Dr. Arthur Bracey

    Dr. Arthur Bracey serves as the chief of clinical pathology at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and is a professor of pathology and immunology at Baylor College of Medicine. He previously held academic positions including assistant and associate professorships at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. In addition to his professional experience in academia, Dr. Bracey is also a former medical director of transfusion services and associate chief of pathology at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He has written or contributed to 66 peer-reviewed journals and numerous abstract articles at national and international conferences and meetings. His professional interests are transfusion medicine practice and peri-operative coagulation disorders.

     Dr. Bracey has served on numerous boards and professional groups including: member of the Medical Advisory Committee for the American Red Cross, chair of the Annual Meeting Education Program Unit for the American Association of Blood Banks, chair of the Transfusion Medicine Resource Committee for the College of American Pathologists, board member of the American Association of Blood Banks, board member of the National Marrow Donor Program, chair of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and president of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.

    Dr. Bracey graduated with distinction in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and obtained his Doctor of Medicine in 1976 from Georgetown University Medical School. He trained in clinical pathology at the Health Clinical Center for the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Bracey is married and has two children.