Alan D.  Michelson , MD
  • Director, Center for Platelet Research Studies
  • Director, Thrombosis Program and Anticoagulation Service
Office Phone: 617-919-2116
Appointment Line: 617-355-8246 (Ext. 2)
Fax: 617-730-0641
Web Site: www.platelets.org
NPI: 1760464994

Departments/Divisions

Specialties

bleeding disorders
hematology/oncology
platelet disorders
Thrombosis

Services/Programs

Academic Appointments

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Hometown

Melbourne, Australia

Medical School

University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia  (1974)

Internships

Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia  (1974-1975)
Pediatrics, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia  (1975-1976)

Residency

Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia  (1976-1978)

Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology, The Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia  (1978-1982)

Awards

Best Book in Medical Science Award from the Association of American Publishers for Michelson AD (editor). Platelets. Elsevier Science, New York, 2002
Fulbright Scholarship, Harvard Medical School (1982 -1985)

Patents

United States Patent, Platelet Analysis in Whole Blood, Patent Number: 5,246,832, Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
United States Patent, Detection of Procoagulant Platelet-derived Microparticles in Whole Blood, Patent Number: 5,552,290, Date of Patent: September 3, 1996

Presentations

Platelet Function Testing in Patients with Thrombosis or Bleeding Disorders , October 26, 2009
American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Annual Meeting
Platelet Function as a Guide to Thrombotic Risk , July 12, 2009
55th Annual Scientific and Standardization Committee (SSC) Meeting, XXII Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)  Issue: Boston, Massachusetts
Education Program Lecture, Platelet Physiology Subcommittee Program,
Platelet Function Testing in Patients with Thrombosis , October 16, 2008
Platelets 2008: 5th International Platelet Symposium  Issue: Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Late Stent Thrombosis After Drug-eluting Stents: Role of Platelet Function Testing , December 7, 2006
Food and Drug Administration (FDA  Issue: Gaithersburg, Maryland
Circulatory System Devices Panel
Response Variability and the Role of Platelet Function Testing , March 28, 2009
American College of Cardiology 58th Annual Scientific Session and the i2 Summit
Ex Vivo Determination of Platelet Function: Is There a Gold Standard? , November 12, 2006
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

Publications

Michelson AD
Platelets , 2002 (Best Book in Medical Science Award, Association of American Publishers, 2002.)
Academic Press/Elsevier Science, San Diego
Monagle P, Chalmers E, Chan A, deVeber G, Kirkham F, Massicotte P, Michelson AD
Antithrombotic therapy in neonates and children: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (8th edition) , 2008
Chest  Issue: 133 , Page: 887-968
Michelson AD
Platelets. Second edition , 2007
Elsevier/Academic Press, San Diego
Li JS, Yow E, Berezny KY, Bokesch PM, Takahashi M, Graham TP, Sanders SP, Sidi D, Bonnet D, Ewert P, Jennings LK, Michelson AD
Dosing of clopidogrel for platelet inhibition in infants and young children. Primary results of the Platelet Inhibition in ChildrenOn cLOpidogrel (PICOLO) trial , 2008
Circulation  Issue: 117 , Page: 553-559
Research interests: platelets, thrombosis, bleeding disorders.

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    Karp 08213
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    Fax: 617-730-0641
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