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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 1 year each; the secretary/treasurer and trustees-at-large serve 3 year terms.

 

Hastings Caroline 2020President
Caroline A. Hastings, MD
Clinical Director, NeuroOncology Program
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, CA

Graham D 2022 croppedImmediate 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

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

danwSecretary/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

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

Hudspeth MichelleTrustee-at-Large
Michelle Hudspeth, MD
Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

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
Georgia Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Georgia
Augusta, GA

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

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

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