Robertson D. Davenport, M.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Medical Director of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Service
Campus Address:
BLOOD BANK 2F225 AGH 0054
1301 Catherine Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0602
Phone: 734/936-6776
rddvnprt@umich.edu
Departmental Annual Report
Clinical or Research Interests
Pathology, Blood Bank and Transfusion, Transfusion Exchange
Research
Interests
Transfusion reactions
For more information about Dr. Davenport's Research
Interests.
Brief Biography
Dr.
Davenport received his undergraduate degree from the California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, California in 1977, his M.A. from the University
of California, Berkeley, California in 1979, and MD degree from the University
of Michigan in 1984. He completed residency training in Anatomic and Clinical
Pathology at the University of Michigan in 1988. Subsequently, Dr. Davenport
took fellowship training in Cytopathology, and in Blood Banking and Transfusion
Medicine, both at the University of Michigan. He is a Diplomate of the
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology) and holds
ABP Subspecialty Certification in Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine.
Dr. Davenport joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Department
of Pathology when he was appointed a Lecturer in 1989, an Assistant Professor
in 1990, and an Associate Professor in 1997. His principal clinical interests
are in appropriate blood transfusion practice, therapeutic apheresis,
and adverse effects of blood transfusion. His major research interests
are in the role of cytokines in transfusion reactions, immunomodulation
by blood transfusion, and transfusion transmitted diseases.