Bone Marrow Transplant Team

Our team's multidisciplinary approach to evaluation, management, and treatment provides each patient with individually-tailored care.

Physicians

Yi-Bin Chen, MD
Director, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant & Cell Therapy Program
Allen B. Rogers, Jr. and Cara J. Rogers Endowed Chair
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Zachariah DeFilipp, MD
Director of BMT Clinical Research
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Areej R. El-Jawahri, MD
Director, BMT Survivorship Program
Director of Digital Health
Associate Director, Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

Matthew Frigault, MD
Administrative Director, Cellular Therapy Service
John and Ashley Ranelli Endowed Scholar in Cancer Innovation
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Mark Leick, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Marcela V. Maus, MD, PhD
Director, Cellular Immunotherapy Program
Center for Cancer Immunology, Mass General Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Steven Lawrence McAfee, MD
Clinical Director, BMT Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Richard Newcomb, MD
Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Paul O'Donnell, MD
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Lecturer, Harvard Medical School

 

 

Thomas Richard Spitzer, MD
Michael S. Karlson and Jane King Endowed Chair
Director Emeritus, BMT Program
Director, Cellular Therapy Laboratory
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

 

Peter Westervelt, MD, PhD

 

 

 

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Oncology Nurse Practitioners

Colleen Danielson, NP

 

 

 

Meredith Saylor, NP

 

 

 

Julie Vanderklish, NP
Associate Director, BMT Survivorship Program

 

 

Nisha Wali, NP

 

 

 

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Oncology Nursing

Maria Alfonso, RN
Research Nurse

 

 

Caitlin Avitabile, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Rona Earl, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Kate Griffin, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Donna Jordan, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

Linda Kafkas, RN
Outpatient Case Manager

 

 

Lindsey Perry, RN
Research Nurse

 

 

Andrea Ross, NP
Access Nurse

 

 

Colleen Walsh, RN
Practice Nurse

 

 

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Social Work

Jennifer D'Alotto, MSW, LICSW

 

 

 

Stephanie Guro, MSW, LICSW

 

 

 

Eric M. Hanson, MSW, LICSW

 

 

 

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Administrative Manager

Adrienne Daigle

 

 

 

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Transplant Coordinator

GiGi Germain

 

 

 

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Donor Coordinator

Seble Admassu

 

 

 

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Search Coordinator

Courtney Jorgensen

 

 

 

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Staff Assistants

Maura Blaney

 

 

 

Kerri Tortora