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Medical Advisory Board

CHAIR

Sergio A. Giralt, MD

Deputy Division Head, Division of Hematologic Malignancies Melvin Berlin Family Chair in Multiple Myeloma Chief Medical Officer, MSK Direct

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Mounzer E. Agha, MD

Director of the Mario Lemieux Center for Blood Cancers at Hillman Cancer Center Clinical Director of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

MEMBER

Ahmed Tauseef, MD, FACP

Chief of Oncology

Westchester Medical Center

MEMBER

Zoltan Antal, MD

Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology Director, Pediatric Diabetes Program in the Division of Pediatric Endocriology Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NYP Phyllis and David Komansky Center for Children's Health NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine Assistant Attending Pediatrician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Joseph H. Antin, MD

Chief, Stem Cell Transplantation, Emeritus

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham Cancer Center

MEMBER

Jeffery J. Auletta, MD

Blood and Marrow Transplant Physician

Nationwide Children's Hospital

MEMBER

David E. Avigan, MD

Cancer Center Director Chief, Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies Senior Vice President of Cancer Services

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

MEMBER

Rajinder P.S. Bajwa, MD

BMT Long-Term Follow-up Program Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Team-Physician Team Hematology/Oncology & BMT-Physician Team

Nationwide Children's Hospital

MEMBER

Ruthee-Lu Bayer, MD

System Head for Stem Cell Transplant/Cellular Therapy at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute Directs the Stem Cell Transplant/Cellular Therapy Lab Clinical Director of the Don Monti Adult Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplant (BMT) Program at North Shore

University Hospital Northwell Health

MEMBER

Monica Bhatia, MD

Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

MEMBER

Valkal Bhatt, PharmD, BCOP

Senior Scientific Director - US Medical Affairs

Incyte

MEMBER

Mitchell S. Cairo, MD

Chief, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Director, Children and Adolescent Cancer & Blood Diseases Center at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital Medical and Scientific Director, Cellular and Tissue Engineering Laboratory Medical Director, Hematotherapy Program Associate Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Westchester Medical Center

MEMBER

Richard E. Champlin, MD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Cancer Medicine

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MEMBER

Nelson J.A. Chao, MD, MBA

Chief, Division of Cell Therapy in the Department of Medicine

Duke Cancer Institute Duke Regeneration Center Duke University

MEMBER

Allen R. Chen, MD, PhD, MHS

Vice Chair for Quality, Safety & Service

Johns Hopkins Medicine

MEMBER

Yi-Bin A. Chen, MD

Director, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program Allen B. Rogers, Jr. and Cara J. Rogers Endowed Chair

Massachusetts General Hospital

MEMBER

Pelin Cinar, MD, MS

Senior Director

Gilead Sciences

MEMBER

Stacey A. Cohen, MD

Medical Oncologist

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

MEMBER

Morton J.N. Cowan, MD

Medical Director, UCSF Pediatric Cell Therapy Laboratory

University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals

MEMBER

Pamela A. Crilley, DO

Medical Oncologist

Capital Health

MEMBER

Jignesh Dalal, MD

Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist

University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's

MEMBER

Stella M. Davies, MBBS, PhD, MRCP

Director, Division of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Immune Deficiency Institute Co-Executive Director

Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute Jacob G. Schmidlapp Endowed Chair Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

MEMBER

John F. DiPersio, MD, PhD

Director, Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy

Washington University School of Medicine

MEMBER

Christopher Dvorak, MD, PhD Chief, Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplant Division

Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist

University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospitals

MEMBER

Suzanne R. Fanning, DO

Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Prisma Health

MEMBER

Sherif S. Farag, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPA, FACP

Medical Director, Community Health Network MD Anderson Cancer Center Stem Cell Tranplant and Cellular Therapy Program

Community Howard Regional Health

MEMBER

William Ferguson, MD

Director of the Division of Hematology-Oncology

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

MEMBER

James L. Ferrara, MD, DSc

Ward-Coleman Chair in Cancer Medicine Professor and Director, Hematologic Malignancies Translational Research Center at The Tisch Cancer Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

MEMBER

Steven Fruchtman, MD President & CEO

Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. President and CSO, Oncology

Traws Pharma, Inc.

MEMBER

Gregory Hale, MD, MBA

Vice President

Medpace

MEMBER

Parameswaran Hari, MD, MS

Chief Development Officer

Obsidian Therapeutics

MEMBER

Ronald Hoffman, MD

Director of the Myeloproliferative Disorders Research Program

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

MEMBER

Jonathan C. Howell, MD, PhD

Pediatric Endocrinology Specialist Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

MEMBER

Michelle P. Hudspeth, MD Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology Oncology

Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program Quality Director, Adult and Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Medical University of South Carolina

MEMBER

Kelly K. Hunt, MD, FACS, FSSO

Professor & Chair, Department of Breast Surgical Oncology Surgical Oncologist

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

MEMBER

Luis M. Isola, MD

Director, Cancer Clinical Programs Director, Bone Marrow Transplantation Program

Mount Sinai Health System

MEMBER

David A. Jacobsohn, MD, ScM, MBA

Division Chief, Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Children's National Hospital

MEMBER

Madan Jagasia, MD, MS

CEO

Obsidian Therapeutics

MEMBER

Tyler Johnson, MD

Assistant Director of Inpatient Oncology Service Medical Oncologist

Stanford University Hospital

MEMBER

Matt Kalaycio, MD, FACP

Vice Chair, Taussig Cancer Institute

Cleveland Clinic

MEMBER

David Kaminetzky, MD

Hematologist

NYU Langone Hematology Associates

MEMBER

Neena Kapoor, MD

Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Laboratory Attending Physician, Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation Investigator, Hematology-Oncology

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

MEMBER

Andrew Kung, MD, PhD

Chair, Department of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Joanne Kurtzberg, MD

Director of the Marcus Center for Cellular Cures (MC3) Director of the Pediatric Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Director of the Carolinas Cord Blood Bank Co-Director of the Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory

Duke University

MEMBER

Leslie E. Lehmann, MD

Clinical Director, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Center Medical Director, International Hematology/Oncology/BMT Institute Physician

Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

MEMBER

Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD, PhD

Chief of Division, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Long Island Jewish

Medical Center Northwell Health

MEMBER

Aaron Logan, MD, PhD

Director of the Hematologic Malignancies Tissue Bank

University of California, San Francisco

MEMBER

Jochen H. Lorch, MD

Medical Oncology Director, Head and Neck Cancer Program Medical Oncology Director, Thyroid Cancer Program Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer

Center of Northwestern University

MEMBER

Fataneh Majlessipour, MD

Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's

MEMBER

Markus Y. Mapara, MD

Director, Adult Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University

Irving Medical Center

MEMBER

Philip L. McCarthy, MD

Director Emeritus of the Transplant & Cellular Therapy Center Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy Program Department of Medicine The Dr. Philip L. McCarthy Endowed Chair in Transplant & Cellular Therapy

Rosewell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

MEMBER

Kerry McMillen, MS, RD, CSO, CD, FAND

Director, Oncology Supportive Care and Screening Registered Dietitian

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

MEMBER

Kenneth Meehan, MD

Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

MEMBER

Steven M. Neudorf, MD

Oncology, CHOC Specialist

Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

MEMBER

Stephen D. Nimer, MD

Director Oscar de la Renta Endowed Chair in Cancer Research Executive Dean for Research, Miller School of Medicine

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

MEMBER

Allyson Ocean, MD

Medical Oncologist & Attending Physician, Gastrointestinal Oncology

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center Medical Oncologist The Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health

MEMBER

Andrew L. Pecora, MD, FACP, CPE

Chairman and CEO Outcomes Matter Innovations Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner Regional Cancer Care Associates Founding Director Celularity, Inc.

Founder & Executive Chairman COTA, Inc.

MEMBER

Miguel-Angel Perales, MD

Chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist & Cellular Therapist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Alejandra Perez, MD

Director, Breast Cancer Program

University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

MEMBER

Steven Pergam, MD, MPH

Medical Director of Infection Prevention Attending Physician, Infectious Disease Consulting Service

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

MEMBER

Marshall Posner, MD

Director, Head and Neck Medical Oncology Associate Director, Center for Personalized Cancer Therapeutics Co-Leader, Cancer Clinical Investigation Program

The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai

MEMBER

Hemalatha Rangarajan, MD

Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Physician Team Hematology/Oncology & BMT Physician Team

Nationwide Children's Hospital

MEMBER

Xiomara Rocha-Cadman, MD

Chief, Division of Psychiatry

City of Hope

MEMBER

Brenda Sandmaier, MD

Deputy Director, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Research Division

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

MEMBER

Michael Schuster, MD

Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program & Cellular Therapy Program

Stony Brook Cancer Center

MEMBER

Eileen Scigliano, MD

Associate Professor, Environmental Medicine & Medicine, Hematology and Medical Oncology

The Mount Sinai Hospital

MEMBER

Stuart E. Seropian, MD

Acting Director, Stem Cell Transplantation Director, Unrelated Donor Transplant Program, Stem Cell Transplantation Co-Director, Immune Effector Cell Therapy Co-Director, Adult CAR T-Cell Therapy Program

Yale New Haven Hospital

MEMBER

Tsiporah B. Shore, MD

Associate Director of the Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplantation Program in the Division of Hematology/Oncology Director of Inpatient Oncology Operations Vice Chair of Compliance and Privacy, Dept. of Medicine

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center

MEMBER

Brian Slomovitz, MD

Director, Gynecologic Oncology Cancer

Mount Sinai Medical Center

MEMBER

Cardinale Smith, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer & Vice President, Cancer Clinical Affairs Tisch Cancer Hospital Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement, The Tisch Cancer Institute Chief Quality Officer for Oncology & Director of the Supportive Oncology Program

Mount Sinai Health System

MEMBER

Thomas Spitzer, MD

Associate Director, Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplant Tolerance Director of the MGH Cellular Therapeutics and Transplantation Laboratory Director Emeritus, Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Massachusetts General Hospital

MEMBER

Eytan M. Stein

Chief, Leukemia Service Director, Program for Drug Development in Leukemia, Division of Hematologic Malignancies

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Rainer Storb, MD

Professor & Head of Transplantation Biology Program Clinical Research Division Milton B. Rubin Family Endowed Chair

Fred Hutch Cancer Center

MEMBER

Roger K. Strair, MD, PhD

Staff Provider

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

MEMBER

Martin S. Tallman, MD

Annamycin Scientific Advisory Boar Member

Moleculin Biotech, Inc.

MEMBER

Jonathan C. Trent, MD, PhD

Director of the Bone and Soft-tissue Sarcoma Group Associate Director, Clinical Research University of Miami Sylvester

Comprehensive Cancer Center

MEMBER

Koen van Besien, MD, PhD

Director, Wesley Center for Immunotherapy Don C. Dangler Chair in Stem Cell Research UH Seidman Cancer Center Division Chief, Hematology and Cellular Therapy

UH Cleveland Medical Center

MEMBER

Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD

President Deana and Steve Campbell Chief Physician Executive Distinguished Chair in Honor of Alexandra Levine, M.D. Chief Physician Executive

City of Hope Los Angeles and City of Hope National Medical Center

MEMBER

Edmund K. Waller, MD, PhD, FACP

Rein Saral, MD Professorship in Cancer Medicine at Winship Cancer Institute Medical Director, Center for Stem Cell Processing and Apheresis Emory University Hospital Director, Center for Regenerative Engineering and Medicine Emory University, Georgia Tech,

The University of Georgia

MEMBER

Peter Westervelt, MD

Medical Oncologist

MaineHealth Maine Medical Center

MEMBER

Ann Woolfrey, MD

Senior Medical Director

Medpace

MEMBER

Jasmine Zain, MD

Director of the T-Cell Lymphoma Program

City of Hope (Duarte, CA)

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