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
Jeffrey Hord, MD
LOPen Charities Chair and Mawaka Family Chair in Pediatric Hematology Oncology
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH
Immediate Past President
Caroline A. Hastings, MD
Clinical Director, NeuroOncology Program
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Oakland, CA
Vice President
Maria Velez, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director
Hemophilia Treatment Center (HTC)
LSUHSC/Children's Hospital
New Orleans, LA
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
Children's Blood and Cancer Center/Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin, TX
Trustee-at-Large
Rishi Lulla, MD MS
Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown University
Providence, RI
Trustee-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