Chisa Yamada, MD

Dr. Yamada received an M.D. from Tokyo Women's Medical University in 1986. She completed residency training in Ophthalmology at Keio University, Tokyo from 1986-1988, serving as Chief Resident from 1987-1988. Following residency training, she completed a fellowship in Ophthalmology at Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital, and Yokohama Municipal Citizens’ Hospital, Keio University from 1988-1992. She accepted a position as an attending physician in Ophthalmology at Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital in Yokohama, Japan in 1992 and in 1994, joined the faculty of Nippon Kokan Hospital in Kawasaki, Japan as Chairperson, Department of Ophthalmology. In July 2002, Dr. Yamada initiated residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed this training in 2006. She then completed a fellowship in Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (2006-2007) and joined the faculty as a Clinical Assistant. In 2008, she accepted a position as Assistant Professor and Associate Medical Director, Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Yamada is board certified in Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine.

In July 2009, she joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology as an Assistant Professor

Clinical interests include blook banking, apheresis, plasmapheresis, and transfusion medicine.

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Transfusion medicine.