FACT Appreciates the Volunteer Experts who Joined the FACT Inspectorate in 2025
Janice Donoghue, Inspector Development Specialist
Congratulations to the FACT Inspector Trainees that completed all requisites to become active inspectors in 2025. A total of 34 individuals became new active inspectors last year, and 2 additional inspectors added a new qualified inspection category. These esteemed volunteers devoted time and commitment to successfully:
- Pass the FACT Inspector Standards Test
- Complete the FACT Inspector Training program (including pre- and post-training requisites)
- Attend a FACT Training Inspection with a FACT Mentor
Please join us in welcoming the following individuals to the FACT inspectorate:
| Ambuga Badari, MD |
| Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Jessika Barrera, BS, MLS (ASCP) |
| Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Cell Processing Laboratory @ Methodist Hospital |
| Minimal Processing |
| Catherine Delanoix, MS, RN |
| The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
| Clinical CT |
| Radowan Elnair, MBBS |
| Roger Williams Medical Center Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Magdi Elsallab, MD, PhD |
| The Massachusetts General Hospital Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program |
| Minimal Processing |
| Manuel Espinoza-Gutarra, MD |
| The University of Alabama Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Taylor Fitch, MD, MPH |
| Arthur M. Blank Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Zhubin Gahvari, MD, MS |
| University of Wisconsin Madison Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Qingdong Guan, PhD, F(ACHI) |
| Manitoba Blood & Marrow Transplant Program |
| M/MTM Processing |
| Gaurav K. Gupta, MD, PhD |
| Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center – Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| Apheresis |
| Thoraya Henein, MT(ASCP) |
| The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital |
| Apheresis |
| Samantha Hodgins, HBSc, MSc, CCRP |
| The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Center – Cell Manufacturing Facility |
| M/MTM Processing |
| Yogesh Jethava, MD, FACP, MRCP(UK), FRCPath(UK) |
| Advocate Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Phillip Johnson, MMedSC(Path) |
| Queensland Cord Blood Bank At The Mater |
| Minimal Processing (additional inspection category) |
| Stephan Kadauke, MD, PhD |
| Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section |
| M/MTM Processing |
| Grace Kim, MLS |
| Hackensack Meridian John Theurer Cancer Center Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program |
| Minimal Processing |
| Scott Koepsell, MD, PhD |
| University of Nebraska Medical Center/Nebraska Medicine Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Program |
| M/MTM Processing (Additional inspection category) |
| Stephanie Larson, MSN, RN, BMTCN |
| Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program @ TriStar Centennial |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Isabelle Louis, PhD |
| Cellular Therapy Program – CHU Sainte-Justine |
| Minimal Processing |
| Michael Maffie, MBA, C(ASCP) |
| Mathews Center for Cellular Therapy |
| Minimal Processing |
| Cheryl Martinez, MS, RN |
| Prisma Health Cancer Institute Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
| Clinical CT |
| Candace Mayle, DNP, APRN |
| Arkansas Children’s Hospital |
| Clinical CT |
| Jeremy Pantin, MD (MB.BS.), FACP |
| Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program @ TriStar Centennial |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Marcia Emelia Pereira, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, AGACNP-BC |
| Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Miami Cancer Institute |
| Apheresis |
| Laleh Ramezani, BS, MLT |
| USC Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| Minimal Processing |
| Rikin Shah, MD |
| Orlando Health Cancer Institute Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy |
| Clinical CT/IEC |
| Nancy Shreve, FNP, MS, RN |
| The Children’s Mercy Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| Clinical CT |
| Sheryl de Silva, BS (BIOS) |
| BMDI Cord Blood Bank |
| Cord Blood Bank |
| Yuliya Smirnov, MS, RN, OCN |
| Northwest Marrow Transplant Program at Oregon Health & Science University, Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital |
| Clinical CT |
| Sandeep Srivastava, PhD |
| Hoxworth Blood Center University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center |
| M/MTM Processing |
| Swati Srivastava, MD |
| Cleveland Clinic Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| Apheresis |
| Nabil Tabish, MD, MS |
| St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy |
| Apheresis |
| Jay Tanna, MS, RAC |
| Children’s National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| M/MTM Processing |
| Kimberly Weirick, DNP, RN, NEA-BC |
| The Ohio State University Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute |
| Apheresis |
| Junann Whish-Wilson, BS |
| BMDI Cord Blood Bank |
| Cord Blood Processing |
| Timothy Wiltshire, PhD |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
| M/MTM Processing |
