Meet your Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section team
Your child will be cared for by one of the most accomplished teams of cellular therapy and transplant experts in the world. Our team includes doctors, nurses, social workers, nutritionists, psychologists and more.
Existing patients or family members
New patients, referrals and second opinions
Section Chief
Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Timothy S. Olson, MD, PhD
Attending Physicians
Richard Aplenc, MD, PhD, MSCE
Amanda DiNofia, MD
Jason L. Freedman, MD, MSCE
Allison Barz Leahy, MD, MSCE
Shannon L. Maude, MD, PhD
Alix E. Seif, MD, MPH
David T. Teachey, MD
Lisa Wray, MD
Advanced Practice Providers
Diane Baniewicz, RN, MSN, CRNP
Samantha Baron, MSN, CPNP-AC, CPHON
Colleen Callahan, RN, MSN, CRNP
Kaci Davis, MSN, RN, CRNP
Sara Gunnoe
Louis Kopack
Laura Smith, MSN, RN, CRNP
Mackenzie F. Stewart, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Kimberly L. Venella, MSN, BSN, RN, CRNP
Anne Wohlschlaeger, MSN, RN, CRNP
Elizabeth A. Worster, MSN, RN, CRNP
Psychologist
Torri Miller Jones, PhD
Lead Coordinator for CIBMTR
Brittany Lynn Rusk, MA-IPCR, MTS
Social Work
Alissa Feirson, MSW, LSW, MS.Ed
Stephanie Fooks-Parker, MSW, LSW, OSW-C
Program Managers
Mark J. Duckworth, BS
Patricia T. Hankins, BSN, RN, CCRC
Nurse Navigators
Danielle Clerico, BSN, RN
Colleen Crowley, BSN, RN, CPHON
Catherine Hamilton, BSN, RN
Claire White, MSN, RN
Research Staff
Douglas Dunbar, BS
Denise Gallagher, MS
Nicholas Kawchak
Brandon Loudon, AS, CCRP
Elizabeth A. McBride, BA, CCRC
Laura S. Motley BSc, BScN, RN
Nia Nichols, BS
Amelia E. Stanley
Lauren M. Vernau, BA
Earline Young-Robinson RN
Associated Research Faculty