Board Members and Officers
Officers
President - Kathleen Crowley, MLSCM(ASCP)SBBCM
Manager, Transfusion Medicine & Cell Therapy
NY Presbyterian Hospital --
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Ph: (212) 746-4453
E-mail: KMC9002@nyp.org
Secretary - Carla Chamberlain, MT(ASCP)SBB
Sr. Admin Supervisor, Blood Bank
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY
Ph: (518) 262-3546
E-mail: chambec@mail.amc.edu
Treasurer - Karla J. Lauenstein, MT(ASCP)SBB
Blook Bank
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY
Ph: (315) 464-6709
E-mail: LauenstK@upstate.edu
Past President - Rachel Elder, MD
Lab Director, Rapid Response Laboratory
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Ph: (315) 470-7396
E-mail: relder@pathologysyracuse.com
BOARD MEMBERS
Melissa Cushing, MD
Asst. Dir, Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy
NY Presbyterian Hospital-
Weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, NY
Ph: (212) 746-3527
E-mail: mec2013@med.cornell.edu
Jennifer Dikeman, MS,MT(ASCP)
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY
Ph: (212) 241-7511
E-mail: Jennifer.dikeman@mountsinai.org
Phyllis Edwards, MT(ASCP)
Blood Bank Supervisor
United Health Services
Johnson City, NY
Ph: (607) 763-6153
E-mail: Phyllis_Edwards@uhs.org
Barbara Gonnella, MT(ASCP)
Manager, Special Projects Transfusion Services
Laboratory Alliance of Central New York
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Ph: (315) 391-1983
E-mail: barbgonnella@lacny.com
Scott Kirkley, M.D
Associate Professor of Pathology & Lab. Med.
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Ave. PO Box 608
Rochester, NY 14642
E-mail: Scott_kirkley@urmc.rochester.edu
Susan Kusic, MPA,MT(ASCP)BB (Vendor Liaison)
Director, Customer Service
New York Blood Center
Ph: (800) 411-9851
E-mail: SKusic@NYBloodCenter.org
Janet Molny
Validation Partners
2805 Vets Highway, Suite 27
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Ph: (637) 981-8525
E-mail: jmolny@validationpartners.com
Rana Samuel, M.D., FCAP
VA WNY Healthcare System
3495 Bailey Avenue Buffalo, NY 14215
Ph: (716) 862-8701
E-mail: Rana.Samuel@va.gov
Nadia Rajsz, MS, MT(ASCP)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Technology
Orange County Community College
Middletown, NY
Ph: (845) 341-4285
E-mail: NRAJSZ@SUNYORANGE.EDU
Alt. E-mail: nadiaraz@citlink.net
Christine Terranova, BS, MT(ASCP)
Blood Bank Supervisor
Mercy Hospital
Buffalo, NY
Ph: (716) 828-2421
E-mail: cterrano@chsbuffalo.org
Laurie Delia VanThof, MT(ASCP)SBB
Manager, Immunohematology Reference Lab/Stem Cell Lab
American Red Cross – NY-Penn Region & NE PA
West Henrietta, NY
Ph: (585) 760-5672
E-mail: VanThofLD@usa.redcross.org
NON-BOARD MEMBERS
Karla Darnall, Executive Director
2901 Richmond Rd., Suite 130-171
Lexington, KY 40509
Ph: (866) 397-8883
E-mail: bbanys@bbanys.org
Director, Hematology and Blood Banks
Community General Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Ph: (315) 492-5854
E-mail: Grabermw@aol.com