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Officers

President

Rob DeSimone, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine

President-Elect

Elizabeth Stone, MD, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Secretary

Akua Asante, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Treasurer

Toby Cohen, MD, PhD, FASCP
Weill Cornell Medicine

Immediate Past President

Majed Refaai, MD
University of Rochester

Board Members

Membership/Nominations Committee Chair

Daniel Alvarado, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM, CQA(ASQ)
NY Presbyterian Hospital/Lower Manhattan

Research & Education Committee Chair; Conference Committee

Victoria Costa, MD
NYU

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee; Vendor Liaison

Dorian Deschesne-Walsh
New York Blood Center Enterprises

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee

Ben Fialkow, DO
American Red Cross

Membership/Nominations Committee Co-Chair

Gaurav Gupta, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Research & Education Committee Co-Chair

Krystalyn Hudson, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

Membership/Nominations Committee

Natallia Ilyanok, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee; Co-Newsletter Editor

Jessica Jacobson, MD
Bellevue Hospital

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee Chair

Treyc Terry, MD
University of Rochester

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair; 2026 Conference Committee Co-Chair

Nicholas Tong, MD
University of Rochester Medical Center

Non-Voting Board Members

Marketing, Communications & Sponsorship Committee; Newsletter Editor

Mark Friedman, DO
NYU Winthrop Hospital; NYU Long Island School of Medicine

Membership/Nominations Committee; Young Professionals Representative

Bobbie Pelham-Webb
NYP/Columbia

2026 Conference Committee Chair

Yesha Sheth, MD
SUNY Upstate Medical University

Executive Director

Sheryle Hazard, CAE
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