Kelley MK Hitchman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
Section Chief, HLA
Dr. Hitchman joined the UT Health San Antonio Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and has served as Section Chief, Director and Clinical Consultant of the HLA Laboratory at University Hospital since that time. She completed her PhD in Immunobiology at Iowa State University in 2010 and post-doctoral fellowship in Hematology, Oncology and Immunology at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, FL in 2013. She completed fellowship training in Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL in 2016. Dr. Hitchman is a Board certified diplomat of the American Board of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics since 2015. She is certified in the areas of HSC/BM Transplantation (Related and Unrelated Donors), Solid Organ Transplantation (Living and Deceased Donors), Histocompatibility Testing for Other Clinical Purposes (Disease Association and Drug Hypersensitivity) and Transfusion Support.
-
Professional Background
Education
- 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellowship - Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - Northwestern University
- 2013 - Clinical Fellowship - Immunology & Hematology/Onocology - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
- 2011 - PhD - Immunology - Iowa State University
- 2006 - MS - Cellular and Molecular Biology and Immunology - Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
- 2003 - BS - Human Genetics - Iowa State University
Appointments
- 4/2016 - Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory and Assistant Professor - University of Texas Health Science Center, Pathology, San Antonio
- 4/2016 - Section Chief, HLA Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory - University Health System, University Hospital, San Antonio
-
- Instruction & Training