Medical Advisory Committee
Medical Advisory Committee members are researchers and educators at the top of their respective fields. Members include specialists in hematology, thrombosis, sickle cell, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatric/adolescent gynecology, dentistry, and genetic counseling.
Gowthami Arepally, MD, Hematology, expertise in complement-mediated blood disorders
Duke University
Maureen Baldwin, MD, MPH, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Oregon Health and Science University
Shannon Bates, MDCM, MSc, FRCP(C), Hematology, expertise in thromboembolism
McMaster University
David Ware Branch, MD, PhD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, High-risk Pregnancies
University Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
James Bussel, MD, Pediatric Hematology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Meera Chitlur, MD, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Wayne State University
Alice Cohen, MD, FACP, Hematology
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
James W. Curtis, Jr., DMD, Chair, Department of Dentistry
Prisma Health-Midlands
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, Hematology, Thrombosis
University of Vermont
Jennifer Dietrich, MD, MSc, FACOG, Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital
Terry Gernsheimer, MD, Hematology, Transfusion Medicine, Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
University of Washington School of Medicine
Chad Grotegut, MD, MBA, MHS, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Sweta Gupta, MD, Pediatric Hematology
Indiana Hemophilia & Thrombosis Center
Kristina Haley, DO, MCR, Pediatric Hematology
Oregon Health and Science University
Paula James, MD, FRCPC, Hematology
Queen’s University, Ontario
Peter Kouides, MD, Hematology
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rebecca Kruse-Jarres, MD, MPH, Hematology
Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders, Bloodworks Northwest
Alice Ma, MD, Hemophilia, ITP
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Marilyn Manco-Johnson, MD, Hemophilia
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Alecia Nero, MD, MSCS, FACP, Sickle Cell Disease
University of Texas, Southwestern
Diane Nugent, MD, Hematology
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Kristin Nunez, MS, CGC, Genetic Counseling
Duke University
Luis Pacheco, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Anesthesiology, Maternal Critical Care
University of Texas Medical Branch
Michael Paidas, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Hematology
Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
Lydia Pecker, MD, Sickle Cell Disease, Reproductive Health
Johns Hopkins University
Claire Philipp, MD, Hematology
Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center
Margaret Ragni, MD, MPH, Hematology
Hemophilia Center of Western PA
Bethany Samuelson Bannow, MD, Hematology
Oregon Health and Science University
Robert Sidonio, Jr., MD, MSc, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children’s Healthcare Atlanta/Emory University School of Medicine
Leslie Skeith, MD, Hematology
University of Calgary
Lakshmi Srivaths, MD, Pediatric Hematology
University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Alexis Thompson, MD, MPH, Pediatric Hematology, Sickle Cell Disease
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Arthur J. Vaught, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Adrianna Vlachos, MD, Bone Marrow Failure
North Shore University Hospital