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Nurse Leadership Board (NLB)

International MDS Foundation Nurse Leadership Board

Members

Erik Aerts, RN

Nurse Manager
University Hospital Zürich
Internal Medicine-Oncology
Stem Cell Transplantation Ward and
Polyclinic Hematology/Apherese/Stem Cell Transplantation
Zürich, Switzerland


Mariela Andrea Blanco, Nursing Graduate, Magister

Favaloro Foundation University Hospital
Oncology Day Hospital
Buenos Aires, Argentina


Angelika Bitter

Study Coordinator/Nurse
University Hospital Dresden
Dresden, Germany


Claudia Boglione, RN

Stem Cell Transplantation Nurse Mentor
University Hospital Careggi
Florence, Italy


Jordan Hwang Chung Cheng, RN, MN, ADV. Dip. (Oncology Nursing)

Advanced Practice Nurse-Haematology
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore


Nicole Crisp, RN, BScN, MN, NP-adult

Nurse Practitioner, Hematology
University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Erin Demakos, RN, CCRN

Administrative Director
Myelodysplastic Disease Center
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States


Rebecca Dring, RN, Post Grad Dip. in Cancer Nursing

Royal Melbourne Hospital
Clinical Nurse Consultant MDS/MPN and Lymphoma
Melbourne, Australia


Lenn Fechter, RN

Nurse Coordinator, Department of Hematology
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Stanford, California, United States


Janet Hayden, RN, BSc(hons), MPH

Myeloid Clinical Nurse Specialist
Haematological Medicine
Kings College NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom


Amelia Hodson, AG-ACNP

Stem Cell Transplant Unit / Oncology & Hematology
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States


Miki Iizuka, RN

Metropolitan Research and Treatment Center for Blood Disorders (MRTC Japan)
Tokyo, Japan


Jacqueline Jagger, BA, RN, MN

Haematology Cancer Nurse Coordinator
Gosford Hospital, Cancer Day Unit
Gosford, Australia


Natasha L. Johnson, MS, APRN, AOCNP

Malignant Hematology Department
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States


Sandra Kurtin, PhD, ANP-C, AOCN

Hematology/Oncology Nurse Practitioner
The University of Arizona Cancer Center
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States


Petra Lindroos Kolqvist, RN

Teamleader, Anemia Leukemia Team
Department of Hemathology and Coagulation
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Goteborg, Sweden


Sarah Jayne Liptrott, PhD, MSc, BN(Hons), Onc. Cert.

European Institute of Oncology IRCCS
Division of Hemato-oncology
Milan, Italy


Ashley Moncrief, RN, BSN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States


Cindy Murray, RN, MN, NP-adult

Malignant Hematology, Princess Margaret Hospital
Clinical Appointee University of Toronto, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Geke Ong, RN

Network Services
Kings College NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom


Phyllis Paterson, RN, RSCN, Dip Onc

MDS Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom


Samantha Soggee, RN, MN Cancer/Palliative Care

Oncology/Haematology Nurse Unit Manager
Epworth Freemasons
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Amber Thomassen, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Phase 1 Research
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami, Florida, United States


Sara M. Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN

Malignant Hematology Nurse Practitioner
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, United States


Catherine Vassili, RN, MN

Haematology – Leukaemia Nurse Practitioner (Candidate)
The Alfred
Victoria, Australia


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