board of directors

President

Majed Refaai, MD
University of Rochester

President‐Elect

Rob DeSimone, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

Secretary

Elizabeth Stone, MD, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Treasurer

Toby Cohen, MD, PhD
Weill Cornell Medicine

Immediate Past President

Donna Mirabella, MS, MLS(ASCP)SBB
Stony Brook University Medical Center

Daniel Alvarado, MLS(ASCP)SBB, CQA(ASQ)
NY Presbyterian Hospital/Lower Manhattan

Akua Asante, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Christine Cahill, MS, BSN, RN
University of Rochester

Matthew Elkins, MD, PhD
SUNY Upstate University Hospital

Ben Fialkow, DO
American Red Cross

Gaurav Gupta, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Mahdokht Parsi, MPH, MT(ASCP)
New York Blood Center

Sean Ryan
New York Blood Center

Ljiljana Vasovic, MD
Westchester Medical Center

Newsletter Editor

Mark Friedman, DO
NYU Winthrop Hospital
NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Executive Director

Sheryle Hazard, CAE