Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee
Purpose:
Review cellular therapy program and facility on-site inspection reports in a timely, fair and consistent manner, and make recommendations to the FACT Board of Directors regarding applicant program or facility accreditation status.
Current members of Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee:
Position |
Name |
Organization |
City |
Country |
|
Chair
|
Phyllis Warkentin MD |
Biologics Production Facility, Nebraska Medicine, The Nebraska Medical Center |
Omaha |
United States |
|
Member
|
Muneer Abidi MD |
Spectrum Health Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Grand Rapids |
United States |
|
Member
|
Carlos Bachier MD |
Sarah Cannon Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Nashville |
United States |
|
Member
|
Lizette Caballero BSMT(ASCP) |
UCSF Medical Center Adult Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
San Francisco |
United States |
|
Member
|
Patricia Carey MD |
FACT Inspectorate |
Cincinnati |
United States |
|
Member
|
Paul Woodrow Eldridge PhD |
UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
Chapel Hill |
United States |
|
Member
|
Dennis Gastineau MD |
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Mayo Clinic Arizona and Phoenix Children's Hospital |
Phoenix |
United States |
|
Member
|
Patrick J Hanley PhD |
Children's National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Washington |
United States |
|
Member
|
Helen Heslop MD |
Baylor College of Medicine, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital |
Houston |
United States |
|
Member
|
Kimberly Kasow DO |
UNC Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
Chapel Hill |
United States |
|
Member
|
Thomas Leemhuis PhD |
Hoxworth Blood Center University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center |
Cincinnati |
United States |
|
Member
|
Michael Nieder MD |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Tampa |
United States |
|
Member
|
Nicole Lesley Prokopishyn PhD |
Alberta Blood and Marrow Transplant Program: Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Children's Hospital, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, and Calgary Laboratory Services |
Calgary |
Canada |
|
Member
|
Ramakrishna Reddy MD |
American Red Cross Midwest Region Blood Services |
Omaha |
United States |
|
Member
|
Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH |
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center - Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
New York |
United States |
|
Member
|
Karl Stasko MPH |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Cell Manipulation Core Facility |
Boston |
United States |
|
Member
|
David Szwajcer MD, FRCPC |
Manitoba Blood & Marrow Transplant Program |
Winnipeg |
Canada |
|
Member
|
Abba Zubair MD, PhD |
Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program of Mayo Clinic, Nemours Children's Clinic, and Wolfson Children's Hospital |
Jacksonville |
United States |
|
Staff Liaison
|
Sarah Litel-Smith BSMT(ASCP) |
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy |
Omaha |
United States |
