Our Committee Members 

Cord Blood Bank Collection Standards Subcommittee

Current members of Cord Blood Bank Collection Standards Subcommittee:

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Co-Chair

Phillip Johnson MMedSc(Path)

Queensland Cord Blood Bank At The Mater

Brisbane

Australia

Co-Chair

Dr Linda Peltier PhD, RN

McGill University Health Centre Stem Cell Transplant and Immune Effector Cell Therapy Program

Montreal

Canada

Member

Rodica Ciubotariu MD, PhD

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center - Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

New York

United States

Member

Mrs. Alexandra Carolina De Los Rios DVM

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

Houston

United States

Member

Thibaut Gervais MSc

Banque de Sang de Cordon Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels

Belgium

Member

Mrs. Kate Falcon Girard RN, MSN

Viacord from Revvity

Waltham

United States

Member

Yen-Michael Hsu MD, PhD

Gift of Life Marrow Registry

Boca Raton

United States

Member

Dunia Jawdat PhD, D(ABMLI)

King Abdullah International Medical Research Center Cord Blood Bank

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

Member

Juan Merayo-Rodriguez MD, CABP (AABB)

LifeSouth Cord Blood Bank

Gainesville

United States

Member

Erin O'Gara

NMDP/Be The Match

Minneapolis

United States

Member

Alex Ross DBMS

NHS Cord Blood Bank

Bristol

United Kingdom

Staff Liaison

Monique Summers-Currington RN, MSN, MPA

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States