## About

Reggie R. Thomasson, MD, MS, is Chief of Laboratory Medicine at Boston Medical Center Health System (BMCHS), where he oversees the quality, safety, and timely reporting of all laboratory tests. In this role, he collaborates closely with technologists and medical directors across a wide range of laboratories, including microbiology, hematology, and chemistry, ensuring that laboratory results—critical to approximately 70 percent ...  of healthcare decisions—are accurate and reliable. In addition to his leadership role, Dr. Thomasson serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Thomasson’s expertise is in transfusion medicine, with a focus on massive transfusion, blood product inventory management, and the management of transfusion-associated complications such as transfusion reactions. As Medical Director of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Service at BMCHS, he ensures that blood products are transfused safely and appropriately, particularly for patients with complex needs, such as those living with sickle cell disease. His laboratory plays a pivotal role in managing specialized blood requirements and performing automated exchange transfusions for these patients. Dr. Thomasson’s professional and research interests also include advancing the field of genetic therapies for blood-related conditions.

Dr. Thomasson earned his medical degree at the Medical University of South Carolina, then completed his residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at Louisiana State University as well as a fellowship in Blood Bank & Transfusion Medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, where he also served as an instructor of pathology and contributed to key committees.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Lab Services](/departments/lab-services), [Sickle Cell Disease Program](/departments/sickle-cell-disease-program)
- ### Specialties
    
    Blood banking; transfusion medicine; sickle cell disease
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.5329](tel:617.414.5329)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, 670 Albany  
    [670 Albany Street  
    7th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=670+Albany+Street%0D%0ABoston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    BMC Brighton, Main Hospital  
    [736 Cambridge St  
    Pathology and Lab Services  
    Brighton, MA 02135](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=736+Cambridge+St%2C+Brighton%2C+MA+02135)
    
       
    BMC South, Main Hospital  
    [235 North Pearl St.  
    Pathology and Lab Services  
    Brockton, MA 02301](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=235+North+Pearl+St.%2C+Brockton%2C+MA+02301)
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- ### Administrative Title
    
    Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Pathology—Anatomic and Clinical, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 2013–2017
- ### Fellowship
    
    Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 2017–2018
- ### Education
    
    MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 2013
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Pathology—Anatomic, American Board of Pathology
    
    Pathology—Clinical, American Board of Pathology
    
    Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine, American Board of Pathology
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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