Dr. Amanda Wehler

Amanda Wehler, DOAmanda Wehler, DO
Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine

100 North Academy Avenue
Danville, PA  17822-0131
1 800 695 6491

Dr. Wehler is the director of transfusion medicine for the Geisinger Medical Laboratories.

Education:

Dr. Wehler received her DO from the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowship training in blood banking and transfusion medicine at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Certifications:

Dr. Wehler is board certified in both anatomic and clinical pathology and blood banking (transfusion medicine).

Professional Affiliations:

College of American Pathologists
American Society for Clinical Pathology
Pennsylvania Association of Pathologists
American Osteopathic College of Pathologists
American Osteopathic Association
American Medical Association
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

R. Domen, A. Wehler. An examination of professional and ethical issues in the fellowship application process in pathology. Human Pathology 39(4)Apr08, 484-88.

R. Domen, A. Wehler. An examination of professional and ethical issues in the fellowship application process in pathology—letter in reply. Human Pathology 39(10)Oct08, 1552-54.

K. Kosowska-Shick, L.M. Ednie, P. McGhee, K. Smith, C. Todd, A. Wehler, P.C. Appelbaum. Incidence and characteristics of vancomycin nonsusceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Hershey Medical Center. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 52(12)Dec08, 4510-13.

Abstracts, Posters, and Other Presentations:

Platelet transfusion refractoriness and options for therapeutic intervention. Annual Meeting of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, King of Prussia, PA, May 2010.

Predicting Platelet Flow Cytometric Crossmatch Compatibility by HLA Antibody Median Fluorescence Intensity, The 130th Annual Meeting of the Association of Clinical Scientists, San Antonio, TX, May 2010.

L.M. Ednie, K. Smith, K. Kosowska-Shick, A. Wehler, P.C. Appelbaum. Detection of Hetero-Vancomycin-intermediate (hVISA) and Vancomycin-intermediate (VISA) S. aureus by Agar Screening and Etest. Presented in poster format at 2007 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.