UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

Edward C. Larkin, M.D.

Title: Professor

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

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Residence:	Walnut Creek, California, USA
Birthplace:	Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Undergraduate Education:	Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts B.A. 1959
Medical Education:	Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut M.D. 1963
Internship:	New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 1963-64
Fellowship:	New England Medical Center Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 1965-68 Hematology
Board Certifications:	American Board of Pathology, Hematology, 1998 American Board of Internal Medicine, 1974 American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology, 1976
Professional Memberships:	American College of Physicians American Federation for Clinical Research American Society of Clinical Pathologists American Society of Hematology International Society of Hematology Western Association of Physicians Western Society for Clinical Investigation

Clinical/Research Interests: An expert in bone marrow pathology, Edward C. Larkin specializes in diagnosing hematologic disorders and disease using aspiration biopsies, flow cytology and specimen analysis. He consults for the National Institutes of Health and reviews for the American Council on Science and Health and Annals of Internal Medicine. With an emphasis on liver tissue pathophysiology, he studies the effects of alcohol and nutrition on liver function, lipid metabolism and blood production. His research also includes the effects of iron deficiency as well as platelet function, microcirculation, and oxidation effects on hematopoietic tissue.
Publications: Mammen EF, Comp PC, Gosselin R, Greenberg C, Hoots WK, Kesler CM, Larkin EC, et. al. PFA-100 System: A new method for assessment of platelet dysfunction Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis 1998;24(2):195-202 Leigh BR, Larkin EC, Doggett RL. Solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma five years after successful cardiac transplantation. American Journal of Clinical Oncology 1997; 20(5):467-470 Rao GA, Larkin EC. Optimal nutrition prevents adverse effects in experimental chronic alcoholism Journal of Optima Nutrition 1994;2(4): Sankaran H, Rao VA, Larkin EC. Induction of malnutrition in chronic alcoholism: role of gastric emptying Medical Hypothesis 1994 Sankaran H, Larkin EC, Rao GA. Unsaturated fat and low energy intake synergistically induce while an increment in energy intake regresses fatty liver in chemically alcoholic rats American Journal of Nutrition 1994;124: 110-116