Chair
Rita Jakubowski, RN OCN
Senior Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Program Manager
Mount Sinai Hospital
Members
Linda Abramovitz, RN, MSN
Practice Nurse
Hematology and Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant
University of California, San Francisco
Allison Adler, RN, MSN, OCN
Duke University
Transplant Coordinator,
Adult Bone Marrow Transplant
Barbara Adler-Brecher, MS, cGC, CHTC
Coordinator, Unrelated Donor Search Services,
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Hackensack University Medical Center
Kristine Ahlberg, RN, BSN, OCN, CHTC
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator,
Cancer Center Clinics
University of California, Davis Medical Center
Kristy Applegate, MBA, CHTC
BMT Project Manager
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Diana Beavers, RN
Transplant Coordinator,
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Melissa Cochran, RN, MS, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Caroline A. Costello, MBA, BSN, RN, CPON, BMTCN
Nursing Clinical Education Coordinator
Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program
Boston Children’s Hospital
Denise Cummings, RN, BSN, CHTC
Nurse Coordinator, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Adrienne Daigle, CHTC
Administrative Manager,
Centers for Leukemia & Bone Marrow Transplant.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark DeNinno, RN, BSN
Assistant Patient Care Manager BMT OP Clinic
Moffitt Cancer Center
Karen Dubel, RN, BSN, CHTC, CCRC
Transplant Program Coordinator,
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Adrienne Ewing
Specialty Coordinator, Nurse Practitioner
Mount Sinai Hospital
Sara A. Flickner-Houlihan, RN, BSN, OCN
Administrator,
Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Lisa Fox, RN, OCN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Marrow Transplant Unit
VA Puget South Heath Care System/Seattle Division
Amy M. Garee, RN, MS, PNP
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Bone Marrow Transplant Nurse Practitioner,
Hem/Onc/BMT Division
Cecilia Gladbach, RN, BSN, CPON, CHTC
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Coordinator
Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
Londia Goff, RN, BSN, OCN, BMTCN, CHTC
Transplant Coordinator/Specialty Care Nurse
Osborn Hematopoietic Malignancy & Transplantation Program
West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.
Renee Gorczyca, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute
Kelly Gray, RN, BSN
Director, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant, BMH-TIPTON
Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton
Rebecca Gueco-Tolentino, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
New York-Presbyterian,
The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
Elana Hamburger-Smilow, CPNP
Transplant Coordinator,
Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
The Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NYP
Elizabeth Harvey, RN, BSN, CHTC, BMTCN
Lead Blood and Marrow Transplant Coordinator
The University of Kansas Cancer Center
Christina Havey, RN, BSN
Rush University Medical Center
Ria Hawks, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPON
Transplant Center Coordinator
The Children's Hospital of New York
Patrice Hunter, RN, BSN, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN
Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Christine Scura Iovino, RN, MS, FNP-BC
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
NYP/Columbia University Medical Center
Edna F. Klinger, RN, BS, CPHON, CHTC
Blood and Marrow Transplant Coordinator
Children's Hospital of Orange County
Christine Koch, RN, BSN, BMTCN, CHTC
Allogeneic Transplant Coordinator, Hematological Malignancies & Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
University of Colorado Cancer Center
Cindy Kramer, BSN, RN, OCN
Blood & Marrow Transplant Program/Oncology Navigator Program Nurse Manager
Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Transplant Program
Metilde Lambert, RN, MN, OCN
Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator
University of California, Los Angeles
Deborah J. Liney, RN
Technical Director,
Unrelated Donor/Transplant Programs
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Judith Luck, MSN, ARNP, CHTC
Manager, Quality and Performance Improvement
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Miami Cancer Institute
Elisa Malek, RN, BSN, OCN
Clinician, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Service
Quality Manager, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Service
Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC
Wendi Martinez, RN, OCN
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Center Coordinator
Manager, Quality Management Programs
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Peggy McNiece
Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program Manager/Coordinator
University of Miami, Sylvester Cancer Center
Kathleen Neves, RN, BSN, CHTC
Oncology Nurse Navigator
Los Alamitos Medical Center
Total Care Cancer Center
Lynn D. Root, RN
BMT Coordinator,
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Virginia Ross-Dodds, RN
Associate Director of Nursing
Mount Sinai Hospital
Peggy A. Russell, RN, CHTC
Allogeneic Nurse Coordinator
Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center
Christy Satterlee, CHTC
Manager, Intake for Related and Unrelated Transplants
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Lori Short, BS, BSN, RN, OCN
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant and Cell Therapy Unit
NMDP Coordinator/Clinical Transplant Coordinator
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at
Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Micah Skeens, RN, MS, PNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Hematopoietic, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant Division
Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc.
Sharon Swift, RN, CHTC
Unrelated Adult and Pediatric Program,
James P Wilmot Cancer Center
Nurse Coordinator, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Strong Memorial Hospital
University of Rochester Medical Center
Diana Tate, RN
Transplant Center Coordinator
University of Alabama at Birmingham and
The Children's Hospital of Alabama
Joanne Taylor
Nurse Coordinator
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
D. Kathryn Tierney, RN, PhD
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Stanford Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Victoria Tierney, BSN, RN,BMTCN
Interim Manager, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Unit
Medical City Dallas | Medical City Children’s Hospital
Patricia VanStrien, RN, MSN, OCN, CHTC, BMTCN
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Program Quality Management Coordinator, Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Mati Vizcaino, RN, CHTC
Blood and Marrow Transplant Coordinator Johns Hopkin's Medicine/All Children's Hospital
Patricia Wang, RN, OCN
Transplant Coordinator
Florida Center for Cellular Therapy at the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute
Susan Webb, RN, OCN
Manager BMT Program
GHS Cancer Institute, Outpatient Transplant Unit
Nan Werther, MS, CPNP, CPON
Transplant Coordinator/Nurse Practitioner
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s
Medical Center of New York
Jennifer Wilder, RN, BSN, OCN, CHTC
Search, Procurement, and Outcomes Coordinator
NIH Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program
Clinical Monitoring Research Program
National Institutes of Health
Ruby Yusay, RN
Bone Marrow Transplantation Coordinator (Adult)
Montefiore - Einstein Center for Cancer Care