Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Membership Roster
The HHS Advisory Council on Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (ACBSCT), Health Resources and Services Administration includes the following members:
Voting Members
Edgar Milford, Jr., M.D. – ACBSCT, Chair
Director, Tissue Typing Laboratory
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Claudio Anasetti, M.D.
Professor of Oncology and Medicine
Chief, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Frederick Appelbaum, M.D.
Director, Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor and Head, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Clive Callender, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Chair, Department of Surgery
Howard University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Richard Champlin, M.D.
Professor and Chairman, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and
Cellular Therapy
MD Anderson Cancer Center
University of Texas
Houston, Texas
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Dennis A. Gastineau, M.D.
Chairman, Division of Hematology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Adrian P. Gee, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Liana Harvath, Ph.D.
Consultant
Rockville, Maryland
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Mary C. Hennessey, J.D.
Senior Counsel
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Alexandria, Virginia
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Mutsuko Holiman, R.N.
Access Nurse
Massachusetts General Hospital / North Shore Center for Outpatient Care
Danvers, Massachusetts
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Joanne Kurtzberg, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology
Chief, Division of Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Bertram H. Lubin, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland
Oakland, California
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Jeffrey McCullough, M.D.
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Richard P. McQuellon, Ph.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine-Hematology and Oncology
Comprehensive Cancer Center
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Rebecca Pentz, Ph.D.
Professor, Hematology/Oncology in Research Ethics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Donna Regan, M.T. (ASCP), S.B.B.
Executive Director
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank/Progenitor Cell Laboratory
St. Louis, Missouri
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Pablo Rubinstein, M.D.
Director, National Cord Blood Program
Head, Fred H. Allen Laboratory of Immunogenetics
New York Blood Center
New York, New York
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Ruben J. Rucoba, M.D.
Pediatrician
Wheaton Pediatrics
Wheaton, Illinois
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Jeffrey R. Schriber, M.D.
Medical Director
Banner Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Phoenix, Arizona
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Marc L. Schulhof
Senior Analyst and Technical Writer
Columbia Telecommunications Corporation
Bethesda, Maryland
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Stephen Sprague
Cord Blood Consultant
Patient Advocate
Staten Island, New York
Term Expiration – January 1, 2012
Susan Stayn, J.D.
Senior University Counsel
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Term Expiration – January 1, 2016
Susan Stewart
Executive Director
Blood and Marrow Transplant Information Net
Highland Park, Illinois
Term Expiration – January 1, 2014
Non-voting Members – Ex Officio
(Appointed Federal Representatives)
Richard C. Durbin, MBA
Director, Division of Transplantation
Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Nancy DiFronzo, Ph.D.
Program Director
Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapeutics Branch
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Robert Hartzman, M.D., Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Director
C.W. Bill Young Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program
Department of Defense Marrow Donor Recruitment and Research Program
Bone Marrow Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center
Department of the Navy
Matthew Kuehnert, M.D., FACP
Director
Office of Blood, Organ, and Tissue Safety (Proposed)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Ellen Lazarus, M.D.
Captain, USPHS
Medical Officer
Division of Human Tissues
Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Executive Secretary
Patricia Stroup, M.B.A., M.P.A.
Healthcare Systems Bureau
Health Resources and Services Administration
General Counsel Staff
Mark McGinnis, J.D.
Office of General Counsel
Department of Health and Human Services
