Chair
Kathleen J. Sazama, MD, JD
University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX

Co-Chair
Aryeh Shander, MD
Chief, Department of Anesthesiology
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ

Manuel Estioko, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Saint John's Health Center
Santa Monica, CA

Trudi A. Gallagher, RN
Blood Management Specialist
Providence Everett Medical Center
Everett, WA

Steven E. Hill, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Duke University Medical Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Paul G. Loubser, MD
National Cardiac Anesthesia Consultants, PA
Sugar Land, TX

Paul M. Ness, MD
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Sherri Ozawa, RN
Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
NJIABMS
Englewood, NJ

Patricia B. Parce, RN
Director, Clinical Program Development
Infonale, Inc.
West Chester, PA

Bradford Ray
Blood Management Coordinator
Desert Regional Medical Center
Palm Springs, CA

Mary Anne Rouch
Coordinator, Blood Conservation and Management Program
Presbyterian Hospital of Plano
Plano, TX

Sharon Sledge, RN
Program Manager
Trinitas Hospital
Bloodless Medicine and Surgery
Elizabeth, NJ

C. Michelle Thomas, RNC
Nurse Coordinator
University Hospital at UMDNJ
University Center for Bloodless Surgery & Medicine
Newark, NJ

Gary Thompson, MD
Medical Director of St. Luke's Family Care
St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
St Luke's Family Care
Kansas City, MO

Elora K. Thorpe, RN, BSN
RN Coordinator, Blood Conservation
St. Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO

Kevin T. Wright
Program Manager, Transfusion-Free Medicine & Surgery
Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI