Cord Blood Bank Accreditation Committee
Purpose:
The Cord Blood Bank Accreditation Committee maintains oversight of cord blood bank accreditations. The committee reviews cord blood bank inspection reports in a timely, fair, and consistent manner, and makes recommendations to the FACT Board of Directors regarding applicant bank accreditation status.
Current members of Cord Blood Bank Accreditation Committee:
Position |
Name |
Organization |
City |
Country |
|
Chair
|
Phyllis I. Warkentin MD |
University of Nebraska Medical Center |
Omaha |
United States |
|
Co-Chair
|
Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH |
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy |
Omaha |
United States |
|
Member
|
Catherine Bollard MBChB, MD, FRACP, FRCPA |
Children's National Health System Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Washington |
United States |
|
Member
|
Ngaire Elwood PhD |
BMDI Cord Blood Bank |
Parkville |
Australia |
|
Member
|
Diane Fournier PhD |
Héma-Québec |
Saint-Laurent |
Canada |
|
Member
|
Thibaut Gervais MSc |
Banque de Sang de Cordon Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
Brussels |
Belgium |
|
Member
|
Roger Horton PhD |
The Anthony Nolan Cord Blood Bank |
Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
|
Member
|
Yen-Michael Hsu MD, PhD |
Gift of Life Marrow Registry |
Boca Raton |
United States |
|
Member
|
Cheryl Hutchins PhD |
The Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and Queensland Children’s Hospital Cellular Therapy Program |
Herston |
Australia |
|
Member
|
Phillip Johnson MMedSc(Path) |
Queensland Cord Blood Bank At The Mater |
Brisbane |
Australia |
|
Member
|
Dr. Elias Kalouche PhD, MBA |
FACT Inspectorate |
None |
United States |
|
Member
|
Gesine Koegler PhD |
José Carreras Cord Blood Bank Düsseldorf |
Düsseldorf |
Germany |
|
Member
|
Joanne Kurtzberg MD |
Duke University Medical Center Adult and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program |
Durham |
United States |
|
Member
|
Nadim Mahmud MD, PhD |
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System Blood & Marrow Transplant Program |
Chicago |
United States |
|
Member
|
Dr Linda Peltier PhD, RN |
McGill University Health Centre Stem Cell Transplant and Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program |
Montreal |
Canada |
|
Member
|
Krystle Pool BS |
FACT Inspectorate |
None |
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
|
Wouter Van't Hof PhD |
Abraham J. & Phyllis Katz Cord Blood Foundation d.b.a. Cleveland Cord Blood Center |
Cleveland |
United States |
|
Staff Liaison
|
Nancy Schulte, MA |
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy |
Omaha |
United States |
