Our Committee Members

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

Omaha

United States

Co-Chair

Joseph Schwartz MD, MPH

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

Tampa

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

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

Immunologic Monitoring and Cellular Products Laboratory

Pittsburgh

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, M.Sc., MBA, MT(CSMLS)

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

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