Meet Your Board of Trustees

ASPHO's constitution stipulates four offices: president, vice president, secretary/treasurer, and immediate past president. Today, 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 a 3 year term.

DiPaola Jorge President
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 UTSW Immediate Past President
Patrick Leavey, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Graham Douglas Vice 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 II Secretary-Treasurer
Caroline A. Hastings, MD
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, CA

Hijiya N Trustee-at-Large
Nobuko Hijiya, MD
Herbert and Florence Irving Professor, Pediatrics
Section Head of Pediatric Oncology
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY

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

DanaMatthews.webjpg Trustee-at-Large
Dana Matthews, MD
Director, Clinical Hematology and Professor
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA

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

Velez Maria Trustee-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

danw Trustee-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