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Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability

Membership Roster

Chair: Arthur W. Bracey, M.D.
         Associate Chief
         Depatment of Pathology
         St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
         6720 Bertner Avenue, MC 4-265
         Houston, TX 77030
         Term: 10/01/04 to 09/30/07

Members

Ann Marie Benzinger
President
Alpha-1 Advocacy Alliance
Post Office Box 182
Wolftown, VA
Term: 03/01/07 to 03/01/10

Julie Birkofer
Executive Director, North America
Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association
147 Old Solomons Island Rd., #100
Annapolis, Md. 21401
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/08

M. Gregg Bloche, M.D., J.D.
Professor of Law Georgetown University
Adjunct Professional, Johns Hopkins University
Visiting Fellow The Brookings Institution
600 New Jersey Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/08

William Duffell, Jr., Ph.D.
Sr. VP Global Government Affairs
Gambro
652 Wilds Cove Road
Franklin, NC 28734
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/08

Anne Marie Finley
Vice President, Government Relations
Celgene Corp
15 S. Abingdon St.
Arlington, VA 22204
Term: 03/01/07 to 03/01/10

Peter Kouides, M.D.
Research Director
Mary M. Gooley Hemophilia Center, Inc
1425 Portland Avenue
Rochester, NY 14621
Term: 03/01/07 to 03/01/10

Ileana Lopez-Plaza, M.D.
11 Nantucket Place
Grafton, MA 01519
Term: 03/01/07 to 03/01/10

David E. Matyas, J.D.
Chair, Membership Committee
American Health Lawyers Association
Epstein Becker & Green, PC
1227 25th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/08

Glenn Pierce, M.D., Ph.D.
445 Francisco St. Apt. 602
San Francisco, CA. 94133
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/07

Glenn Ramsey, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology
Feinburg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
251 E Huron Street, F7-301
Chicago, IL. 60611
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/08

Susan D. Roseff, M.D.
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
Department of Pathology
Medical College of Virginia Campus
Virginia Commonwealth University
Post Office Box 980662
Richmond, VA 23298-0662
Term: 09/30/04 to 09/30/07

S. Gerald Sandler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pathology
Director, Transfusion Medicine
Clinical Laboratories/M-1306
Georgetown University Hospital
3800 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Term: 09/30/02 to 09/30/05
           09/30/05 to 09/30/07

Linda Thomas-Wade
Executive Director
Sickle Cell of Association of Austin
Marc Thomas Chapter
314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., #108
Austin, TX. 78752
Term: 12/01/05 to 12/01/09

Darrell J. Triulzi, M.D.
Medical Director
Centralized Transfusion Service
Institute for Transfusion Medicine
3636 Boulevard of the Allies
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Term: 03/01/07 to 03/01/10

Non-Voting Ex Officio Members

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Matthew J. Kuehnert, M.D.
Associate Director for Blood Safety
National Center for Infectious Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, Building 1, MS A30
Atlanta, GA 30333

Food and Drug Administration
Jay S. Epstein, M.D.
Director
Office of Blood Research and Review
Food and Drug Administration
1401 Rockville Pike, HFM-300
Rockville, MD 20852

National Institutes of Health
Harvey Klein, M.D.
Director
Division of Transfusion Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Building 10, Room 1C711
10 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-1184

Department of Defense
CDR Michael Libby
Armed Services Blood Program Office
Department of Defense
5109 Leesburg Pike, Room 698
Falls Church, VA 22041

Center for Medicare and Medicade Services
James S. Bowman, III, M.D.
Medical Officer
Chronic Care Policy Group
CMS/CMM/CCPG Mail Stop C5-02-23
7500 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21244

Food and Drug Administration
Laura St. Martin, M.D., M.P.H.
LCDR, USPHS
FDA/CBER/OCTGT/Division of Human Tissue
1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 200S
Rockville, Md. 20852

Health Resources and Services Administration
Elizabeth Ortiz-Rios, M.D., M.P.H
CAPT, USPHS
Chief Medical Officer
Division of Transplantation
US Dept. HHS/HRSA/HSB
Parklawn Bldg, Room 12C-06
5600 Fisher Lane
Rockville, MD 20857