Richard A. Marlar, PhD Veteran Affairs Medical Center Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 921 N.E. 13th St, 4F-140 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 PHONE:  (405) 278-5261 E-MAIL:  Richard Marlar

TITLES

Professor of Pathology

Chief, Clinical Pathology
 VA Medical Center

Director, Coagulation Laboratory

EDUCATION

Humbolt State University
Arcata, CA
BA, Zoology, 1972

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND
MS, Zoology/Chemistry, 1974

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
PhD, Physiology/Biochemistry, 1978

Scripps Research Foundation
La Jolla, CA
Fellow-Biochemistry/Hemostasis  1981

Research Interests

• Epidemiology of Venous Thromboembolism
• Genomic and Proteomic Analysis for Venous Thrombosis
• Structure-Function Studies of Coagulation Proteins
• Biomolecular Archaeology

Clinical & Sub-Specialty Interests

• Clinical Coagulation Testing
• Genetic and Molecular Diagnostic Testing
• Genomic and Proteomic Analysis Applied to Clinical Lab

PUBLICATIONS
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1. Marlar RA: The Hypercoagulable State.  In: Hematology-Oncology Secrets, M Wood and P Bunn, eds., Hanley & Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia PA, 3^rd edition, 2003.
2. Graf LL, Welsh CH, Qamar Z, Marlar RA: Activated protein C resistance assay detects thrombotic risk factors other than factor V Leiden.  Am J Clin Path, 119:52-60, 2003.
3. Marlar RA, Adcock DM:  The multi-factorial threshold model of thrombotic risk.  Clin Hemostasis Rev 17(6):1-6, 2003.
4. Zhong X, Reynolds R, Kidd J, Kidd K, Jenison R, Marlar RA, Ward D:  SNP genotyping on optical thin-film biosensor chips.  Proc Natl Acad Sci, 2003 Sept 30;100(20):11559-11564.
5. Holland LL, Foster TM, Marlar RA, Brooks JP. Fresh frozen plasma is ineffective for correcting minimally elevated international normalized ratios. Transfusion. 2005 Jul;45(7):1234-5.
6. Marlar RA, Potts RM, Marlar AA. Effect on routine and special coagulation testing values of citrate anticoagulant adjustment in patients with high hematocrit values. Am J Clin Pathol. 2006 Sep;126(3):400-5.