the athn officers and board of directors

Diane Aschman, M.S.

ATHN President and CEO

Diane is a pharmacist entrepreneur with over 25 years in the healthcare field.

For 6 years prior to working independently under the name Advancing Health, Diane was VP and COO of the College of American Pathologists, where she led the groundbreaking not-for-profit division, SNOMED International responsible for the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED). Diane’s earlier career included marketing, education, clinical trials and business development positions of increasing importance at leading medical products, homecare and healthcare information companies including Baxter International, Caremark, Dun and Bradstreet Healthcare and Apache Medical Systems.

Thomas C. Abshire, M.D.

Chair, ATHN Board of Directors

Senior Vice President, Medical Services and the Medical Sciences Institute, and
Chief Medical Officer
BloodCenter of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Barbara A. Konkle, MD

Chair-elect, ATHN Board of Directors

Director, Translational Research
Medical Director, Hemostasis Reference Laboratory
Puget Sound Blood Center
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Robert W. Fox

Treasurer, ATHN Board of Directors

President & CEO, Mary M. Gooley Hemophilia Center
Rochester, NY

Steven Humes, M.M., M.PH.

Secretary, ATHN Board of Directors

Regional Coordinator, Region IV-North
Harold R. Roberts Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Center, University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Amy Shapiro, M.D.

Immediate Past Chair, ATHN Board of Directors

Medical Director, Indiana Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
Indianapolis, IN

Susan Cutter, MSW, MPA

Regional Coordinator
Penn Comprehensive Hemophilia and Thrombosis Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Patricia Dominic

CEO, Hemophilia of Georgia, Inc.
Atlanta, GA

Ann Forsberg, M.A., M.P.H.

Region I Administrator, Hemophilia Treatment Center Program
New England Hemophilia Center
UMASS Memorial Hospital
Worcester, MA

Wanda Foster, RN, BSN, MS, CHE

Vice President Nursing / CNO
McDonough District Hospital
Macomb, IL

David Green, M.D., Ph.D

Professor, Emeritus, Division of Hematology / Oncology
Northwestern University School of Medicine Northwestern
Center for Bleeding Disorders
Chicago, IL

Chris Guelcher, APRN, BC, PNP, CPON

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Department of Hematology/Oncology
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, DC

Janna Journeycake, MD

Assistant Professor, CCBD
North Texas Hemophilia and Thrombosis Program – Pediatric Program
Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders
Children's Medical Center
Hematology/Oncology
Dallas, TX

Roshni Kulkarni, M.D.

Director, Division of Blood Disorders (DHBD),
Professor, Pediatric and Adolescent Hematology/Oncology,
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Ellis J. Neufeld, M.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Chief of Hematology
Children’s Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Tom Ortel, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine & Pathology
Hemostasis & Thrombosis Center
Duke University Health System
Durham, NC

Michael Recht, M.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Oregon Health and Science University, School of Medicine
Regional Director, Oregon Hemophilia Treatment Center
Portland, OR

W. Keith Hoots, M.D.

Non-voting NHLBI liaison to ATHN Board of Directors
Division Director
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Division of Blood Disorders and Resources
Bethesda, MD

Jeanne Lusher, M.D.

Non-voting Ex-officio member to ATHN Board
Director, Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Co-Director, Hematology / Oncology, Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Vanessa Byams, MPH

Non-voting CDC liaison to ATHN Board of Directors
Health Scientist
Division of Blood Disorders
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA