Medical Director, UHS Pathology Services, University Health System; Professor, Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Biography
Russell A. Higgins, MD is a Clinical Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. He received his undergraduate degree from the New Mexico Tech in 1996 and his medical degree from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in 2002. He completed a residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology in 2006 and a fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Texas Health San Antonio in 2008. Dr Higgins is the Medical Director of University Hospital System Pathology Services and the Section Chief of the Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory at University Hospital in San Antonio. Dr. Higgins has developed expertise in laboratory quality issues in hemostasis. He has been a member and chair of the CAP Coagulation Resource Committee, CAP liaison to the International Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis (ISTH) and External Quality Assurance in Thrombosis and Hemostasis (EQATH), member of the CAP Pharmacogenetics Subcommittee, co-Chair of the North American Specialized Coagulation Laboratories (NASCOLA) Platelet Committee, and a contributor to the FDA Network of Experts.