Origin The field organized around a dedicated professional body in the twentieth century: the American Society of Hematology held its first official meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in April 1958.
Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases, encompassing conditions that affect blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels and coagulation. Hematologists diagnose and treat disorders ranging from hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, blood clots and other bleeding conditions to hematologic malignancies including leukemia, multiple myeloma and lymphoma. In most health systems it is practiced as a subspecialty of internal medicine, requiring fellowship training beyond a general internal medicine residency.
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Origin PeriodSourced to the subject's own accountThe field organized around a dedicated professional body in the twentieth century: the American Society of Hematology held its first official meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in April 1958. 2 Classification
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Apheresis, separating and removing a blood component, is a core hematology procedure.
Autologous blood transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Autotransfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Blood donation is the foundation of transfusion medicine within hematology.
Blood substitutes are studied and used as an alternative to transfusion within hematology.
Cord blood banking preserves hematopoietic stem cells, a hematology practice.
Double filtration plasmapheresis is a blood plasma filtration procedure within hematology.
Erythrocytapheresis is a red blood cell exchange procedure within hematology.
Granulocyte transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Hemoperfusion is a blood detoxification procedure within hematology.
Immunoadsorption is a blood plasma treatment procedure within hematology.
Intraoperative blood salvage is a transfusion medicine technique within hematology.
Intrauterine transfusion is a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology, used to treat fetal anemia.
LDL apheresis is a blood filtration procedure within hematology.
Massive transfusion protocols are a transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Photopheresis is a blood treatment procedure within hematology.
Plateletpheresis is a blood component collection procedure within hematology.
Rheopheresis is a blood filtration procedure within hematology.
Whole blood transfusion is a core transfusion medicine procedure within hematology.
Xenotransfusion is a historical transfusion medicine technique within hematology.
Notable Specialists
Charles Richard Drew pioneered blood plasma preservation and large-scale blood banking.
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1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
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Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. American Society of Hematology (Wikipedia)
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The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is a professional organization representing hematologists, founded in 1958.
Hematology (Wikipedia)
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Hematology (spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
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