Department of Transfusion Medicine


Name : Dr. Swati Kulkarni

Degree : M.Sc.,Ph.D.

Designation : Scientist B

Email: swatiskulkarni@gmail.com

 Education:

Degree Univ. Subject Year
M.Sc Bombay University Biochemistry 1982
Ph.D Bombay University Applied Biology 2004

Awards

Participated in WHO Inter Regional workshop on External Quality Assessment Schemes For Transfusion Laboratory Practice at Regional National Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok , Thailand (2002)

Fields of Interest : Red Cell Serology, Antenatal serology, flow cytometry and Molecular biology of Blood groups, Molecular genetics of Rh blood group system and variants of D antigen, Immunohaematology

Publications : 56

Chapters in Books: 1

International Journals: 21

National Journals : 34

Recognized Guide of Mumbai University for M.Sc (By Research) in Applied Biology

Latest Publications

  1. Kulkarni S, Vasantha K, Ghosh K. Serological characterization of RhD discrepant cases in Indian population. Vox Sang (2009) 97 (suppl 1) 46.

  2. Vasantha K, Kulkarni S, Ghosh K. Identification of donors lacking a combination of clinically significant common blood group antigens. Vox Sang (2009) 97 (suppl 1) 96

  3. Kulkarni S, Vasantha K, Ghosh K. Donor red cell phenotyping of clinically important blood group system. Ind J Blood Transf, 2009, 25(4):188

  4. Vaswani RK, Dharaskar PG, Kulkarni S, Ghosh K. Iron Deficiency as a Risk Factor for First Febrile Seizure. Indian Pediatrics, 2009 Sep 3.

  5. S.R. Joshi, K. Vasantha, Y,S. Iyer, S. Kulkarni, S. Jadhav, Studies on the ABH isoapglutinies in serum, saliva and milk from mother with “ Bombay” (Oh) phenotype. Asian J Trans Sci vol 3, page 3-5, Jan 2009.

  6. Kulkarni S, Colah R, Gorakshakar A, Gupte S, Vasantha K, Mohanty D, Ghosh K. Frequency of partial D in Western India Transfus Med. 2008 Apr;18(2):91-6.

  7. S. Kulkarni, K. Vasantha, S.Gupte and D. Mohanty & K. Ghosh.(2007) Study of partial D variants with commercial anti-D reagents. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 125: 641-644

  8. Swati Kulkarni, Ajit Gorakshakar, Colah Roshan, Snehalata Gupte and D Mohanty. (2007) Usefulness of prenatal detection of RhD typing by molecular analysis in Indians. Journal of postgraduate Medicine 53, 149

  9. S.S Kulkarni, SC.Gupte, K. Vasantha, D. Mohanty, K.Ghosh. Varied distribution of RhD epitopes in Indian population. (2007) National Medical Journal of India, 20 : 115-117

  10. K. Vasantha, Seema Jadhav, Swati Kulkarni, Dipika Mohanty. Fetal loss due to anti-Hro in a lady having rare genotype of Rh (D--/D--)(2005) Transfusion Medicine,15 : 68-82