Our Committee Members

Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee

Purpose:
The Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee maintains oversight of cell therapy program accreditation. It reviews inspection reports in a timely, fair, and consistent manner, and provides recommendations to the FACT Board of Directors regarding applicant program accreditation status.

Current members of Cellular Therapy Accreditation Committee:

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Chair

Phyllis I. Warkentin MD

Omaha

United States

Member

Muneer Abidi MD

Henry Ford Health System Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Detroit

United States

Member

Nicole Aqui MD

Blood & Marrow Collection and Processing Program of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Philadelphia

United States

Member

Alex Babic MD, PhD

Saint Louis University Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

St. Louis

United States

Member

Carlos Bachier MD

San Antonio

United States

Member

Catherine Bollard MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA

Children's National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Washington

United States

Member

Wanxing Cui MD, PhD

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility

Washington

United States

Member

Paul Woodrow Eldridge PhD

Levine Cancer Institute Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Charlotte

United States

Member

Patrick Hanley PhD

Children's National Cellular Therapy Laboratory

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

Dr Michael Nieder MD

FACT Inspectorate

None

United States

Member

Folashade Otegbeye MD, MPH

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Cellular Processing Facility

Seattle

United States

Member

Huy Phu Pham MD, MPH

NMDP Seattle Collection Center

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 Alberta Precision Laboratories

Calgary

Canada

Member

Muthalagu Ramanathan MD

UMass Memorial Medical Center Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Worcester

United States

Member

Ramakrishna Reddy MD

Bismarck

United States

Member

Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Tampa

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

Zbigniew Szczepiorkowski MD, PhD

DHMC Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Lebanon

United States

Member

Abba Zubair MD, PhD

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville

United States

Staff Liaison

Meghan Quinn

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States