Overview 

Dr. Anupa Jacob is a specialist in Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, with an MBBS from Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal, and MD from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore. Her expertise includes component separation, Coombs testing, and advanced immunohematology techniques. Dr. Anupa's interests also encompass apheresis procedures and complex antibody investigations, underscoring her commitment to delivering precise and specialized care in transfusion medicine.

Education 

• MD, Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore

• MBBS, FMGE, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal

Medical Experience 

• Consultant, VPS Lakeshore hospital and research Center, Ernakulam: 

Day-to-day running of the blood bank and HLA lab Immunological work up, Transplant immunology work up of transplant patients, Peripheral stem cell collection, Apheresis procedures, Complement dependent cytotoxicity test reporting, Antibody screening and identification, Chemiluminescence testing of Transfusion Transmitted infections, Nucleic Acid Testing of Infections, Immunological work up of incompatabile renal transplant patients, Conducted blood donation camps, Involved in Quality improvement Programme, served as Transfusion Committee Meeting-Secretary

• Post-Graduate/JR: Blood donor management, Immunological workup, Component Separation, Transfusion Transmitted POSTER Infection Screening, Single donor platelet collection, Quality Control, Donor notification

Areas of Interest 

• Component separation Direct/ indirect Coombs test

• Monospecific Direct Coombs test

• Antibody Screening and Identification

• Extended phenotyping

• Cold agglutinin titre

• Plateletpheresis

• Plasmaapheresis for auto-immune diseases like GBS, Myasthenia Gravis etc.

• Coagulation workup for bleeding disorders

• Crossmatches for difficult cases. High Performance Liquid Chromatography

• Stem Cell harvesting and cryopreservation

• HLA typing and crossmatching.

• Quality Improvement Initiatives.

• Participated in Haemovigilance Programme of India Troubleshooting difficult blood typing,crossmatching and rare blood group

• Voluntary Blood donor programmes

• Blood bank licensing and accreditation requirements Research

• Cellular Therapy

• Multiple transfusion requirement cases- Thalassemia.

• Sickle cell anemia

• Auto-Immune Haemolytic Anaemias

Professional Memberships

• Member, IMA Chengannur

• Member, Indian Society of Blood Transfusion And Immunohematology