Ronald A Sacher , MD

Dr. Sacher is a nationally recognized expert and educator who has delivered and/or chaired more than 12 international and national presentations during the past academic year.  Dr. Sacher is the fourth director in Hoxworth's 61-year history.  He serves with numerous scientific organizations and professional societies, including the American Society of Hematology, American Clinical & Climatological Association, National Institutes of Health, American Association of Blood Banks, and American Red Cross.  Dr. Sacher has authored several scientific journal articles, chapters, and abstracts.  Dr. Sacher also served as Interim Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center from August 2004 to July 2005.  Dr. Sacher previously served as Chairman of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Director of Transfusion Medicine at Georgetown University Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Pathology in the Hematology/Oncology division of the Department of Medicine.  He was also an attending hematologist at Georgetown University Hospital and a Department of Pathology staff member.

Bachelor's Degree: Witwatersrand University 1965 (Physiology and Physiological Chemistry)

Bachelor's Degree: Witwatersrand University Johannesburg, South Africa, 1969 (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery )

Internship: Baragwanath Hospital - Witwatersrand University Johannesburg, South Africa, 1970 (Medicine )

Internship: Baragwanath Hospital - Witwatersrand University Johannesburg, South Africa, 1970 (Surgery )

Residency : McMaster University 1977 (Hematology and Clinical Chemistry )

Fellowship: Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, DC, 1978 (Hematology )

Hematology

Anemia

Erythrocytosis

Hemochromotosis

Hemolysis

High platlet count

High red blood cells

Hypgammaglobulinemia

Immunodeficiency

Leuckopenia

Leukocytosis

Low platlet count

Low red blood cells

Lymphadenopathy

Neutropenia

Pancytopenia

Polycythemia vera

Thalassemia

Thrombocytopenia

Hematological Pathology

Transfusion Medicine Thrombosis,  Hemostasis Perinatal, Hematology Cellular Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Plasma Derivatives, General Hematology.

2000 -To Present Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology (Tenured), Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH

2000 -To Present Director of Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH

2000 -To Present Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Oncology and Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

2004 -2005 Interim Dean, College of Medicine, Christian R. Holmes Professor, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

1989 -2000 Professor of Medicine (Tenured), Division of Oncology and Pathology , Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

1993 -2000 Chairman, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

1995 -1997 Director, Coagulation Laboratory, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

1983 -1989 Associate Professor (Tenured), Medicine (Primary) and Pathology, Georgetown University Hospital,

1980 -1983 Program Director, I.C.S. Program in Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine,

1978 -2000 Director, Transfusion Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital,

1978 -2000 Attending Hematologist, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital,

1978 -2000 Staff, Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Hospital,

1978 -1988 Director, Quality Control Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital,

1978 -2000 Consultant, Hematology Division, D.C. General Hospital,

1978 -1983 Assistant Professor of Medicine (Primary) and Pathology, Georgetown University School of Medicine,

Grant: #N01 HB47171 09-01-2004 -08-31-2010 NHLBI Retrovirus Epidemiology Donors Study-II (REDS II) Role:PI $1,673,870

Grant: #R01-HL-62235 Investigators:E Murphy, RA Sacher 02-05-2005 -01-31-2010 National Institutes of Health, NHLBI HTLV Outcomes Study Role:Concultant/UCSF $4,941,346

04-01-1999 -03-31-2004 National Institutes of Health HTLV Outcomes Study (HOST) Role:Consultant/Westat $1,225,143

09-30-1999 -09-29-2003 NHLBI Epidemiologic Studies of Human Retroviruses in Volunteer Blood Donors Role:Co-PI $9,619,267

12-01-1994 -11-30-1997 National Institutes of Health Viral Activation by Transfusion Study (VATS) Role:Co-PI $399,754

Investigators:Sacher, Ronald 04-01-2002 -04-01-2003 Maco Productions Maco Pharma Role:PI $67,507.61 Closed Level:Foreign Industry

Investigators:Sacher, Ronald 06-02-2003 -12-02-2003 Haemonetics Corporation US Clinical Eval. of RBCF-P on the LN8150 Role:PI $54,782.00 Closed Level:Industry

Investigators:Sacher, Ronald 10-01-2002 -08-31-2005 Maco Productions Leukoreduction System for Blood Components 24 Hour Post-Transfusion Role:PI $204,420.00 Closed Level:Foreign Industry

Grant: #SRS003395 Investigators:Sacher, Ronald 09-01-2004 -02-28-2011 National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II): Blood Center Role:PI $1,673,870.00 Closed Level:Federal

2000 RACE Scientific Lectureship Award South Central Association of Blood Banks

1998 Visiting Professor University of Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan

1998 Charles E. Walker Memorial Award (Transfusion Medicine) Mid-Atlantic Association of Blood Banks

1990 Taft Schreiber Memorial Lectureship and Visiting Professor Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

1985 -1986 Lawrence A. Kyle Award for Excellence in House Staff Education (Internal Medicine) Georgetown University Hospital

1967 Cluver Prize in Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa

hematology, anemia, leukopenia, coagulation, blood clots, thromboembolism, hemophilia, blood disorders

Academic - 3130 Highland Avenue
Cincinnati  Ohio, 45267-0055
Phone: 513-558-1201
Fax: 513-558-1300
ronald.sacher@uc.edu