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 1 year each; the secretary/treasurer and trustees-at-large serve 3 year terms.
President
Caroline A. Hastings, MD
Clinical Director, NeuroOncology Program
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, CA
Immediate Past President
Douglas K. Graham, MD PhD
Professor, Director and Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Vice President
Jeffrey Hord, MD
LOPen Charities Chair and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH
Secretary/Treasurer
Dan Wechsler, MD PhD
Thomas R. Giddens Chair for Oncology
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Trustee-at-Large
Sarah Alexander, MD
Clinical Director, Division of Haematology/Oncology
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON
Trustee-at-Large
Michelle Hudspeth, MD
Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Trustee-at-Large
Michael Jeng, MD
Professor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Trustee-at-Large
Amir Mian, MD MS MBA
Georgia Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Georgia
Augusta, GA
Trustee-at-Large
Richard Tower, MD MS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
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
Past Presidents
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