Search enhanced by Google
Wesley Louis Rubenstein, D.O.
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
Wesley Louis Rubenstein is not currently accepting new patients. For assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284).
Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284)
Additional Numbers
Clinic Fax
Philosophy of Care
I take the time to get to know my patients so I can treat each patient as an individual and take into account each patient's own medical history and lifestyle when making a plan. Making a plan with the patient instead of for them facilitates a more compliant and successful treatment course.
Clinical Interests
As a subspecialty pathologist in transfusion and apheresis services, Dr. Rubenstein devotes his clinical time seeing both inpatients and outpatients with a variety of hematologic and immunologic conditions on the apheresis consult service. He also performs consultative services within the transfusion medicine/blood bank department working up complex immunohematology cases.
He teaches medical students, residents, and fellows in all aspects of transfusion medicine practices.
He is passionate about quality improvement and integrating new technologies into the transfusion medicine service. He enjoys learning about new breakthroughs in the field and discussing how these can be integrated into current practice.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Rubenstein's academic interests are focused on specific areas of immunohematology including Rh blood group genetics, molecular techniques in transfusion medicine and daratumumab related non-specific antibody interference. He is also especially interested in new technologies as they relate to the blood bank and apheresis services.
Division
Apheresis
Undergraduate School
B.S., University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 2009
Medical School
D.O., Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton FL 2016
Internship
Pathology, UC San Diego, San Diego CA 2016-2017
Residency
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, UC San Diego, San Diego CA 2017-2020
Fellowship
Transfusion Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Hospital System, Los Angeles CA 2020-2021
Invited Speaker “When You Go Looking for Problems, Sometimes You Find them: A complex immunohematologic workup” at the California Blood Bank Society’s Clinical Laboratory Scientist Regional Seminar virtual meeting, 2021
Invited Speaker “Molecular Testing in Transfusion Medicine” at the California Blood Bank Society’s Clinical Laboratory Scientist Regional Seminar at American Red Cross in Pomona CA, 2020
March 2018 Best poster finalist United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), Annual meeting, Vancouver, 2018
September 2017 Best poster finalist American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Annual meeting, Chicago, 2017
Wang W, Smitaman E, Rubenstein W, Hughes T, Huang BK. Post-biopsy MRI changes in the size and enhancement of intramuscular myxomas: A report of two cases. Clin Imaging. 2018 Mar-Apr;48:55-61. doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.09.007. Epub 2017 Sep 28. PMID:29028515.
Rubenstein W, Rubenstein CS, Lowy A, Lin G, Valasek M, Tipps A, Vavinskaya A, Hosseini M. Evaluation of the New AJCC Tumor (T) Stage in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Jan 11;149(S1). Accepted abstract, Best Scientific Poster Award Competition Finalist, Am Soc Clin Pathol (ASCP), Annual meeting, Chicago, 2017. Poster #354.
Rubenstein W, Hasteh F. Metastatic Ocular Melanoma to the Ovary Mimicking a Primary Ovarian Tumor, an Interesting and Rare Case Report. Am J Clin Pathol. 2018 Jan;149(S1). Accepted abstract, poster, Am Soc Clin Pathol (ASCP), Annual meeting, Chicago, 2017. Poster #268.
Rubenstein W, Rubenstein CS, Lowy A, Lin G, Valasek M, Tipps A, Vavinskaya V, Hosseini M. Evaluation of the New AJCC Tumor (T) Stage in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Modern Pathol. 2018;31:670–694. Accepted abstract, Best Scientific Poster Award Competition Finalist, United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) annual meeting, Vancouver, 2018. Abstract ID Number: 2689
Rubenstein W, Allen ES, Harding AJ, Mejia L, Kopko P. Rotating Three Mobile Blood Storage Refrigerators Provides a Constant Bedside Supply of Blood Products during Massive Transfusion. Transfusion, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), Boston, MA (Abstract ID: 4719) and UCSD Pathology Research Retreat La Jolla, CA.
Rubenstein W, Harding AJ, Kopko P, Allen ES. Implementation of Mobile Blood Storage Refrigerators Reduces Wastage after Massive Transfusion. Transfusion, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), Boston, MA (Abstract ID: 4736) and UCSD Pathology Research Retreat La Jolla, CA.
Rubenstein W, Allen ES, Kopko P. RhD Type Discrepancy In a Chronically Transfused Patient with Sickle Cell Disease. Transfusion, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), San Antonio, TX (Abstract ID: P‐IM‐66).