Our Committee Members

Immune Effector Cellular Therapy Task Force

Purpose: The Immune Effector Cellular Therapy Task Force develops and promotes standards and accreditation for immune effector cellular therapy.

Current members of Immune Effector Cellular Therapy Task Force:

Position

Name

Organization

City

Country

Chair

Helen Heslop MD

Baylor College of Medicine, Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston

United States

Vice-Chair

Elizabeth J. Shpall, MD

MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank

Houston

United States

Member

Amer Beitinjaneh MD, MS, MPH

University of Miami Hospital and Clinics/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Adult Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program

Miami

United States

Member

Kevin Curran MD

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

New York

United States

Member

Yen-Michael Hsu MD, PhD

Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation

Boca Raton

United States

Member

C. Fred LeMaistre MD

Nashville

United States

Member

John Lister MD

Allegheny Health Network, Cancer Institute, West Penn Hospital

Pittsburgh

United States

Member

Hien K. Liu MD

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Tampa

United States

Member

Marcela Maus MD, PhD

The Massachusetts General Hospital Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Program

Boston

United States

Member

Sarah Nikiforow MD, PhD

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute / Cell Manipulation Core Facility

Boston

United States

Member

David Porter MD

Penn Medicine

Philadelphia

United States

Member

Patricia Shi MD

New York Blood Center Clinical Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Laboratory, New York, New York

New York

United States

Member

Phyllis I. Warkentin MD

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States

Member

Basem William MD, MRCP, FACP

OhioHealth Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Columbus

United States

Staff Liaison

Kara Wacker MBA, RAC

Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy

Omaha

United States