitt, editors. Essentials of Blood Product Management in Anesthesia Practice. Springer Nature; 2021. p. 11-19.
• Helander L, Everitt MD, Roark CL, Freed BM. Donor Specific Antibody After Heart Transplant: Is C1q Antibody Generated from Memory B-Cells? Abstract Presentations at the ASHI Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 27-October 1, 2021.
• Helander L, Hanna M, Annen K. Pediatric double positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody glomerulonephritis-A case report with review of literature. J Clin Apher. 2021 Jun;36(3):505-510. PubMed PMID: 33629780
• Helander L, Potterveld S, Berg M. A Platelet Inventory Management Assessment: Is a Pathogen Reduced Only Inventory Financially Feasible?. Transfus Med Rev. 2021 Jul;35(3):60-61. PubMed PMID: 34364733
• Alquist CR, Helander L. Transfusion Blood Bank (Recipient) Testing. Clin Lab Med. 2021 Dec;41(4):599-610. PubMed PMID: 34689967
• Pathology Outlines, Allergic and Anaphylactic Transfusion Reactions, August 19, 2020. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/transfusionmedallergic.html
• Pathology Outlines, Tissue Banking, November 25, 2020. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/transfusionmedtissuebanking.html

Professional Memberships

• Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies, Member
• College of American Pathologists, Fellow (FCAP)
• American Society for Clinical Pathology, Fellow (FASCP)