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Meet Your Board of Trustees

ASPHO's bylaws stipulate four officers: 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 1 year each; the secretary/treasurer and trustees-at-large serve 3 year terms.

 

Velez Maria MCV 3.2023President
Maria C. Velez, MD FAAP
Medical Director Hemostasis and Thrombosis Program
Director of Neuro-Oncology Program
Manning Family Children's New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Wechsler.DanVice President 
Daniel Wechsler, MD PhD
Thomas R. Giddens Chair for Oncology
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Hudspeth MichelleSecretary-Treasurer
Michelle Hudspeth, MD
Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Hord Jeff 2022 1Immediate Past President
Jeffrey Hord, MD 
LOPen Charities Chair and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH

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

Hogan Mary JaneTrustee-at-Large
Mary-Jane Staba Hogan, MD MPH FAAP
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

Jeng Michael 2022Trustee-at-Large 
Michael Jeng, MD
Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

Mian AmirTrustee-at-Large 
Amir Mian, MD MS MBA
Children's Blood and Cancer Center/Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, TX

Rishi LullaTrustee-at-Large
Rishi Lulla, MD MS
Brown University Health/Hasbro Children's
Providence, RI

Tower RichardTrustee-at-Large
Richard Tower, MD MS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Past Presidents

2023–2024 Caroline Hastings, MD

2022–2023 Douglas Graham, MD PhD

2020–2022 Jorge Di Paola, MD

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