FACT Board of Directors Welcomes New Member and Nominates New Officers
The FACT Board of Directors approved its updated appointments in December, which became effective January 1, 2017. We thank these volunteers for their time and dedication to direct the activities of FACT. We are confident in their ability to continue leading FACT as a peer-driven organization that is adaptable to the needs of its constituents.
New officer appointments include:
- Vice President: Ngaire Elwood, PhD
- Secretary: Carlos Bachier, MD
Board members consist of representatives of FACT’s parent organizations, The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT) and the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT). ASBMT reappointed Mark Litzow, MD and Kimberly Kasow, DO to the Board, and ISCT reappointed Ngaire Elwood, PhD. ISCT appointed Abba Zubair, MD, as its new representative. The Board also approved expanding its composition to include a seat for a member appointed by the American Society of Apheresis (ASFA), and the nomination process is underway.
The following is a complete list of the FACT Board of Directors:
- President: Dennis Gastineau, MD; Mayo Clinic Rochester Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Vice President: Ngaire Elwood, PhD; BMDI Cord Blood Bank; Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Past President: Helen Heslop, MD; Baylor College of Medicine, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children’s Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital; Houston, Texas, USA
- Secretary: Carlos Bachier, MD; Sarah Cannon Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Treasurer: Michael Lill, MD; Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Los Angeles, California, USA
- Chief Medical Officer: Phyllis Warkentin, MD; Biologics Production Facility, Nebraska Medicine; Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Catherine Bollard, MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA; Children’s National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Paul Eldridge, PhD; UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Hugo Fernandez, MD; H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Tampa, Florida, USA
- Kimberly Kasow, DO; UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program; Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Mark Litzow, MD; Mayo Clinic Rochester Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Ian McNiece, PhD; Miami, Florida, USA
- Donna Salzman, MD; The University of Alabama Adult and Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cell Therapy Program; Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH; New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center – Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; New York, New York, USA
- Elizabeth Shpall, MD; MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank; Houston, Texas, USA
- Gillian Woollett, MA, DPhil; Avelere Health LLC; Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Abba Zubair, MD; Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program of Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children’s Clinic, and Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
