Stephen Cheney, MD, MHA FCAP, FASCP 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology

Associate Program Director, Pathology Residency
Medical Director of Blood Bank
Medical Director of Quality for Laboratory Services

Department of Pathology
Transfusion Medicine & Coagulation Medicine

Discipline Director in Pathology
John Sealy School of Medicine Integrated Medical Curriculum

Medical Director of Specialist in Blood Banking Program
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
School of Health Professions

 

Office Phone: (409) 772-3317
  • Blood product utilization, benign (classical) hematology, resident education
  • Brigham Young University BA History 2003
    Utah Valley University ASN Nursing 2005
    University of Wisconsin – Green Bay BSN Nursing 2007
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center – El Paso MD Medicine 2018
    Colorado State University – Global MHA Healthcare Administration 2020
    Baylor College of Medicine Clinical Pathology Residency2018-2021
    Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship2021-2022
  • Fellow, College of American Pathologists 2022
    Diplomate, American Board of Pathology 2022
    Fellow, American Society for Clinical Pathology 2023
  • Association for Academic Pathology – Program Directors Section 2023-present
    American Society for Clinical Pathology 2014-present
    Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies 2021-present
    College of American Pathologists 2017-present

  • Raymond, C., Atchison, A., Kavuri, S., Elder, C., Lick, S., Guerra, D., Halls, J., Cheney, S., Zahner, C., & Kruse, R. Use of low-dose platelets in actively bleeding patients: A retrospective analysis of a cardiac surgery cohort. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 2025, May; 149(5): 476-482.  

    Johnson, C., Marquez, C., Olson, D., Ward, T., Cheney, S., Hulten, T., Ton, T., Webb, C., Dunn, J. Development and performance of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of bacteria in sterile body fluids. Future Microbiology. 2023, Feb; Epub ahead of print. 

    Garnett, E., Jung, J., Tam, E., Rajapakshe, D., Cheney, S., Brown, C., Cao, J., Singh, I., Versalovic, J., & Devaraj, S. Clinical validation and performance evaluation of the automated Vitros Total Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies assay for screening of serostatus in COVID-19. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2020, Dec; 154(6): 742-747


    Foster, C., Elahi, C., Cheney, S., Trier, T., Torabi, A., & Manglik, N. Thoracic paraspinal Castleman disease in a young Mexican-American man with postcoital hematuria. World Neurosurgery. 2018, Dec; 120:36-42