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 I. Warkentin MD |
Biologics Production Facility, Nebraska Medicine, The Nebraska Medical Center |
Omaha |
United States |
|
Member
|
Muneer Abidi MD |
Henry Ford Health System Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
Detroit |
United States |
|
Member
|
Alex Babic MD, PhD |
Saint Louis University Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
St. Louis |
United States |
|
Member
|
Carlos Bachier MD |
Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program @ Methodist Hospital, Methodist Children's Hospital in San Antonio and South Austin Medical Center in Austin |
Nashville |
United States |
|
Member
|
Catherine Bollard MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA |
Children's National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Washington |
United States |
|
Member
|
Paul Woodrow Eldridge PhD |
Levine Cancer Institute Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program |
Charlotte |
United States |
|
Member
|
Dennis Gastineau MD |
|
El Prado |
United States |
|
Member
|
Patrick 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 (Collections at Hoxworth Blood Center, UC Health, The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Cent |
Cincinnati |
United States |
|
Member
|
Michael Nieder MD |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Tampa |
United States |
|
Member
|
Folashade Otegbeye MBChB, MPH |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Cellular Processing Facility |
Seattle |
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 |
|
Bismarck |
United States |
|
Member
|
Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH |
Mount Sinai Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program |
New York |
United States |
|
Member
|
Renee Smilee BSMT(ASCP), CQIA (ASQ) |
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Tampa |
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 |
