Seattle, Washington
Jan C. Hofmann, MD, MPH, MSc
Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
UCSF Cell Therapy - Transfusion Medicine Program
UCSF School of Medicine
Medical Director, Apheresis Services, FMC-NA
Department of Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California
Patricia M. Kopko, MD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director, Transfusion Services
Associate Director, Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
Jerel Malong, RN, QIA*
Apheresis Nurse
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
UC San Diego Faculty
Linda Awdishu, PHARM.D., MAS
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Chair, Division of Clincial Pharmacy
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Grace Baligad, RN, QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Nadine Benador, MDProfessor, Department of Pediatrics
University of California, San Diego
Medical Director, Pediatric Dialysis and Apheresis
Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Marian Cabandong, BSN, RN, QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Robyn Cunard, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Ravi Iyengar, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism
Patricia Kopko, MD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Director of Transfusion Services
Associate Director of Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory
Christopher Garcia, BSN, RN
Apheresis Nurse
Yeon Su Han, BSN, RN, QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Jerel Malong, RN, QIA*
Apheresis Nurse
Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Internal Medicine
Charisse Orme, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Dermatology
Dan Norman Perez, BSN, RN, QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Elvie Polangcos, BSN RN QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Amber P. Sanchez, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Medical Director, Apheresis Program
David M. Ward, MD, FRCP, HP (ASCP)
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Founder, Apheresis Program
Yun, Yang, RN, QIA
Apheresis Nurse
Visiting Faculty
Jill Adamski, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Transfusion Medicine
Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona
Rasheed A. Balogun, MBBS, FACP, FASN, HP (ASCP)
Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Renal Unit and Extracorporeal Therapies (Apheresis) Program
Division of Nephrology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Laura Connelly-Smith, MBBCh, DM
Assistant Medical Director Apheresis and Cellular Therapy, SCCA
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, University of Washington
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle, Washington
Larry D. Cowgill, DVM
Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Dean, Southern California Clinical Programs
Director, University of California Veterinary Medical
Center-San Diego
Davis, California
Betty Doggett, AT (ASCP)
Apheresis Admin
Carter Blood Care
Jan C. Hofmann, MD, MPH, MScClinical Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine
BCP-UCSF Transfusion Medicine Program
UCSF School of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Apheresis Services, FMC-NA
Department of Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center
San Francisco, California
Marcelo Matiello, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Director, Neurology Inpatient Services; Routine and Urgent Teleneurology Program
Associate Director, Neuromyelitis Optica Clinic and Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Oluwatoyosi A. Onwuemene, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH
Professor of Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
Jeffrey L. Winters, MD
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Chair of the Division of Transfusion Medicine
Mayo College of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Mayo Clinic Transfusion Medicine/Blood Banking Fellowship Program. Medical Director of the Therapeutic Apheresis Treatment Unit,
Rochester, Minnesota