Posts by Walter "Sunny" Dzik, MD
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Blood Type Does Not Affect Risk of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Mortality
When survivors of COVID-19 were compared with non-survivors in China or the U.S., there was no association between ABO blood group and fatal outcome.
Biography
Dr. Dzik is editor of Transfusion Medicine Reviews. His clinical interests are in transfusion medicine, hemostasis, and non-cancer hematology. In addition, he is devoted to mentoring the next generation of leaders in academic Transfusion Medicine. Dr. Dzik balances his efforts among clinical care, teaching, research and hospital administration. In collaboration with a former Massachusetts General Hospital trainee, he recently completed an NIH-funded study of transfusion for children with profound anemia in Uganda. Dr. Dzik is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, and is a Pathology Global Health Program Research Investigator with a special interest in transfusion medicine in Uganda. In his spare time, Dr Dzik is interested in 17th and 18th century horology as an expression of the blending of art and science.
