Nalan Yurtsever, MD
she/her/hers
Laboratory Medicine, Sickle Cell Disease
Biography
Nalan Yurtsever, MD, is a laboratory medicine specialist with expertise in transfusion medicine and apheresis. She currently serves as the medical director of the clinical laboratory at Bridgeport Hospital and assistant medical director of its blood bank.
Dr. Yurtsever is committed to improving laboratory quality to enhance both diagnosis and treatment. Her work aims to advance testing methods and deepen the understanding of transfusion-related challenges to improve patient outcomes.
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
- Medical Director of Clinical Labs, Laboratory Medicine
- Assistant Medical Director of Blood Bank, Laboratory Medicine
Education & Training
- MDYale New Haven Hospital, Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis (2024)
- FellowshipYale University School of Medicine (2024)
- MDZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2023)
- MDAnkara University School of Medicine
- ResidencyZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Languages Spoken
- English
- Türkçe (Turkish)
Additional Information
Publications
- Kodger J, El-Khoury J, Yurtsever N. Reevaluating Ferritin Reference Intervals: Defining Limits Based on Iron-Sufficient Population Studies, Clinical Relevance, and Healthcare Efficiency. The Journal Of Applied Laboratory Medicine 2025, jfaf151. PMID: 41047906, DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfaf151.
- Yurtsever N, Carmichael G, Li P, Di Wen J, Chai H, Diadamo A, Denomme G, Tormey C. Loss of D expression associated with hematologic disease progression: a case report and review of the literature. Immunohematology 2025, 41: 80-83. PMID: 41168989, DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2025-012.
- Yurtsever N, Liu J, Cedeno E, Tormey C, Denomme G, Horstman E. Why auto‐anti‐D might be more likely than allo‐anti‐D for people with conventional D type. British Journal Of Haematology 2025, 207: 1722-1725. PMID: 41070675, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70081.
- Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Bizzario L, Lee E. Evaluating RhD assessment by automated methodology: A potential “blind spot” for RhD variant identification. Transfusion 2025, 65: 1574-1579. PMID: 40944507, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18343.
- Gereg C, Tormey C, West F, Yurtsever N. “Cryobit” aggregates in liquid plasma units. Transfusion 2025, 65: 1383-1384. PMID: 40485613, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18308.
- Jacobs J, Booth G, Lewis-Newby M, Saifee N, Ferguson E, Cohn C, Delaney M, Morley S, Thomas S, Thorpe R, Raza S, Weaver M, Woo J, Sharma D, So-Osman C, Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Waters A, Goldman M, Yan M, Fasano R, Stephens L, Allen E, Erikstrup C, Infanti L, Schlafer T, Warner M, Winters J, Tobian A, Bloch E. Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2025, 178: 1021-1026. PMID: 40354666, DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-00815.
- Yurtsever N, Carmichael G, Malonis R, Madden M, Isik N, Ahmed M, Bizzario L, Shah B, Tormey C, Lee E. Evaluation of nonspecific reactivity rates across three immunohematology testing platforms with assessment of subsequent specific alloantibody development. Transfusion 2025, 65: 978-984. PMID: 40251842, PMCID: PMC12092180, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18256.
- Yurtsever N, Snyder E. Misoprostol administration mimicking a febrile transfusion reaction. Transfusion 2025, 65: 643-646. PMID: 39907501, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18150.
- Sariipek N, Horstman E, Tormey C, Yurtsever N. Prophylactic Red Cell Exchange: Preventing Complications in Pregnant Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Blood 2024, 144: 5340-5340. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-198650.
- Carmichael G, Lee E, Tormey C, Yurtsever N, Shah B, Bizzario L. Lost in the Ds: Unexplained Loss of Rh(D) Antigen Expression By Serological Testing In Two Patients. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s148-s148. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.329.
- Musante K, Roome L, Yurtsever N, Rinder H, Tormey C, Lee E. Assessing the Effect of Changing the Average Hematocrit in Red Blood Cell (RBC) Units on the Post- Procedure Hematocrits of Patients Undergoing Erythrocytapheresis. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s147-s147. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.326.
- Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Bizzario L, Lee E. Evaluating RhD Assessment By Automated Methodology: A Potential ‘Blind Spot’ For RhD Variant Identification. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s163-s163. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.360.
- Lee E, Musante K, Errico J, Rinder H, Kleinstein S, Tormey C, Yurtsever N. Hematocrits of red blood cell units increase during storage due to changes in mean corpuscular volume, impacting outcomes of red cell exchange procedures. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s157-s157. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.348.
- Villalba C, Yurtsever N, Paternoster K, Gallipoli P, Nash B, Bizzario L, Shah B, Rinder H, Tormey C, Lee E. Flow cytometry for RBC damage and complement activation. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s182-s183. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.400.
- Yurtsever N, Tong N, Geetha S, Nandi V, Shi P. Post‐exchange neutrophil count, but not post‐hematocrit, predicts endogenous erythropoiesis in patients with sickle cell disease undergoing chronic red cell exchange. Transfusion 2024, 64: 2270-2278. PMID: 39404130, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18044.
- Yurtsever N, Lee E, Pinatti L, Shah B, Tormey C, Siddon A. Mixed-field ABO front typing as an early sign of disease recurrence in ABO-matched stem cell transplantation. Immunohematology 2024, 40: 89-92. PMID: 39373301, PMCID: PMC11700658, DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2024-013.
- Yurtsever N, Binns T, Hendrickson J, Tormey C, Lee E. Therapeutic plasma exchange for hyperviscosity syndrome in IgA multiple myeloma. Lab Medicine 2024, 56: 85-88. PMID: 39038224, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmae054.
- Yurtsever N, Jacobs J, Booth G, Schwartz J, Park Y, Woo J, Lauro D, Torres S, Ward D, Stephens L, Allen E, Tormey C, Adkins B. A multi‐institutional survey of apheresis services among institutions in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2024, 39: e22138. PMID: 38979705, DOI: 10.1002/jca.22138.
- Burke O, Jacobs J, Tormey C, Rinder H, Villalba C, Lee E, Campos J, Abels E, Yurtsever N. Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answer. Lab Medicine 2023, 55: 520-523. PMID: 38142129, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmad107.
- Yurtsever N, Zenker J, Jacobs Y, Martone J, Sherwani S, Indrikovs A, Chang T. P‐IT‐6 | Development of an Efficient, Automated Data Analytics Platform by Integration of Relational Databases. Transfusion 2023, 63: 205a-206a. DOI: 10.1111/trf.270_17554.
- Ak M, Yurtsever C, Cakir O, Yurtsever N. Epidermal inclusion cyst in male breast: how to differentiate from other male breast lesions. Radiology Case Reports 2022, 17: 3919-3922. PMID: 36032200, PMCID: PMC9399894, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.07.097.
- Abdelwahed M, Yurtsever N, Savant D, Karam P, Gimenez C, Das K, Sheikh-Fayyaz S, Khutti S. Utility of TRPS-1 immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma in cytology specimens. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2022, 11: 345-351. PMID: 36055933, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.06.007.
- Yurtsever N, Nandi V, Ziemba Y, Shi P. Prognostic factors associated with COVID-19 related severity in sickle cell disease. Blood Cells Molecules And Diseases 2021, 92: 102627. PMID: 34823201, PMCID: PMC8595967, DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2021.102627.
- Yurtsever N, Savant D, Karam P, Gimenez C, Das K, Sheikh-Fayyaz S, Khutti S. The Utility of TRPS1 Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma in Cytology Specimens. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2021, 10: s72-s73. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.07.124.
- Yurtsever N, Truskinovsky A. Synovial Metaplasia of the Endometrium. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s25-s25. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.048.
- Yurtsever N, Dougherty P, Condon S, Orsini R, Berman M, Berry G, Duong S. Exophiala Dermatitidis Isolated From Blood In Patient With Steroid Use. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s154-s155. PMCID: PMC7665285, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.337.
- Yurtsever N, Wilson-Sandberg K, Dikeman J, Louie J, Fomani K. Anti-IH Related Hemolytic Reaction in a Sickle Cell Patient and Further Management While Avoiding Transfusion. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s165-s166. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.360.
- Yurtsever N, Soyyigit S, Sozener Z, Mungan D, Kose S, Misirligil Z. Is Adenoidectomy and/or Tonsillectomy a Risk Factor for Allergic Diseases and Asthma in Adulthood? Eurasian Journal Of Medicine 2018, 50: 152-155. PMID: 30515033, PMCID: PMC6263232, DOI: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.17182.
Biography
Nalan Yurtsever, MD, is a laboratory medicine specialist with expertise in transfusion medicine and apheresis. She currently serves as the medical director of the clinical laboratory at Bridgeport Hospital and assistant medical director of its blood bank.
Dr. Yurtsever is committed to improving laboratory quality to enhance both diagnosis and treatment. Her work aims to advance testing methods and deepen the understanding of transfusion-related challenges to improve patient outcomes.
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine
- Medical Director of Clinical Labs, Laboratory Medicine
- Assistant Medical Director of Blood Bank, Laboratory Medicine
Education & Training
- MDYale New Haven Hospital, Transfusion Medicine and Apheresis (2024)
- FellowshipYale University School of Medicine (2024)
- MDZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (2023)
- MDAnkara University School of Medicine
- ResidencyZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Languages Spoken
- English
- Türkçe (Turkish)
Additional Information
Publications
- Kodger J, El-Khoury J, Yurtsever N. Reevaluating Ferritin Reference Intervals: Defining Limits Based on Iron-Sufficient Population Studies, Clinical Relevance, and Healthcare Efficiency. The Journal Of Applied Laboratory Medicine 2025, jfaf151. PMID: 41047906, DOI: 10.1093/jalm/jfaf151.
- Yurtsever N, Carmichael G, Li P, Di Wen J, Chai H, Diadamo A, Denomme G, Tormey C. Loss of D expression associated with hematologic disease progression: a case report and review of the literature. Immunohematology 2025, 41: 80-83. PMID: 41168989, DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2025-012.
- Yurtsever N, Liu J, Cedeno E, Tormey C, Denomme G, Horstman E. Why auto‐anti‐D might be more likely than allo‐anti‐D for people with conventional D type. British Journal Of Haematology 2025, 207: 1722-1725. PMID: 41070675, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.70081.
- Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Bizzario L, Lee E. Evaluating RhD assessment by automated methodology: A potential “blind spot” for RhD variant identification. Transfusion 2025, 65: 1574-1579. PMID: 40944507, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18343.
- Gereg C, Tormey C, West F, Yurtsever N. “Cryobit” aggregates in liquid plasma units. Transfusion 2025, 65: 1383-1384. PMID: 40485613, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18308.
- Jacobs J, Booth G, Lewis-Newby M, Saifee N, Ferguson E, Cohn C, Delaney M, Morley S, Thomas S, Thorpe R, Raza S, Weaver M, Woo J, Sharma D, So-Osman C, Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Waters A, Goldman M, Yan M, Fasano R, Stephens L, Allen E, Erikstrup C, Infanti L, Schlafer T, Warner M, Winters J, Tobian A, Bloch E. Medical, Societal, and Ethical Considerations for Directed Blood Donation in 2025. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2025, 178: 1021-1026. PMID: 40354666, DOI: 10.7326/annals-25-00815.
- Yurtsever N, Carmichael G, Malonis R, Madden M, Isik N, Ahmed M, Bizzario L, Shah B, Tormey C, Lee E. Evaluation of nonspecific reactivity rates across three immunohematology testing platforms with assessment of subsequent specific alloantibody development. Transfusion 2025, 65: 978-984. PMID: 40251842, PMCID: PMC12092180, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18256.
- Yurtsever N, Snyder E. Misoprostol administration mimicking a febrile transfusion reaction. Transfusion 2025, 65: 643-646. PMID: 39907501, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18150.
- Sariipek N, Horstman E, Tormey C, Yurtsever N. Prophylactic Red Cell Exchange: Preventing Complications in Pregnant Patients with Sickle Cell Disease. Blood 2024, 144: 5340-5340. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2024-198650.
- Carmichael G, Lee E, Tormey C, Yurtsever N, Shah B, Bizzario L. Lost in the Ds: Unexplained Loss of Rh(D) Antigen Expression By Serological Testing In Two Patients. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s148-s148. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.329.
- Musante K, Roome L, Yurtsever N, Rinder H, Tormey C, Lee E. Assessing the Effect of Changing the Average Hematocrit in Red Blood Cell (RBC) Units on the Post- Procedure Hematocrits of Patients Undergoing Erythrocytapheresis. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s147-s147. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.326.
- Yurtsever N, Tormey C, Bizzario L, Lee E. Evaluating RhD Assessment By Automated Methodology: A Potential ‘Blind Spot’ For RhD Variant Identification. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s163-s163. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.360.
- Lee E, Musante K, Errico J, Rinder H, Kleinstein S, Tormey C, Yurtsever N. Hematocrits of red blood cell units increase during storage due to changes in mean corpuscular volume, impacting outcomes of red cell exchange procedures. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s157-s157. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.348.
- Villalba C, Yurtsever N, Paternoster K, Gallipoli P, Nash B, Bizzario L, Shah B, Rinder H, Tormey C, Lee E. Flow cytometry for RBC damage and complement activation. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2024, 162: s182-s183. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqae129.400.
- Yurtsever N, Tong N, Geetha S, Nandi V, Shi P. Post‐exchange neutrophil count, but not post‐hematocrit, predicts endogenous erythropoiesis in patients with sickle cell disease undergoing chronic red cell exchange. Transfusion 2024, 64: 2270-2278. PMID: 39404130, DOI: 10.1111/trf.18044.
- Yurtsever N, Lee E, Pinatti L, Shah B, Tormey C, Siddon A. Mixed-field ABO front typing as an early sign of disease recurrence in ABO-matched stem cell transplantation. Immunohematology 2024, 40: 89-92. PMID: 39373301, PMCID: PMC11700658, DOI: 10.2478/immunohematology-2024-013.
- Yurtsever N, Binns T, Hendrickson J, Tormey C, Lee E. Therapeutic plasma exchange for hyperviscosity syndrome in IgA multiple myeloma. Lab Medicine 2024, 56: 85-88. PMID: 39038224, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmae054.
- Yurtsever N, Jacobs J, Booth G, Schwartz J, Park Y, Woo J, Lauro D, Torres S, Ward D, Stephens L, Allen E, Tormey C, Adkins B. A multi‐institutional survey of apheresis services among institutions in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2024, 39: e22138. PMID: 38979705, DOI: 10.1002/jca.22138.
- Burke O, Jacobs J, Tormey C, Rinder H, Villalba C, Lee E, Campos J, Abels E, Yurtsever N. Heidenhain variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease masquerading as neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: recognizing when apheresis is not the answer. Lab Medicine 2023, 55: 520-523. PMID: 38142129, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmad107.
- Yurtsever N, Zenker J, Jacobs Y, Martone J, Sherwani S, Indrikovs A, Chang T. P‐IT‐6 | Development of an Efficient, Automated Data Analytics Platform by Integration of Relational Databases. Transfusion 2023, 63: 205a-206a. DOI: 10.1111/trf.270_17554.
- Ak M, Yurtsever C, Cakir O, Yurtsever N. Epidermal inclusion cyst in male breast: how to differentiate from other male breast lesions. Radiology Case Reports 2022, 17: 3919-3922. PMID: 36032200, PMCID: PMC9399894, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.07.097.
- Abdelwahed M, Yurtsever N, Savant D, Karam P, Gimenez C, Das K, Sheikh-Fayyaz S, Khutti S. Utility of TRPS-1 immunohistochemistry in diagnosis of metastatic breast carcinoma in cytology specimens. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2022, 11: 345-351. PMID: 36055933, DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2022.06.007.
- Yurtsever N, Nandi V, Ziemba Y, Shi P. Prognostic factors associated with COVID-19 related severity in sickle cell disease. Blood Cells Molecules And Diseases 2021, 92: 102627. PMID: 34823201, PMCID: PMC8595967, DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2021.102627.
- Yurtsever N, Savant D, Karam P, Gimenez C, Das K, Sheikh-Fayyaz S, Khutti S. The Utility of TRPS1 Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma in Cytology Specimens. Journal Of The American Society Of Cytopathology 2021, 10: s72-s73. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasc.2021.07.124.
- Yurtsever N, Truskinovsky A. Synovial Metaplasia of the Endometrium. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s25-s25. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.048.
- Yurtsever N, Dougherty P, Condon S, Orsini R, Berman M, Berry G, Duong S. Exophiala Dermatitidis Isolated From Blood In Patient With Steroid Use. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s154-s155. PMCID: PMC7665285, DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.337.
- Yurtsever N, Wilson-Sandberg K, Dikeman J, Louie J, Fomani K. Anti-IH Related Hemolytic Reaction in a Sickle Cell Patient and Further Management While Avoiding Transfusion. American Journal Of Clinical Pathology 2020, 154: s165-s166. DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqaa161.360.
- Yurtsever N, Soyyigit S, Sozener Z, Mungan D, Kose S, Misirligil Z. Is Adenoidectomy and/or Tonsillectomy a Risk Factor for Allergic Diseases and Asthma in Adulthood? Eurasian Journal Of Medicine 2018, 50: 152-155. PMID: 30515033, PMCID: PMC6263232, DOI: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2018.17182.