Leonor Pabon Fernando, M.D.
Clinical Interests
As the director of Apheresis (the withdrawal of blood from a donor's body, removal of one or more
components, and transfusion of the remaining blood back to the donor), Dr. Fernando oversees all
progenitor-cell collections, as well as outpatient and inpatient therapeutic apheresis, including
plasma exchange, red-cell exchange, photopheresis, and white blood cell or platelet reduction. Dr.
Fernando’s research interests are in transfusion medicine, which include blood utilization,
challenges on stem cell collections, and cord blood transplantation.
Title
Associate Clinical Professor (VCF)
Director of Apheresis
Medical Director, Cord Blood Collection Program
Specialty
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pathology - Clinical, Pathology - Apheresis, Pathology - Blood
Banking
Department
Division
Address/Phone
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Clinical Pathology
Pathology Building, 4400 V St. Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-2525
Additional Phone
Phone: 916-734-3327
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Languages
Education
Internships
French, Spanish
M.D., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 1967
Hospital for Joint Diseases and Medical Center, New York, New York, 1970-1971
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia, 1966-1967
Residency
Coney Island Hospital, New York, New York, 1971-1972
Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogota, Colombia, 1968-1970
Fellowships
Mount Sinai Hospital and City Hospital Center at Elmhurst, Elmhurst, New York, 1972-1974
Senior Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Bone Marrow Transplant Center, University of Washington,
Seattle, Washington, 1974-1975
Professional Memberships
American College of Physicians
American Society for Apheresis
Leonor Pabon Fernando, M.D.
California Blood Bank Society
International Society of Blood Transfusion
Select Recent Publications
Smith D,Lu Q,Yuan S, Goldfinger D,Fernando L, Ziman A: Survey of current practices for
prevention of transfusion-transmitted Cytimegalovirus in the United States: Leukoreduction vs
CMV seronegative. Vox Sanguinis 2009
Lu Q, Nedelcu E, Ziman A, Bumerts P, Fernando L, Schiller G: Standardized Protocol to Identify
High Risk patients Undergoing Therapeutic Apheresis Procedures. Journal of Clinical Apheresis
2008, 23:111-115
Nedelcu E, Ziman A, Fernando L, Cook C, Bumerts P, Schiller G: Exclusive use of acid citrate
dextrose for anticoagulation during extracorporeal photoinmunochemotherapy in patients with
contraindications to Heparin: an effective protocol. Available on line February/2008. J.C.apheresis,
2008 23:66-73
Kopko PM, Fernando LP, et al. HIV transmissions from a window-period platelet donation. J Clin
Path, 116:562-566, 2001.
Lara, Jr PN, Coe TL, Zhou H, Fernando LP, Holland PV, Wun T. Improved survival with plasma
exchange in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Amer J Med, 107:573-579, 1999.
Fernando LP. Will donors come back after geographic deferral? In: Donor Recruitment Strategies
For Success, AABB workshop book, June 1996.
Hayashi PH, Fernando LP, Schuch DR, et al. Seronegative hepatitis C virus liver failure following
transplantation of a cadaveric heart. West J Med, 160:368-371, 1994.
Aoki SK, Kuramoto IK, Anderson S, Fernando LP, et al. Evidence that use of a second-generation
hepatitis C antibody assay prevents additional cases of transfusion-transmitted hepatitis. J Viral
Hepatitis, 1:73-77, 1994.
Aoki SK, Finegold D, Kuramoto IK, Douville C, Richards C, Randall R, Fernando LP, et al.
Significance of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen in blood donors as determined by their
serologic response to hepatitis B vaccine. Transfusion, 33:362-367, 1993.
Aoki SK, Holland PV, Fernando LP, et al. Evidence of hepatitis in patients receiving transfusions of
blood components containing antibody to hepatitis C. Blood, 82:1000-1005, 1993.
Fernando LP. Therapeutic apheresis: The Sacramento experience. Sutter Medicine, 8:1-13, 1992.
Lee K, Vargo L, Le C, Fernando LP, et al. Transfusion-acquired hepatitis A outbreak from fresh
frozen plasma in a neonatal intensive care unit. Ped Infect Dis J, Brief Reports, 11:122-123, 1992.
Leonor Pabon Fernando, M.D.
Schuch DR, Kelly PB, Ingram MT, Fernando LP, et al. Hepatitis C: Importance of screening the
organ donor preoperatively. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg, 104:1174-1175, 1992.
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