Boards

• Board of Directors
• Medical Advisory Board
• Social Work Board
• Nursing Board

Board of Directors

Executive Board Members

Chairman
Robert Fishman
Producer/Director, CBS Sports
New York, NY
Vice Chairman
Charlotte Moss
Designer
New York, NY
Treasurer
Andrew Robin
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
New York, NY
Secretary
Aimee Eberle
Philanthropist
Muttontown, NY
Christina Merrill, C.S.W.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation
New York, NY

Board of Trustees

Seun Adebiyi, Esq.
Founder, Bone Marrow Registry in Nigeria
New York, NY
Jonathan Alter
Journalist, Author
and Television Producer
New York, NY
Meg Braff
Designer
New York, NY
Lisa M. Eastman
Philanthropist
Locust Valley, NY
Vasilianna Fakiris
Social Worker/Philanthropist
Flowerhill, NY
Jules Filicia
Founder & Chief, Hells Kitchen Advertising
New York, NY
Steven Fruchtman, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Onconova Therapeutics
New York, NY
Sergio Giralt, MD
Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Evan Handler
Actor/Author
Los Angeles, CA
Calvert Moore
Philanthropist
New York, NY
Stephen D. Nimer, MD
Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Johanna Skilling
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Planning,
Burson Cohn & Wolfe
New York, NY

Advisory Council

Deirdre Cossman
Writer/Editor/Television Producer
New York, NY
Leigh Hampton
Producer
New York, NY
Jane Holzer
Philanthropist
New York, NY
Suleika Jaouad
Writer/Advocate/Motivational Speaker
New York, NY
Harry J. Pearce
Chairman, Board of Directors
MDU Resources
Troy, MI
Elaine Textor
Philanthropist
Locust Valley, NY

Medical Advisory Board

Chair
Sergio Giralt, MD
Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Members
Brian L. Abbott, MD, MBA
BMT and Leukemia Hospitalist
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Mounzer E. Agha, MD
Director, Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers
Clinical Director, Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
UPMC HSCT Program, Hillman Cancer Center
Tauseef Ahmed, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Westchester Medical Center
Zoltan Antal, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Long-term Follow-up Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Weill Cornell Medicine/NY Presbyterian Hospital
Joseph Antin, MD
Chief, Adult Oncology Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Joseph Antin, MD
Chief, Adult Oncology Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jeffery J. Auletta, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Director, Host Defense Program
Hematology/Oncology/BMT & Infectious Diseases;
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics at
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
David Avigan, MD
Director, Hematologic Malignancies,
Bone Marrow Transplant
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rajinder P.S. Bajwa, MBBS, MD, MRCP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,
Ohio State University
Department of Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Ruthee-Lu Bayer, MD
Director of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
North Shore LIJ Health System
Scott I. Bearman, MD
Clinical Director, Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
Samrawit Berhane
Transplant Coordinator, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Children’s National Medical Center
Monica Bhatia, MD
Director, Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Medical Center
Valkal Bhatt, PharmD, BCOP, BCPS
Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Specialist
Blood & Marrow Transplant
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Farid Boulad, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Day Hospital
Attending Physician, Pediatric BMT Service
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Joel A. Brochstein, MD
Associate Chief for Cellular Therapy
Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY; Northwell Health
Mark W. Brunvand, MD
Rocky Mountain Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, MD
Assistant Attending Psychiatrist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Instructor in Psychiatry
Weill Cornell Medical College
Mitchell S. Cairo, MD
Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Westchester Medical Center
Richard E. Champlin, MD
Chairman, Department of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation and Cellular Therapy
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cancer Medicine
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas
Nelson J. Chao, MD, MBA
Professor of Medicine and Immunology
Chief, Division of Cellular Therapy/BMT
Duke University
Allen Chen, MD, PhD, MHS
Associate Professor, Oncology and Pediatrics
Vice Chair for Quality, Safety, and Service, Oncology
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center
Yi-Bin A. Chen, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Peter F. Coccia, MD
Ittner Professor and Vice-Chair of Pediatrics
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Laurence J.N. Cooper, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatric Oncology
Chief, Pediatric Cell Therapy
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Children’s Cancer Hospital
Morton J. Cowan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco Children’s Hospital
Pamela Crilley, DO
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Hahnemann University Hospital
Jignesh Dalal, MD
Director Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant
Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Stella Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Nicholas C. D’Cunha, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine,
Dept. of Internal Medicine, Div. of Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Clinical Medical Director, BMT Program
Texas Tech University, Health Science Centre
John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Oncology
Deputy Director, Siteman Cancer Center
Division of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University
Christopher Dvorak, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Chief, Allergy/Immunology Blood and Marrow
Transplant Division
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Suzanne R. Fanning, DO
Director, Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant
Director Hematology Center of Excellence
GHS Cancer Institute, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Sherif Farag, MBBS, PhD
Director, Bone Marrow & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Associate Director for Clinical Research
IU Simon Cancer Center
William Ferguson, MD
Medical Director of the Bob Costas Cancer Center;
Director of Hematology/Oncology and Professor of Pediatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
James L.M. Ferrara, MD
Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Medicine, Professor Director Hematologic Malignancies Translational Research Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
The Tisch Cancer Institute & Division of Hematology / Medical Oncology
Haydar Frangoul, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Steven Fruchtman, MD
Chief Medical Officer; Senior Vice President
Onconova Therapeutics, INC
Henry Fung, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Coleman BMCF Blood and Marrow Transplant Center
Rush University Medical Center
Alfred P. Gillio, MD
Section Chief, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center
Gregory Hale, MD
Director, Oncology Research and Education, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, Blood & Marrow Transplantation
John Hopkin’s Medicine/All Children’s Hospital
Parameswaran Hari, MD, MRCP, MS
Director, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Froedtert Hospital and Medical College of Wisconsin
Jonathan C. Howell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Michelle Hudspeth, MD
Director, Pediatric Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina/Hollings Cancer Center
Luis Isola, MD
Medical Director,
Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Mount Sinai Hospital
David Jacobsohn, MD, ScM
Chief, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Children’s National Medical Center, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Madan Jagasia, MBBS, MS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Section of Hematology-SCT
Director, Out Patient Transplant Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Matt Kalaycio, MD, FACP
Chair, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic
David Kaminetzky, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
NYU Langone Medical Center, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Neena Kapoor, MD
Professor of Pediatrics of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
Director of Blood and Marrow Transplant Laboratory
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Andrew Kung, MD, PhD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Columbia University Medical Center
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital
Joanne Kurtzberg, MD
Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Chief Scientific Officer, Robertson Clinical and Translational Cell Therapy Program
Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Duke University Medical Center
Leslie E. Lehmann, MD
Clinical Director, Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program
Dana Farber Children’s Hospital Cancer Center
Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Michael Lill, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD, PhD
Director, Hematology/Oncology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Aaron C. Logan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor (Hematology/BMT)
University of California, San Francisco
Medical Center
Fataneh Majlessipour, MD
Director, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Samual Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Markus Mapara, MD, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Professor of Medicine;
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation (BMT) Program at College of Physicians and Surgeons
Philip McCarthy, MD
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Kerry McMillan, RD, MS, CD, CSO
Medical Nutrition Therapy Service
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Kenneth R. Meehan, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Steven M Neudorf, MD
Clinical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)
Stephen D. Nimer, MD
Director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Richard J. O’Reilly, MD
Chief, Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Service
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP
Cancer Center Director
Hackensack University Medical Center
Miguel-Angel Perales, MD
Deputy Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service
Director, Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Fellowship
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Steven A. Pergam, MD MPH
Medical Director, Infection Prevention, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Assistant Member, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division & Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Assistant Professor, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Hemalatha Rangarajan, MD
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant
Voravit Ratanatharathorn, MD
Professor of Medicine and Oncology
Co-Director, Blood and Marrow Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Director, JP McCarthy Cord Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Bank
Karmanos Cancer Center
Joseph Rosenthal, MD
Barron Hilton Professor and Chair in Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
City of Hope National Medical Center
Scott Rowley, MD, FACP
Director, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Hackensack Medical Center
Indira Sahdev, MD
Section Head, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Lab
Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY, Northwell Health
Brenda M. Sandmaier, MD
Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Michael W. Schuster, MD
Director, Bone Marrow & Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Stonybrook Medical Center
Eileen Scigliano, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Mount Sinai Hospital
Stuart Seropian, MD
Assistant Professor, Section of Medical Oncology
Yale University School of Medicine
Tsiporah Shore, MD, FRCPC, FACP
Associate Director, Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplantation Program
Service Chief, Inpatient BMT Unit
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College – New York Presbyterian Hospital Thomas R. Spitzer, MD
Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ranier Storb, MD
Head of Transplantation Biology Program, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine, Oncology at University of Washington
Roger Strair, MD
Hematology
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital,
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Martin Tallman, MD
Chief, Leukemia Services
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Koen van Besien, MD
Director, Bone Marrow and Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant
New York-Presbyterian
Weill Cornell Medical Center
Marcel R.M. van den Brink, MD, PhD
Alan Houghton Chair in Immunology
Head, Division of Hematologic Oncology
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Georgia B. Vogelsang, MD
Professor of Oncology
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
Edmund Waller, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Hematology and Oncology
Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pathology
Emory University Hospital, Winship Cancer Institute
Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Division of Oncology
Director, Section of BMT/Leukemia
Washington University School of Medicine
Stephanie Williams, MD
Division Chief, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital / Spectrum Health
John R. Wingard, MD
Price Eminent Scholar and Professor of Medicine
Deputy Director for Research
Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Florida Shands Cancer Center
University of Florida College of Medicine
Ann Woolfrey, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Director, Unrelated Donor Program, FHCRC/SCCA
Full Member, Clinical Research Division, FHCRC
Professor, Pediatrics, University of Washington
Lolie Yu, MD
Eugenie & Joseph Jones Professor
Division Chief & Director, Pediatric Heme-Onc & HSCT Program
Children’s Hospital/LSUHSC
Jasmine Zain, MD
Director, T-Cell Lymphoma Program Director,
Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
City of Hope National Medical Center

Social Work Board

Elizabeth Angell, MSW, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Roger Williams Medical Center
Mary Arnold, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Medical City Dallas Hospital
Chelsea Baldwin, LICSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Children’s National Health System
Nina Balsamo, MSS, ASW
Adult BMT Social Worker
UCSF Medical Center
Nancy Barbach, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York
Rose Bartone, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Maria Fereri Children’s Hospital
Jessica Beitch, MSW, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Karen Bettner, ACSW, LSW, C-OSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
IBMT at St. Francis Hospital
Cathy Blanchard, LICSW, OSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
VA Puget Sound
Renea Bligen, MSW, LISW-CP
Adult BMT Social Worker
Medical University of South Carolina
Eleanor Bruin, LISW-S, ACHP-SW
BMT Social Worker
University of Colorado-Denver
Amanda Budai, MSW, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
UMPC, Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers
Faye Bullio, ACSW, LISW-S
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Rosa Caiseda Acantilado, MSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South FL
Donna Capps, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Cook Children’s Medical Center
Joe Chabot, MSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Haylie Colby, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Kansas Cancer Center
Amy Colver, MSSA, MA, LSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
Jennifer D’Alotto, MSW, LICSW
BMT Social Worker
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nancy Delaney, LSW, MSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Dawn Dia, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Elaine Dombrowski, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
John Theurer Cancer Center
Matthew Floriani, MSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Moffitt Cancer Center
Jillian Foley, MSW, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Gregory Garber, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Jacquelyn Giaimo, LSW, CADC
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Chicago
Kelly Giles, LICSW
BMT Social Worker
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Rachael Goldberg, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Becky Grabill, LMSW, OSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
Spectrum Health Hospital Group
Anna Gribetz, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Mount Sinai
Morgan Gross, MSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Mandy Hatfield, MSW, CSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center
Bethany Henshall, MSW, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Duke University Hospital
Kara Hinerman, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Alison Hoffman, LMSW
BMT Social Worker
New York Presbyterian/Columbia
Theresa Hoffman, LCSW, ACM-SW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Emory Healthcare/Winship Cancer Center
Alexandra Huffman, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
UT Southwestern
Harold C. Simmons Cancer Center
Anissa Johnsen, LCSW, OSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Lauren Kriegel, MSW, LSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Penny Lau, LCSW, OSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
Moffitt Cancer Center
Christine Lawrence, LISW-S
Adult Oncology Social Worker
Cleveland Clinic
Eleanor Leary, LICSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Minnesota
Lindsey Macdonald, LCSW, OSW-C
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Barbara McLain, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Maria Fereri Children’s Hospital
Tim McNichol, LSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Chicago
Michelle L McWhirter, MSW, LCSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Marinel Olivares, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
City of Hope
Renee Ortiz, MSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
City of Hope
Marc Paloma, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Chicago
Monica Pool, LMSW, ACM
Adult BMT Social Worker
Texas Tech University Medical Center
Lisa Randazzo, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
North Shore University Hospital
Lisa Raubolt, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Northwestern Hospital
Stephen Rea, MSW, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Donatella Richard, MSW, LSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Cancer Center at Hahnemann University Hospital
Jessica Rivera, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Huntsman Cancer Institute
Elise Santana, LCSW
Adult SCT Social Worker
UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kristin Scheeler, MSSW, APSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
University of Wisconsin Hospital
Natalie Schreter, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Mount Sinai Hospital/ Ruttenberg Cancer Center
Janna Shelby, MSSA, LISW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
UHCMC/Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Nicole Snider, LMSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
South Carolina Oncology Associates
Jennifer St. Clair, MSW, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
UF Health Shands Childrens Hospital
Laurel Stanley Glynn, MSSW, LCSW, ACHP-SW, OSW-C
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Julia Stith, LMSW
BMT Social Worker
Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Paula Turner, MSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Emory University Hospital
Kesha Wall Graham, LMSW, ACM-SW
Adult BMT Social Worker
MUSC- Hollings Cancer Center
Andrea Wolfe, LCSW, OSW-C
Adult BMT Social Worker
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Phyllis Yount, LCSW
Adult BMT Social Worker
Baylor University Medical Center
Cindy Zehnder, LCSW
Pediatric BMT Social Worker
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Nursing Board

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 Practioner
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/Speciality 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 / Onocology 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
Christine Scura Iovino, RN, MS, FNP-BC NYP/Columbia University Medical Center
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program
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 CoordinatorJohn 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