Cord Blood Bank Steering Committee

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Chair

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

Vice-Chair

Gesine Koegler PhD

José Carreras Cord Blood Bank Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Germany

Vice-Chair

Phyllis I. Warkentin MD

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States

Past Chair

Paul Woodrow Eldridge PhD

Levine Cancer Institute Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Charlotte

United States

Past Chair

Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH

Mount Sinai Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program

New York

United States

Member

Ngaire Elwood PhD

BMDI Cord Blood Bank

Parkville

Australia

Member

Phillip Johnson MMedSc(Path)

Queensland Cord Blood Bank at the Mater

Brisbane

Australia

Member

Joanne Kurtzberg MD

Duke University Medical Center Adult and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Durham

United States

Member

Dr Linda Peltier PhD, RN

Montreal

Canada

Member

Alexander Platz MD

DKMS Stem Cell Bank

Dresden

Germany

Member

Robyn Lynette Rodwell PhD, MSc (GMP & QM)

Brisbane

Australia

Member

Elizabeth J. Shpall MD

M. D. Anderson Cord Blood Bank

Houston

United States

Staff Liaison

Monique Summers

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States