Alliance for Cell Therapy Advisory Board
Julie Allickson, PhD
Arnold Caplan, PhD (In Memoriam)
Professor of Biology and Director, Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University
George J. Christ, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopaedic Surgery; Commonwealth Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director of Basic and Translational Research in Orthopaedic Surgery; Director, Center for Advanced Biomanufacturing; Laboratory of Regenerative Therapeutics; University of Virginia
Colleen Delaney, MD, M.S.c.
Founder, Chief Science Officer and Executive Vice President of Research and Development, Deverra Therapeutics; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Washington
Joe GN “Skip” Garcia, MD
Dr. Merlin K. DuVal Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences
Steven R. Goodman, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Research, Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; President and CEO, Clinical Trials Network of TN; Memphis Institute of Regenerative Medicine
Geoffrey Green
Former President, Longeveron
Joshua M. Hare, MD, FACC, FAHA
Louis Lemberg Professor of Medicine; Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute; University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Joanne Kurtzberg, MD (Co-Chair)
Jerome Harris Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics; Professor of Pathology; Director, Marcus Center for Cellular Cures; Director, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Program; Director, Carolinas Cord Blood Bank; Co-Director, Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory; Duke University Medical Center
Brian L. Lindberg
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP)/Be The Match®, Chief Policy Officer
Keith L. March, MD, PhD
Director, University of Florida Center for Regenerative Medicine; Vice Chief, Cardiology Research; Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Department of Medicine; University of Florida
Janet M. Marchibroda
President, Alliance for Cell Therapy Now and Foundation; Executive Director of Programs at NFL Alumni
Maria T. Millan, MD
Former President and Chief Executive Officer; California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Evidence Development Collaboration; Alliance for Cell Therapy Research
David A. Pearce, PhD
President of Innovation, Research, and Global Clinic, Sanford Health; Scientist, Pediatrics and Rare Diseases Group; Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Sanford School of Medicine of the University of South Dakota
Wenchun Qu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Director, Regenerative Pain Medicine at Mayo Clinic Florida
Kyle Richardson
President of Baltimore Chapter of NFL Alumni; Lead for NFL Alumni Health
Camillo Ricordi, MD
Stacy Joy Goodman Professor of Surgery, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Microbiology and Immunology, Director of the Diabetes Research Institute and the Cell Transplant Program, University of Miami
Ricardo L. Rodriguez, MD
Medical Director, Cosmeticsurg.net; Member, Regenerative Medicine Task Force, American Society of Plastic Surgeons; Former President, International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS)
Krishnendu Roy, PhD
Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering; University Distinguished Professor
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology;
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Vanderbilt School of Engineering
Fred Sanfilippo, MD, PhD
Beth H. Shaz, MD
Professor in Pathology, Deputy Director of the Marcus Center for Cellular Cures, Duke University School of Medicine; Former Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and Senior Vice President, New York Blood Center
Bernard Siegel, JD (Co-Chair)
Executive Director, Regenerative Medicine Foundation; Founder and Chair, World Stem Cell Summit
Robin L. Smith, MD, MBA
President and Chair, Stem for Life and Cura Foundation
Mark L. Weiss, PhD
Professor, Director, Midwest Institute for Comparative Stem Cell Biotechnology, Coordinator of the Stem Cell Certificate program, Member Terry C. Johnson Center for Basic Cancer Research, Kansas State University
Piotr P. Witkowski, MD PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery Director, Pancreatic and Islet Transplant Program