Cellular Therapies Section Coordinating Committee (2024-2025)

Ronit Slotky, PhD, MSc, CABP (Chair)
Director, Cell Therapies Manufacturing Facility
Associate Professor of Oncology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, NJ, USA
ronit.slotky@hmhn.org

Eapen K. Jacob, MD (Vice Chair)
Consultant Division of Transfusion Medicine
Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Fellowship Director, Human Cellular Therapy Fellowship
Medical Director, Human Cellular Therapy Lab
Associate Director, IMPACT Lab
Associate Medical Director, Immunohematology Reference Lab
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Jacob.Eapen@mayo.edu

Jennifer L. Chain, PhD, CABP (Secretary)
Cellular Starting Material Consultant
Certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional
CSM Consulting, LLC
jchain@cellsmatter.com

Brenda Alder, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB, CABPH(AABB)
Lab Quality and Regulatory Manager,
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Lab and Tissue Banks,
Northside Hospital System
Atlanta, GA, USA
Brenda.Alder@Northside.com>

Arwa Zakariya Al-Riyami, MD, FRCPC
F Senior Consultant Hematopathologist
Department of Haematology
Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
arwa@squ.edu.om

Asawari (Asa) Bapat, MD, CABP(H)
Clinical Pathologist (MBBS, DPB, CPS)
Hospital & Healthcare Management (PGDHHM)
Certified Advanced Biotherapies Professional (CABP) (H)
Diplomate of American Board of regenerative Medicine (DABRM)
Fellow of American Board of regenerative Medicine (FABRM).

• CEO & Founder, Questar Enterprise, LLC, Dubai, UAE
• VP-Infohealth FZE, Dubai, UAE
• Consultant- AABB Global Impact Consulting, MD, USA
• Consultants- Oncology Services, London, UK
• Consultant- Clinical Affairs, Regenerative Outcomes, LLC, Nashville, TN, USA

drasawaribapat@gmail.com

Laura Connelly-Smith, BPharm, MBBCh, DM
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology
University of Washington (UW) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Medical Director of Apheresis and the Cellular Therapy Laboratory, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Seattle, WA, USA
lsconnel@fredhutch.org

Wanxing Cui, MD, PhD, CABP(H)
Director, Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington DC, USA
Wanxing.cui@gunet.georgetown.edu

Andrew Fesnak, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology
Deputy Director, Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility at the University of Pennsylvania
Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Cell Processing Laboratory
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
fesnak@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Indira Guleria, PhD, D(ABHI), CABP(H)
Director, Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (HLA)
Department of Pathology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA
iguleria@bidmc.harvard.edu

Vasiliki Kalodimou, PhD, CABP(H)
Director, Flow Cytometry-Research and Regenerative Medicine Department of IASO Hospital, Greece CBB Director & Processing Facility Director at MedStem
Collaborative partner, Greek Research Infrastructure NCSR "DEMOKRITOS”
Collaborative partner training and research for Regenerative Medicine Program Institute of Personalized Molecular Medicine, Medical City Hospital, Philippines
Board/Committee Research Ethics, National Hellenic Research Foundation (Ε.Ι.Ε)
Vice-Chair UEL Alumni Advisory Board, UK
kalodimou@yahoo.gr

Melissa Marlowe, MBA
VP, Clinical Services Administration
HLA, Cellular Therapy Laboratories and Clinical Support Services, Vitalant
Tempe, AZ, USA
MMarlowe@vitalant.org

Maria De Los Angeles Muñiz (Angie), MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Transfusion Medicine, Cellular Therapy & Donor Center Division
RWJ Barnabas Health|Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ, USA
md1822@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Yvette Tanhehco, PhD, MD, MS, CABP
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology
Director of the Cellular Therapy Laboratory
Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY, USA
yct2103@cumc.columbia.edu

Bill Ward, MT(ASCP), DLM, LSSGB, CABP
Senior Director, Quality Bioservices
Vitalant, USA
WWard@vitalant.org

Matthew Wilgo, BS, CABP(H)
Cell Biology Scientist, General Supervisor
New England Cord Blood Bank
A DIVISION OF New England Cryogenic Center
Marlborough, MA, USA
MWilgo@necryogenic.com

Thomas R. Spitzer, MD (CTSCC Chair Emeritus)
Medical and Laboratory Director
Cellular Therapy and Transplantation Laboratory
Emeritus Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA
tspitzer@mgh.harvard.edu