Accreditation Statistics

As of October 1, 2023

Cellular Therapy Entities

  • Accredited: 258
  • Applicants: 26

Cord Blood Banks

  • Accredited: 53
  • Applicants: 9

Congratulations to the following programs for achieving initial FACT accreditation:

  • Kingston Health Sciences Centre
  • CTCA-COH Arizona Hematologic Malignancy and Cellular Therapy Institute (CAHCTI)
  • The Good Samaritan Hospital of Cincinnati, Ohio

A complete list of accredited organizations can be found at www.factglobal.org.

Congratulations to Our New Inspectors!

Posted in :: 2019 Volume 10 :: Thursday, October 31st, 2019

The following individuals completed their first active inspection between November 2018 through October 2019. Congratulations and thank you for volunteering your time and expertise to advance cellular therapy! Organizations with personnel who also serve as FACT inspectors typically perform better during on-site inspections than their counterparts without an inspector. If you are interested in serving as an inspector, submit an online application! For a complete list of active FACT inspectors, view the online list of FACT Inspectors.

Rona Weinberg, PhD
Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC, Processing: more than minimal manipulation of any cell type
New York Blood Center Clinical Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Laboratory, New York

Sandy Ward, MS, BSMT
Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC
Sarah Cannon Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Suzanne Thibodeaux, MD, PhD
Apheresis Collection
Stem Cell Transplant Program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine

Dunia Jawdat, PhD
Cord Blood Banking, Cord Blood Collection, Cord Blood Processing
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Cord Blood Bank

Basem William, MD, MRCP, FACP
Clinical Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy, Clinical Immune Effector Cellular Therapy, Marrow Collection
The Ohio State University Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute

Michael Sun, MS, SCYM(ASCP)
Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals – The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Blood & Marrow Transplant Program

Mary Ann Kelley, MT(ASCP)BBCM
Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC, Processing: more than minimal manipulation of any cell type
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Cell Manipulation Core Facility

Marco Garcia, MLS(ASCP), MS
Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC, Processing: more than minimal manipulation of any cell type
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Stem Cell Transplant Program

Scott Koepsell, MD, PhD
Apheresis Collection, Processing: minimal manipulation of HPC, Processing: more than minimal manipulation of any cell type
University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program

Daniel Gibson, BSc (Hons) LIBMS
Cord Blood Collection, Cord Blood Processing
The Anthony Nolan Cord Blood Bank

Benjamin Tomlinson, MD
Clinical Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy, Clinical Immune Effector Cellular Therapy
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Stem Cell Transplant Program

Sarita Joshi, MBBS, MD
Clinical Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy, Apheresis Collection
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance