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Dr. Castillo earned his MD from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC). He completed an anatomical and clinical pathology residency at UTHSC in 2014. Dr. Castillo then completed a blood banking/transfusion medicine fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine. He joined UTHSC as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in 2015 and served there for four years in the areas of transfusion medicine/apheresis, hemotherapy consultative service, coagulation, and immunology before joining Houston Methodist Hospital as a staff pathologist in 2019. He is board-certified in anatomic and clinical pathology as well as blood banking/transfusion medicine by the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Castillo is a member of the College of American Pathologists, the Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists, the American Society for Clinical Pathology, AABB, and the Texas Society of Pathologists. His areas of expertise include transfusion medicine and coagulation. His clinical interests include apheresis, coagulopathy, and the management of acquired bleeding with evidence-based transfusion practices and hemostatic agents.
Research Area Keywords
- Infectious Disease & Pathology
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- Transfusion medicine
- Coagulotherapy
- Apheresis
- Acquired bleeding disorders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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AOCT - COVID-19 Plasma Donation
Castillo, B., Chen, J. & Leveque, C.
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Project: Clinical Trial
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Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding in a Middle-Aged Man
Gowani, F., Phillips, B., Leveque, C., Castillo, B., Chen, J., Chandler, W., Rice, L. & Salazar, E., Jul 1 2022, In: Lab Medicine. 53, 4, p. E91-E94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bleeding related to cardiac surgery
Tint, H., Castillo, B., Allison, P. & Chen, A. J., Jan 5 2021, Management of Bleeding Patients. Springer International Publishing, p. 329-337 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Limited window for donation of convalescent plasma with high live-virus neutralizing antibody titers for COVID-19 immunotherapy
Gontu, A., Srinivasan, S., Salazar, E., Nair, M. S., Nissly, R. H., Greenawalt, D., Bird, I. M., Herzog, C. M., Ferrari, M. J., Poojary, I., Katani, R., Lindner, S. E., Minns, A. M., Rossi, R., Christensen, P. A., Castillo, B., Chen, J., Eagar, T. N., Yi, X., Zhao, P., & 7 others , Feb 24 2021, In: Communications Biology. 4, 1, 267.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pathology Residency Curriculum: Time for a Change?
Mai, B., Aakash, N., Huddin, J., Castillo, B. & Wahed, A., May 1 2021, In: Annals of clinical and laboratory science. 51, 3, p. 434-440 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Significantly Decreased Mortality in a Large Cohort of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Patients Transfused Early with Convalescent Plasma Containing High-Titer Anti–Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Spike Protein IgG
Salazar, E., Christensen, P. A., Graviss, E. A., Nguyen, D. T., Castillo, B., Chen, J., Lopez, B. V., Eagar, T. N., Yi, X., Zhao, P., Rogers, J., Shehabeldin, A., Joseph, D., Masud, F., Leveque, C., Olsen, R. J., Bernard, D. W., Gollihar, J. & Musser, J. M., Jan 2021, In: American Journal of Pathology. 191, 1, p. 90-107 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access98 Scopus citations