Jul 1, 2021

Get to know Clinical Pathologist Dr. Christopher Leveque, who serves patients in Houston, Texas.
New York City, New York Jun 30, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - Dr. Leveque is a clinical pathologist specializing in blood banking and transfusion medicine. He joined the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine at Houston Methodist in 2004, where he is currently Medical Director of the Blood Bank and Director of the Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program.
His current responsibilities include the direction of the Houston Methodist donor center with fixed and mobile sites, an apheresis center, and a transfusion service that provides for active cardiovascular surgery, transplant, and oncology service lines.
Back in the early days of his academic career, Dr. Leveque graduated with his medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1981. He then went on to perform his internship, residency in pathology, and fellowship in transfusion medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB).
He remained at UTMB as the director of the Blood Bank until 1990 when he joined the faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston as an assistant professor in the Department of Pathology. He then joined the Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine at Houston Methodist.
Dedicated to excellence, the doctor is board-certified in clinical pathology & blood banking/transfusion medicine by the American Board of Pathology (ABPath). The mission of the ABPath is to promote the health of the public and advance the practice and science of pathology by establishing voluntary certification standards and assessing the qualifications of those seeking to practice the specialty of pathology.
In the state of Texas, Dr. Leveque is affiliated with Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital, and Houston Methodist West Hospital.
His research interests are focused on outcomes studies that assess strategies to reduce bleeding and initiate healing in injury and surgery, thereby reducing the demand for blood products. His current studies specifically evaluate the use of various drugs and growth factors including basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitors (BPTIs) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP).
Pathology is a branch of medical science that involves the study and diagnosis of disease through the examination of surgically removed organs, tissues, bodily fluids, and in some cases, the whole body. Pathologists are physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and management of diseases by laboratory methods.
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Through his findatopdoc profile, https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/82332260-Christopher-Leveque-Pathologist or through Houston Methodist, https://www.houstonmethodist.org/doctor/christopher-leveque/
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