Dr. Dibyajyoti Sahoo

Dr. Dibyajyoti Sahoo
Department: 
Transfusion Medicine
Designation: 
Additional Professor
Medical Registration number: 
OMC 18067
OPD Timing: 
Wednesday, 9am onwards
Academic Qualifications: 

MD (Transfusion Medicine)

Special Area of Interest: 
Cellular Therapy, Transplant Immunology, Immunohematology
Publication: 

 

  1. George, P.E., Kulkarni, R.G., Abhishekh, B. Sahoo D, Noushad S. Assessment of Changes in Haematological Parameters among Donors after Double dose Platelet Apheresis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-026-02571-9
  2. Krishna, A., Sahoo, D., Abhishekh, B. et al. Fibrin Clot Formation in Cryopreserved Peripheral Blood Stem Cell products Post-thaw: A Case Series and Root Cause Analysis. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-026-02370-2
  3. Ambhore M, Basavarajegowda A, Thyagaraju C, Sahoo D. Factors affecting volume and quality of umbilical cord blood. Asian J Transfus Sci 0;0:0 DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_73_25 [Ahead of print]
  4. Reddy BM, Sahoo D, Saranya S, Basavarajegowda A, Kulkarni RG, Krishna A. Rare blood group surveillance among medical undergraduates: Enhancing education, awareness, and donor database development to meet patient needs. Asian J Transfus Sci 2026;20:173-9.
  5. Mounisamy, P., Dwajan, A., Sahoo, D., Jeyaraman, N., Muthu, S., Ramasubramanian, S., & Jeyaraman, M. (2025). Efficacy of intradiscal autologous platelet-rich plasma injection in chronic lumbar disc prolapse: A quasi-experimental study. World journal of orthopedics, 16(12), 110530. https://doi.org/10.5312/wjo.v16.i12.110530
  6. Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A. Analysis of adverse transfusion reaction in a tertiary care hospital in South India: A retrospective study. J Hematol Allied Sci. doi: 10.25259/JHAS_23_2025
  7. Ambati, N. R., Basavarajegowda, A., Krishna, A., Hari Priya, K. M., & Sahoo, D. (2026). Rare combination of anti-Inb and anti-D in pregnancy: Challenges in diagnosis and transfusion management. Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England), 36(2), 205–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.70051
  8. Sahoo, D., Krishna, A., & Basavarajegowda, A. (2025). Transient Wavy Collection Trend in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Apheresis: A Rare and Underreported Occurrence. Journal of clinical apheresis, 40(3), e70040. https://doi.org/10.1002/jca.70040
  9. Paudel P, Sahoo D, Singh R, Basavarajegowda A. Levels of agreement between various serological and molecular tests for human immunodeficiency virus screening in blood donors. J Hematol Allied Sci. 2025;5:130-5. doi: 10.25259/JHAS_8_2025
  10. Ambhore, M., Sahoo, D., Chitra, T., Abhishekh, B., Jaikumar, G. R., Kulkarni, R. G., & Krishna, A. (2026). Assessment of the Quality Parameters of Umbilical Cord Blood for Transfusion. Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 42(2), 573–580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-025-02021-y
  11. Ambhore M, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A. Expression of blood group antigens on umbilical cord blood. Asian J Transfus Sci 0;0:0. DOI:10.4103/ajts.ajts_180_24 [Ahead of print]
  12. Sahoo D, Noushad S, Basavarajegowda A, Toora E. Feasibility of high-yield plateletpheresis in routine practice: Experience from tertiary health center from South India. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2023;17(1):34-40. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_103_21
  13. Sahoo, D., Silwal, P., & Basavarajegowda, A. (2024). Safety and efficacy of therapeutic plasma exchange in neuromyelitis optica: A retrospective study from South India. Asian journal of transfusion science, 18(2), 248–251. https://doi.org/10.4103/ajts.ajts_18_22
  14. Sahoo, D., & Anuragaa, S. (2024). Serological characteristics and immunohematological difficulties in autoimmune hemolytic anemia patients: A retrospective analytical study from South India. Asian journal of transfusion science, 18(2), 281–285. https://doi.org/10.4103/ajts.ajts_163_21
  15. Sahoo, D., Karnesh, S. J., & Abhishekh, B. (2024). Effect of Vaccination on Seroprevalence of COVID-19 among Blood donors - A cross-sectional Analytic Study from South India. Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 40(3), 443–447. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-023-01716-4
  16. Sahoo D, Kanungo GN, Behera R, Jena PS. Serological comparison of weak D versus weakly reacting D by four different methods. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2024;18(2):277-280. doi:10.4103/ajts.AJTS_34_21
  17. Gnanaraj J, Kulkarni RG, Sahoo D*, Abhishekh B. Assessment of the Key Performance Indicator Proposed by NABH in the Blood Centre of a Tertiary Health Care Hospital in Southern India. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2023;39(2):308-316. doi:10.1007/s12288-022-01563-9
  18. Basavarajegowda A, Bajpai M, Arora S, Maheshwari A, Dua S, Sahoo D. Survey based cross-sectional study to analyse the variation of practices at blood centres during COVID-19 pandemic in India. Transfus Apher Sci. 2021;60(3):103131. doi:10.1016/j.transci.2021.103131
  19. Noushad S, Basavarajegowda A, Toora E, Sahoo D, Hari Priya KM. Evaluation of a scoring system for vein suitability in platelet apheresis donors. J Clin Apher. 2024;39(1):e22106. doi:10.1002/jca.22106
  20. Toora E, Kulkarni RG, Manivannan P, Sastry AS, Basavarajegowda A, Sahoo D*. Quality assessment of platelet concentrates prepared by platelet-rich plasma, buffy-coat, and apheresis methods in a tertiary care hospital in South India: A cross-sectional study. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2023;17(2):239-245. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_73_22
  21. Thulasiram N, Kulkarni RG, Abhishekh B, Sahoo D*. Association of Secretor And Nonsecretor Status with Lewis Phenotyping Among Blood Donors: A Prospective Observational Study from Tertiary Care Hospital. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2024;40(4):676-681. doi:10.1007/s12288-024-01761-7
  22. Gnanaraj, J., Kulkarni, R., Sahoo, D., & Basavarajegowda, A. (2024). Audit-based corrective and preventive actions to reduce wastage of blood components at a single blood center: A quality improvement study. Asian journal of transfusion science, 18(1), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.4103/ajts.ajts_131_22
  23. Barman, A., Mukherjee, S., Sahoo, J., Maiti, R., Rao, P. B., Sinha, M. K., Sahoo, D., Tripathy, S. K., Patro, B. K., & Bag, N. D. (2019). Single Intra-articular Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Corticosteroid Injections in the Treatment of Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder: A Cohort Study. American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation, 98(7), 549–557. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001144
  24. Noushad S, Sahoo D*, Basavarajegowda A, Toora E, Paudel P. Effect of leukapheresis on pain reduction in leukemic priapism. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2022;16(1):124-127. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_160_21
  25. Sahoo D, Silwal P. Effect of cryoprecipitate transfusion without ABO group consideration: A nightmare experience. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2022;16(1):140-143. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_83_21
  26. Thulasiram N, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A. Clinical significant anti-P1 antibody with wide thermal amplitude: A tale of successful blood management. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2023;17(1):125-127. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_165_21
  27. Anuragaa S, Sahoo D, Silwal P, Basavarajegowda A, Toora E. Management of Bombay Rh negative with clinically significant anti-S for CABG surgery. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2022;16(2):269-272. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_180_21
  28. Anuragaa, S., Sahoo, D., Abhishekh, B., & Nair, R. (2021). A rare case of antibody against enhancement media interfering with crossmatching: A case report and review of literature. Asian journal of transfusion science, 15(1), 100–103. https://doi.org/10.4103/ajts.AJTS_99_20
  29. Sahoo, D., Prakash, S., Mukherjee, S., & Ray, G. K. (2020). Trapping of platelets in leukocyte reduction chamber leads to failure of plateletpheresis procedure: a rare troubleshooting during apheresis. Hematology, transfusion and cell therapy, 42(2), 173–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.htct.2019.05.005
  30. Kumar IS, Kulkarni RG, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A. Implementing type and screen method replacing conventional antiglobulin crossmatch procedure for compatibility testing in elective protocol in a tertiary care hospital. Asian J Transfus Sci. 2025;19(1):23-28. doi:10.4103/ajts.ajts_112_22
  31. Gnanaraj J, Basavarajegowda A, Kayal S, et al. Optimising platelet usage during the induction therapy of acute myeloid leukaemia: Impact of physician education. Transfus Med. 2023;33(4):290-296. doi:10.1111/tme.12967
  32. Sahoo D, Anuragaa S, Abhishekh B. Anti-C causing severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn: a rare case report. Immunohematology. 2023 Apr 5;39(1):11.
  33. Thulasiram N, Kulkarni RG, Sahoo D. Assessment of ABH secretor status among voluntary blood donors in a tertiary care hospital of South India. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science. 2024:10-4103.
  34. Paudel P, Sahoo D, Singh R, Basavarajegowda A. Levels of agreement between various serological and molecular tests for human immunodeficiency virus screening in blood donors. Journal of Hematology and Allied Sciences. 2025:1-6.
  35. Paudel P, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A, Singh R, Kulkarni RG. Comparative study of the prevalence of HIV using the third-and fourth-generation HIV ELISA in blood donors in South India. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science. 2024:10-4103.
  36. Sahoo, Dibyajyoti; Noushad, Shahida; Basavarajegowda, Abhishekh. Effectiveness of oral calcium to prevent citrate-related toxicity during peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell collection – An experience from a tertiary care center. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science ():10.4103/ajts.ajts_232_23, August 22, 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_232_23
  37. Sriraman, P.; Sahoo, Dibyajyoti; Basavarajegowda, Abhishekh; Toora, Esha. Higher prevalence of anti-S and anti-M in South India: A single-center cross-sectional analytical study. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science ():10.4103/ajts.ajts_106_23, February 06, 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_106_23
  38. Sahoo D, Anuragaa S, Basavarajegowda A, Kulkarni RG. Transfusion challenges and use of best match blood transfusion in autoimmune hemolytic anemia patients: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital of South India. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2022 Jul 1;7(2):144-8.
  39. Karnesh, Sunil Jai; Sahoo, Dibyajyoti; Basavarajegowda, Abhishekh; Kulkarni, Rajendra G.; Noushad, Shahida; Toora, Esha; Priya, Hari; Bharathi, M.. Have we attended herd immunity against COVID? A cross-sectional analytical study of seroprevalence among blood donors. Asian Journal of Transfusion Science ():10.4103/ajts.ajts_60_23, February 06, 2024. | DOI: 10.4103/ajts.ajts_60_23
  40. Gnanaraj J, Kulkarni R, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A. Improving Turnaround Time for the Issue of Blood Components in Case of Emergency. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2023 Jul 1;8(2):182-5.
  41. Paudel P, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A, Afroz R. Plasmapheresis as an Adjunctive Therapy in Phenytoin Poisoning. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2024 Jul 1;9(2):158-60.
  42. Sriraman P, Sahoo D, Basavarajegowda A, Noushad S, Toora E, Kulkarni RG. Is Indirect Coombs Test by Pooled Cells Sufficient for Antibody screening? An Eye-Opening Case Series. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine. 2023 Jan 1;8(1):86-8.
  43. Sriraman, P.; Noushad, Shahida; Basavarajegowda, Abhishekh; Sahoo, Dibyajyoti; Kulkarni, Rajendra G.; Karnesh, Sunil Jai. Hypercoagulability in Pediatric Autologous Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Collection – Is it the Time to Reconsider Screening? – A Case Report. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine 8(2):p 208-211, Jul–Dec 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/gjtm.gjtm_34_23
  44. Joy A, Sahoo D, Abhishekh B and Kulkarni R et al. Incidence of Adverse Transfusion Reaction and Practices for its Prevention. Haematol Int J 2021, 5(1): 00183.
  45. Prakash S, Sahoo D, Mishra D, Routray S, Ray GK, Das PK, et al. Association of transfusion transmitted infections with ABO and Rh D blood group system in healthy blood donors: a retrospective analysis. Int J Community Med Public Health 2020;7:4444-8.
  46. Ray GK, Mukherjee S, Sahoo D, Mishra D, Routray SS, Prakash S. Resolution of the complexity of transfusion support by alloadsorption in a patient of thalassaemia intermedia with multiple alloantibodies. J Appl Hematol 2020;11:195-8
  47. Anuragaa S, Sahoo D, Abhishekh B. Resolving crossmatch incompatibility due to daratumumab in multiple myeloma.Glob J Transfus Med 2020;5:225-7.
  48. Mishra D, Prakash S, Sahoo D, Ray GK, Routray SS, Das PK, Mukherjee S. Prevalence of A2and A2B subgroups along with anti-A1antibody in patients and donor population and its clinical significance. J Appl Hematol 2020;11:112-5
  49. Mishra D, Sahoo D, Mahapatra S, Panigrahi A. Best‑match blood transfusion in pediatric patients with mixed autoantibodies. Cancer Transl Med 2020;6(1):21-3.
  50. Jena PS, Sahoo D, Acharya DP, Pati B, Kanungo GN and BeheraR. Analysis of Platelet Refractoriness in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Haematol Int J 2020, 4(2): 000158
  51. Mahapatra S, Sahoo D, Patjoshi S, Sahu A, Parida P, Mishra S Prevalence of ABO & Rh Phenotype blood groups in eastern India. Journal of pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. 2014; 04(08) 712-714
  52. Sahoo D, Mahapatra S, Parida P, Panigrahi R. Various Aspects  of Plateletpheresis: Its Impact on Donor and Patients. Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine  Volume 2, Issue 2 July – December 2017 149 - 154
  53. Sahoo D, Jena RK, Sethy S, Behera SK. Benefits of simple exchange transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease with vaso occlusive crisis not responding to standard therapy. International journal of clinical medicine, 2016, 7, 101-105
  54. Sahoo D, Mahapatra S, Nayak R, Mishra D. No transfusion is the best transfusion: a rare case, Thalassemia Reports 2017; 7:6174
  55. Dibyajyoti S. Transfusion Support and Red Cell Alloimmunisation in Thalassemia Patients. Haematol Int J 2018, 2(2): 000123.
  56. Mukherjee S, Sahoo D, Ramnath A, Maiti R. A pilot study analysis of transfusion‑related adverse events at the tertiary care hospital in Eastern India: Encourages the establishment of institutional hemovigilance program. Glob J Transfus Med 2018;3:76-7.
  57. Dibyajyoti S, et al. Resolving Serological Blood Group Discrepancy and Providing Transfusion Support in a Patient of Mixed Auto Immune Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report. Haematol Int J 2018, 2(1): 000118
  58. Sahoo D, Mahapatra S, Nayak R, Mishra D. A rare case of Thalassemia intermedia with multiple alloantibodies. Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (December 2016, 401-406)
  59. Mahapatra S, Sahoo D, Patajoshi SB , Mishra D. Adverse events in blood donors & adoption of measures to reduce such occurrence. International journal of medical research professionals 2016; (2) 62-65
  60. Mahapatra S, Mishra D, Sahoo D, Sahoo BB. Study of prevalence of A2, A2B along with major ABO blood groups to minimizetransfusion reactions. International Journal Of Scientific Research, vol-5, issue-3 March 2016189-190
  61. Mahapatra S,Sahu A, Sahoo D, Patjoshi S, Parida P, Platelet transfusion in dengue epidemic as per recent WHO classification. International journal of clinical trials. 2014 May 1(1) : 27-30
  62. Mahapatra S, Sahu A, Patjoshi S, Sahoo D, Mishra S Parida P, Role of coombs test in analysis of immunohematological cases. International journal of medical science and clinical inventions 2014; vol - 1, issue - 3 69-74
  63. Mishra D, Panigrahi R, Ray GK, Sahoo D. Resolution of blood group discrepancy and transfusion support to a nontransfusion‑dependent thalassemia patient with anti-c and anti‑N alloantibodies. Glob J Transfus Med 2019;4:101-4.

Projects (Ongoing/completed)

  1. The impact of maternal alloantibody titer on Hemolytic Disease of Fetus and Newborn.
  2. Assessment of the Quality parameters of Umbilical Cord Blood for transfusion
  3. To study the level of agreement between 3rd and 4th generation ELISA for HIV detection in healthy blood donors in tertiary hospital in South India.
  4. Prevalence of SARS-CoV 2 IgG antibodies in healthy blood donors in a tertiary care teaching hospital- A cross sectional study.
  5. Serological typing and molecular profiling of D variants in Southern Indian tertiary care hospital.
  6. A quasi experimental study on efficacy of intradiscal autologous platelet rich plasma injection in assessment of lower back pain and functional outcome in chronic lumber disc prolapse – A pilot study.
  7. Evaluating the efficacy of intra articular bone marrow aspirate concentrate injection vs steroid injection for pain and function improvement in osteoarthritis: a short term comparative analysis.
  8. Impact of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution on Postoperative Complications in Patients undergoing Elective Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  9. Seroprevalence of Hepatitis D among Hepatitis B reactive blood donors in a tertiary care Hospital in Southern India
  10. Efficacy of BMAC as compared to autograft in achieving spinal fusion in patient undergoing single level transforaminal lumbar inter body fusion- a pilot RCT
  11. A study on treatment efficacy of intra discal autologous injection of platelet rich plasma vs leucocyte poor platelet rich plasma in lumber inter vertebral prolapse – a RCT
  12. “Efficacy Of Intra-Articular Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate Injection (BMAC) vs Platelet Rish Plasma (PRP) injection for the treatment of Early stage of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Control Trial”
Positions Held: 
  • Departmental contact tracing Officer for COVID
  • Nodal Officer for Website information
  • Condemnation Inspection officer
Country: 
India