Kathryn L. Hassell
M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Go To Full Curriculum Vitae
- Medical School:
- University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Postgraduate training:
- 1986-1989 Intern and Resident in Internal Medicine, North Carolina Memorial
Hospital,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1989-1992 Fellow in Hematology/Oncology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
- When arrived at UCD:
- 1989
- Past and current professional positions:
- 1991-2002 Associate Director, Colorado Sickle Cell Treatment and Research
Center, Denver,
Colorado
1992-1993 Instructor in Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
1993-1999 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver,
Denver, Colorado
1999-present Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver,
Denver, Colorado
2002-present Interim Director, Colorado Sickle Cell Treatment and Research
Center, Denver, Colorado
- Memberships and other information:
- Council on Thrombosis
American Heart Association
American Society of Hematology
International Society of Thrombosis & Haemostasis
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
- Board Certification:
- Internal Medicine - 1989
Medical Oncology - 1991, 2001
Hematology - 1992, 2002
- Awards received:
- 1986 Alpha Omega Alpha
- Major Scientific Interest:
- Coagulation disorders including antiphospholipid
antibody syndrome and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, investigation
of novel anticoagulant therapies and strategies, hemoglobinopathies/sickle
cell disease including mechanisms of vascular injury and chronic organ
damage
- Major Clinical Interest:
- Coagulation disorders and anticoagulation management,
hemoglobinopathies including sickle cell disease, hematology support
of the Bloodless Surgery Program
- Representative Publications:
- K.L. Hassell and R. Marlar. Acquired protein S deficiency in HIV infected
individuals. Clin Hemostasis Rev 6:14, 1992.
- K.L. Hassell, P.A. Lane and J.R. Eckman. Acute multiorgan failure syndrome:
A potentially catastrophic complication of severe sickle cell pain episodes.
Am J Med 96:155-162, 1994.
- G.R. Buchanan, D.W. Luckey, D.L. Wethers, K.L. Hassell, G.M. Woods,
Z.R. Rogers, J.L. Lear, J.L. O’Connell and P.A. Lane. Functional asplenia
in hemoglobin SC disease. Blood 85:2238-2244, 1995.
- B.L. Steel, K.L. Hassell, C. Rajagopalan, T. Parsons, T. Braun, and
R.A. Marlar. Unique case of brothers with moderate Factor XI deficiency and
one with severe bleeding after surgery. Clin Appl Thromb Hemostasis 2:14-17,
1996.
- KL Hassell. Hypercoagulable states in deep venous thrombosis. Primary
Care Case Rev 1(2), 1998.
- K.L. Hassell. Altered hemostasis in pulmonary hypertension. Blood coagul
fibrinolysis 9:107-117, 1998.
- K.L. Hassell. Anticoagulation in Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: An
Ongoing Challenge. Hospital Physician 36:56-61, 2000
- L. Barbour and K Hassell. Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary
Embolism. ACOG Pract Bull 21, October 2000.
