Harold R. Schumacher, M.D.

MD - University of Cincinnati, 1955

Dr. Schumacher, Professor and Director of Hematology, graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, VA and Philadelphia, PA. He completed a hematology fellowship at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology, and Pathologic Hematology. He received the meritovious service medal from President Reagan in 1986 for development of a fellowship in hematopathology and research in hematology laboratories. He is the author of over 200 articles, letters and abstracts. Dr. Shumacher has also authored 4 books, primarily in the area of leukemia. He has lectured continuously on a national level and has lectured abroad. He serves on the editorial board of Hematologic Pathology and is an invited reviewer of American Journal of Clinical Pathology and Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. His subspecialty interests include leukemia, minimal residual disease, Tdt, and leukemic retroviruses.

Books:

1. McNeely MDD:  Schilling's Test.  In Clinical Chemistry:  A Scientific and Managerial Cyclopedia.  Schumacher HR (editorial update).
2. Schumacher HR, Rock W, Stass SA:  Handbook of Hematologic Pathology.  Marcel Dekker, in press, 1998.
3. Schumacher HR:  Acute Leukemia:  Difficult, Controversial, Automated Diagnosis.  Williams & Wilkens, 1998.
4. Schumacher HR: Molecular Diagnostics.  Internal medicine Stein et al. (in press).  For Dean Hutton.

Recent Publications:

    2.    Mazzella FM, Kowal-Vern A, Shrit MA, Rector JT, Cotelingam JD, Schumacher HR:  Effects of Multidrug Resistance Gene Expression in Acute Erythroleukemia.  Mod Pathol. (2000) 13:407-13.

    3.    Cualing H, Flickinger J, Mazzella F, Hurtubise P, Neiman R, Schumacher H.  Monitoring disease status of chronic myelogenous leukemia using CD34 immunostaining of bone marrow biopsies. 89th Annual Meeting of the United States-Canadian Academy of Pathologists, Louisiana, March, 2000.

    4.    Fan G, Alavares R, Shen L, Perrotta G, Roberts L, Schumacher HR:  Cell-Dyn 4000 Hematology Analyzer Can Decrease Manual Effort in Evaluating Non-Diagnostic Bone Marrows. Lab Hemat. 6:1, 39,2000.

    5.    Mazzella FM, Cotelingam JD, Kowal-Vern A, Shrit MA, Rector JT, Alvares C, Schumacher HR.  Correspondence re: Brunning R:  Proposed WHO classification of acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.  Mod Pathol 13:101-2, 2000.

    6.    Mazzella FM, Alvares C, Kowal-Vern A, Schumacher HR.  The acute erythroleukemias.  Clinics in Laboratory Medicine 20: 119-137, 2000
 

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