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Meet Your Board of Trustees

ASPHO's bylaws stipulate four offices: president, vice president, secretary/treasurer, and immediate past president. The Board includes six trustees-at-large in addition to the officers of the Society. For president, vice president, and immediate past president, the term of office is 2 years each; the secretary/treasurer, and trustees-at-large serve 3 year terms.

 

aspho pres 2021 resizedPresident
Jorge Di Paola, MD
Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Washington University in St. Louis and St. Louis Children's Hospital 
St. Louis, MO

 Leavey Patrick UTSWImmediate Past President 
Patrick Leavey, MD
Professor of Pediatrics 
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

 Graham DouglasVice President 
 Doug K Graham, MD PhD
Professor, Director and Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Hastings Caroline 2020 IISecretary-Treasurer
Caroline A. Hastings, MD
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland 
Oakland, CA

Alexander SarahTrustee-at-Large
Sarah Alexander, MD
Clinical Director, Division of Haematology/Oncology
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON

Hord Jeff 2016Trustee-at-Large 
Jeffrey Hord, MD 
LOPen Charities Chair and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH

Pace BettyTrustee-at-Large 
Betty Pace, MD
Professor
Interim Division Director
Augusta University
Augusta, GA

Sharma M profTrustee-at-Large
Mukta Sharma, MD MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children's Mercy
Kansas City, MO

Velez MariaTrustee-at-Large 
Maria Velez, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Fellowship Program
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and
Medical Director
Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC)
LSUHSC/Children's Hospital
New Orleans, LA

danwTrustee-at-Large 
Dan Wechsler, MD PhD
Thomas R. Giddens Chair for Oncology
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Past Presidents

2018–2020 Patrick Leavey, MD

2016–2018 Amy Billett, MD

2014–2016 Joanne Hilden, MD

2012–2014 A. Kim Ritchey, MD

2010–2012 Jeffrey M. Lipton, MD PhD

2008–2010 Holcombe Grier, MD

2006–2008 William G. Woods, MD

2004–2006 F. Leonard Johnson, MD

2002–2004 Beverly Lange, MD

1999–2002 George R. Buchanan, MD

1997–1999 Alan R. Cohen, MD

1995–1997 Beatrice C. Lampkin, MD

1993–1995 John N. Lukens, MD

1991–1993 Harold M. Maurer, MD

1989–1991 Elias Schwartz, MD

1987–1989 Mark E. Nesbit Jr., MD

1985–1987 Denis R. Miller, MD

1981–1985 William Krivit, MD