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Nursing Board

CHAIR

Rita Jakubowski, RN OCN

Senior Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Program Manager

Mount Sinai Hospital

MEMBER

Kristine Ahlberg, RN, BSN, OCN, CHTC

Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator, Cancer Center Clinics

University of California, Davis Medical Center

MEMBER

Alix Beaupierre, RN, BSN, OCN

Gulf coast CAR T Site Services Manager

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine

MEMBER

Diana Beavers, RN

Transplant Coordinator, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

MEMBER

Melissa Cochran, RN, MS, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

MEMBER

Caroline A. Costello, MBA, BSN, RN, CPON, BMTCN

Nursing Clinical Education Coordinator Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program

Boston Children's Hospital

MEMBER

Denise Cummings, RN, BSN, CHTC

Nurse Coordinator, Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

MEMBER

Adrienne Daigle, CHTC

Administrative Manager, Centers for Leukemia & Bone Marrow Transplant.

Massachusetts General Hospital

MEMBER

Mark DeNinno, RN, BSN

Assistant Patient Care Manager BMT OP Clinic

Moffitt Cancer Center

MEMBER

Natalie Dotson, RN, BSN, CPHON

Pediatric Coordinator, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital

MEMBER

Karen Dubel, RN, BSN, CHTC, CCRC

Transplant Program Coordinator, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

MEMBER

Diann C. Fernandez, ARNP

Division of Gynecologic Oncology

UM Sylvester

MEMBER

Sara A. Felker-Houlihan, RN, BSN, OCN

Administrator, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

MEMBER

Renee Gorczyca, RN

Transplant Center Coordinator

Western Pennsylvania Cancer Institute

MEMBER

Kelly Gray, RN, BSN

Director, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant, BMH-TIPTON

Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton

MEMBER

Rebecca Gueco-Tolentino, RN

Transplant Center Coordinator

New York-Presbyterian, The University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

MEMBER

Elana Hamburger-Smilow, CPNP

Transplant Coordinator, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation

The Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NYP

MEMBER

Patrice Hunter, RN, BSN, AGACNP-BC, ACHPN

Transplant Nurse Practitioner

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Cindy Kraemer, RN, BSN

Chief Nursing Officer

Carolina Kidney Partners

MEMBER

Denise LaFave, RN, BSN, BMT-CN

Transplant Nurse Coordinator

Moffitt Cancer Center

MEMBER

Tidi Lambert, RN, MN, OCN

Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator

University of California, Los Angeles

MEMBER

Deborah J. Liney, RN

Technical Director, Unrelated Donor/Transplant Programs

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

MEMBER

Judith Luck, MSN, ARNP, CHTC

Manager, Quality and Performance Improvement Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Miami Cancer Institute

MEMBER

Elisa Malek, RN, BSN, OCN

Clinician, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Service Quality Manager, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Service

Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC

MEMBER

Emily Panzner, MSN, AGNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Lymphoma Service

University of Miami, Sylvester Cancer Center

MEMBER

Lynn D. Root, RN

BMT Coordinator, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

MEMBER

Christy Satterlee, CHTC

Manager, Intake for Related and Unrelated Transplants

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

MEMBER

J. Aviva Schlesinger, RN, OCN

BMT Clinical RN

NYP/Columbia University Medical Center

MEMBER

Nicole Shallard, BSN, RN, BMTCN

BMT Clinical RN

NYP/Columbia University Medical Center

MEMBER

Lori Short, BS, BSN, RN, OCN

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant & Cell Therapy Unit NMDP Coordinator/Clinical Transplant Coordinator

Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center

MEMBER

Micah Skeens, RN, MS, PNP

Advanced Practice Nurse Hematopoietic, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant Division

Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Inc.

MEMBER

Sharon Swift, RN, CHTC

Unrelated Adult and Pediatric Program, James P Wilmot Cancer Center Nurse Coordinator, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Strong Memorial Hospital

University of Rochester Medical Center

MEMBER

Joanne Taylor, RN, CNS

Nurse Coordinator

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

MEMBER

Christine Taylor, RN, BSN, BMTCN, CHTC

Allogeneic Transplant Coordinator, Hematological Malignancies & Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

University of Colorado Cancer Center

MEMBER

Victoria Tierney, BSN, RN,BMTCN

Interim Manager, Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Unit

Medical City Dallas | Medical City Children’s Hospital

MEMBER

D. Kathryn Tierney, RN, PhD

Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Stanford Blood and Marrow Transplant Program

MEMBER

Daniela Vaccino, BSN, RN, BMTCN

Nurse Specialist/Coordinator, Division of Transplantation & Cellular Therapy

University of Miami, Sylvester Cancer Center

MEMBER

Patricia VanStrien, RN, MSN, OCN, CHTC, BMTCN

Clinical Program Quality Management Coordinator, Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

MEMBER

Mati Vizcaino, RN, CHTC

Nurse Coordinator

National Marrow Donor Program

MEMBER

Stephanie Vossoughi, RN

Clinical Registered Nurse, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology

UCSF Medical Center

MEMBER

Jennifer Wilder, RN, BSN, OCN, CHTC

Search, Procurement, and Outcomes Coordinator NIH Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Transplant Program Clinical Monitoring Research Program

National Institutes of Health

MEMBER

Ruby Yusay, RN

Bone Marrow Transplantation Coordinator (Adult)

Montefiore - Einstein Center for Cancer Care

MEMBER

Patricia Zendejas, RN, MSN, ANP-C

Nurse Practitioner, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncolog

UCSF Medical Center

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