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

Amelia Baffa, RN
Clinical Educator Pediatric Blood Management
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH

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

Anna Juhl, RN
Blood Management Program Coordinator
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York, NY

Keyvan Karkouti, MD
Assistant Professor
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario

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

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

Mark Suzuki, MD
Director, Cardiac Surgery
Excela Health
Pittsburg, PA

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

Jo Valenti, RN
Vineland, NJ