Penn Medicine Provider
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Nicole Aqui, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP

About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

My clinical expertise is transfusion medicine, apheresis, blood banking, hematopoietic stem cell and immune effector cell collection/processing.

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Aqui is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Liu HD, Su L, Winters JL, Thibodeaux SR, Park YA, Wu Y, Schwartz J, Zubair AC, Schneiderman J, Gupta GK, Ramakrishnan S, Aqui NA. Considerations for immune effector cell therapy collections: a white paper from the American Society for Apheresis , Cytotherapy, 24(9): 2022,916-922


Padmanabhan A, Connelly-Smith L, Aqui N, Balogun RA, Klingel R, Meyer E, Pham HP, Schneiderman J, Witt V, Wu Y, Zantek ND, Dunbar NM, Schwartz GEJ Guidelines on the Use of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice - Evidence-Based Approach from the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: The Eighth Special Issue , J Clin Apher, 34(3): 2019,171-354


Thibodeaux SR, Aqui NA, Park YA, Schneiderman J, Su LL, Winters JL, Zubair AC, Schwartz J, Liu HD; Immune Effector Cell Therapy Subcommittee, Clinical Applications Committee, American Society for Apheresis. Lack of defined apheresis collection criteria in publicly available CAR-T cell clinical trial descriptions: Comprehensive review of over 600 studies. , J Clin Apher, 37(3): 2022,223-236


Bar KJ, Shaw PA, Choi GH, Aqui N, Fesnak A, Yang JB, Soto-Calderon H, Grajales L, Starr J, Andronov M, Mastellone M, Amonu C, Feret G, DeMarshall M, Buchanan M, Caturla M, Gordon J, Wanicur A, Monroy MA, Mampe F, Lindemuth E, Gouma S, Mullin AM, Barilla H, Pronina A, Irwin L, Thomas R, Eichinger RA, Demuth F, Luning Prak ET, Pascual JL, Short WR, Elovitz MA, Baron J, Meyer NJ, Degnan KO, Frank I, Hensley SE, Siegel DL, Tebas P A randomized controlled study of convalescent plasma for individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia , J Clin Invest., 131(24): 2021,e155114


Yamada C, Hofmann JC, Witt V, Gupta GK, Winters JL; ASFA COVID-19 Taskforce. The report from ASFA COVID-19 taskforce: Considerations and prioritization on apheresis procedures during the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic , J Clin Apher, 36(6): 2021,878-881


Walsh M, Merkel PA, Peh CA, Szpirt WM, Puéchal X, Fujimoto S, Hawley CM, Khalidi N, Floßmann O, Wald R, Girard LP, Levin A, Gregorini G, Harper L, Clark WF, Pagnoux C, Specks U, Smyth L, Tesar V, Ito-Ihara T, de Zoysa JR, Szczeklik W, Flores-Suárez LF, Carette S, Guillevin L, Pusey CD, Casian AL, Brezina B, Mazzetti A, McAlear CA, Broadhurst E, Reidlinger D, Mehta S, Ives N, Jayne DRW; PEXIVAS Investigators. Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis , N Engl J Med, 382(7): 2020,622-631


Balogun RA, Sanchez AP, Klingel R, Witt V, Aqui N, Meyer E, Padmanabhan A, Pham HP, Schneiderman J, Schwartz J, Wu Y, Zantek ND, Connelly-Smith L, Dunbar NM. Update to the ASFA guidelines on the use of therapeutic apheresis in ANCA-associated vasculitis , J Clin Apher, 35(5): 2020,493-499


Wong T, Aqui N, Geara AS Risk of bleeding with transplant kidney biopsy followed by apheresis - A single center's experience , Clin Nephrol, 93(6): 2020,305-306