Gagan Mathur, MD, MBA, CPE

Dr. Gagan Mathur is a board-certified Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking physician and serves as the Medical Director of Transfusion Medicine at the University of California Irvine (UCI). Dr. Mathur holds the academic title of Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the UCI School of Medicine. He pursued his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Iowa Tippie School of Management along with his clinical training in Clinical Pathology at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. He recently graduated as the Certified Physician Executive (CPE) from the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL).

As a physician leader, Dr. Mathur is actively and passionately involved in running Transfusion service at UCI Medical Center (blood bank, therapeutic apheresis, cellular therapy, and blood donor center). His areas of clinical interest and expertise include patient blood management, therapeutic apheresis, and cellular therapies. Along with his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Mathur is enthusiastically involved in clinical research and teaching to accomplish his academic commissions. Utilizing his interest and training in business management, informatics, and healthcare administration, Dr. Mathur strives to provide effective and efficient patient care.

Dr. Mathur is an active member of several medical societies and holds leading and critical roles in organizations such as Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management (SABM), where he serves on the Board of Directors, Chairs the Membership and Mentorship Committee, and is member of Scientific Committee and Finance Committee. At the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB), Dr. Mathur is team leader for Annual Meeting Education Committee (AMEC) and member of Perioperative Accreditation Committee, Pediatric Transfusion Safety Subsection, Hospital-Based Blood Collectors Forum, and Continuing Education Advisory Committee. Dr. Mathur is also actively involved with College of American Pathologists (CAP) and American Society for Apheresis (ASFA).

Dr. Mathur's leadership philosophy is based on his values of Trust, Respect, Empathy, and Relationship. Dr. Mathur aspire to be an Enabling Leader and hope to achieve this goal with his leadership style of empowerment and consensus building.