Committees

Hoxworth Blood Center Senior Management Team

Ronald A. Sacher, MD, Director 
Susan L. Wilkinson, EdD, Associate Director 
Gregg Boothe, MS, Division Director Labs and Computer Operations
Chris Carey, MD, Medical Director & Division Director Donor Operations 
Jose A. Cancelas, MD, PhD, Division Director Research 
Alin Girnita, MD, Division Director Transplantation Immunology
Scott Inscho, CPA, Division Director Finance 
Tom Leemhuis, PhD, Division Director Cellular Therapies 
Tom Renner, BS, Division Director Manufacturing 
James A. Tinker, BS, Division Director Donor Recruitment and Community Relations


Community Advisory Board

The Community Advisory Board assists Hoxworth in developing a blood program which serves the needs of patients, hospitals, and blood donors in the region. They also advise the center on questions and policies regarding organizational and community relationships, implementing and carrying out programs to increase community involvement in blood donation activities, and support the center in fund raising initiatives. 

Richard Aft, PhD:  Philanthropic Leadership

Lewis Assaley, PhD: Morgan Stanley

William Becker, DO, MPH: Quest Diagnostic

Brenita Brooks: Kidney Foundation

Rob Craig: Taft, Stettinius and Hollister, LLP  

Rob Davis:  Convergys 

Bob Dobbs: American Financial Group   

Tim Egloff: Fifth Third Bank (Commercial Banking)

Dee Ellingwood: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Andrew Filak, MD: UC Academic Health Center

Camille Jones, MD, MPH: Department of Health

Marianne Leininger: Mercy Franciscan – Western Hills Campus

Pamela J. Lowe: 

Sher McClanahan: Bethesda North Hospital

Colleen O’Toole, PhD: Greater Cincinnati Health Council

J. James Pearce, Jr.: Pearce & Associates Consulting

Sara Peller: American Red Cross, Cincinnati Chapter

James D. Plummer: University of Cincinnati   

David R. Roettker: Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc.

Reverend Fred Rowland: Metropolitan Baptist Church.

Len Sauers, PhD, DABT: The Procter & Gamble Company

James E. Schwab: US Bank

Steve Seiter: Cintas Corporation

Dale J. Silver: VonLehman & Co., Inc.   

David Stern, MD: University of Cincinnati

Jeri Tolliver: Radio One, The BUZZ

Medical and Technical Advisory Committee
 

Adams County Regional Medical Center

Elizabeth Pendell

Gregory Retzinger, MD, PhD

Good Samaritan Hospital

David Bolten

Roger Crews

Thomas Panke, MD

Bethesda North Hospital

Paulette Brown

Janet Helton

Pam Kotynski

Gordon Bills, MD

Rebecca George, MD

Dearborn County Hospital

Sandy Hoff

Stephen Eliason, MD

Michael Smith, MD

Jennifer Hildebrand

Mercy Hospital Mt. Airy

Victor Cabanas, MD Audrey Kerby Mary Baer

Deaconess Hospital

Jan Martin

Craig Isenhart, MD

Mercy Hospital Western Hills

Marianne Leininger

Jay Jaing, MD, PhD

Veteran’s Administration Medical Center

Sue Norton

Brad Dean

Kirby Reinhart, MD

Saad Ghosn, MD, MPH

St. Elizabeth Covington/ St. Elizabeth Edgewood

Trish Nortmann

Ana Passalacqua

Jackson Pemberton, MD

Mercy  Hospital Anderson

Chad Balwanz

Cindy Westermann, MD

Highland District Hospital

Dot Watson Earl Gross

Scott Arnold, MD

Drake Center, Inc

Ann Marie Pollard

Michelle Hall

Gregory Retzinger, MD, PhD

Margaret Mary Community Hospital

Annette Yamaguchi

Mary Jo Nobbe

James Devitt, MD

Brown County Hospital

Barb Virost

Kathleen Matthews, MD

Mercy Hospital Clermont

Janet Walker

Ila Mehta, MD

St. Elizabeth Florence

Amy Harvey

James Devitt, MD

St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas

Julie Stephens

James Devitt, MD

The Christ Hospital

Nikki Kurak

James Devitt, MD

Jewish Hospital

Janet Climer

Eileen Stern

Timothy Braverman, MD

Quest Diagnostic Inc.

William Becker, DO, MPH

The University Hospital

Teresa Williams

Helen Hancock

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Ralph Grupo, MD

Paul Steel, MD

Michelle Bailey, Hoxworth CCHMC Transfusion Service

Patricia Carey, MD, Hoxworth CCHMC Transfusion Service

SOMC

Bridget Scott

Patty Delabar

Vincent Randaisi, D.O.

Shriners Hospital

Kathy Good

Paul Steele, MD

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

John Flege, MD

Evelyn V. Hess, MD

Mercy Hospital Fairfield

David Overstreet Jenny Mauntel

James T. Wolfe

Butler County Medical Center

Pat Hirsch

Matt Tehala West Chester Medical Center MaryBeth Kasper Lisa Cochran Craig Isenhart, MD Highland District Hospital Dot Watson Scott Arnold, MD

 Updated 9/11/09