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board of directors

Executive Committee

President

Rob DeSimone, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

President-Elect

Elizabeth Stone, MD, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Treasurer

Toby Cohen, MD, PhD, FASCP
Weill Cornell Medicine

Secretary

Denden Benabdessadek, MS, MT(ASCP)SBB
NY Presbyterian Weill Cornell

Immediate Past President

Majed Refaai, MD
University of Rochester

Board Members

Research & Education Committee Chair

Victoria Costa, MD
NYU

Sponsor / Vendor Coordination Committee Chair; 2027 Conference Committee Co-Chair

Dorian Deschesne-Walsh
New York Blood Center Enterprises

Membership Services / Nominations Committee Chair

Gaurav Gupta, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Research & Education Committee Co-Chair

Krystal Hudson, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

Membership Services / Nominations Committee Co-Chair

Natallia Ilyanok, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Newsletter Co-Editor

Jessica Jacobson, MD
Bellevue Hospital

Digital Communications & Marketing Committee

Alfie Mijaro, MLS(ASCP)
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Digital Communications & Marketing Committee Co-Chair

Yesha Sheth, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Digital Communications & Marketing Committee Chair

Treyc Terry, MD
North Shore University Hospital

2027 Conference Committee Chair

Nicholas Tong, MD
Northwell Health

Non-Voting Board Members

Early Career Professionals Mentorship Coordinator

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

Sponsor / Vendor Coordination Committee Vendor Liaison

Lola Famuyiwa, MBA, MS, SB(ASCP)CM
Cerus

Newsletter Editor

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

Sponsor / Vendor Coordination Committee Vendor Liaison

Melissa Laufer, BS, BB/SBB(ASCP)
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.

Early Career Professionals Representative

Bobbie Pelham-Webb
NYP/Columbia

Executive Director

Sheryle Hazard, CAE
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