Medical advisors

medical advisors, asia

Dr. Rachanee O-Charoen, MD

Dr. Rachanee O-Charoen, MD
Medical Director of Cryoviva. She was a former Director of National Blood Centre of Thai Red Cross Society. She set up the National Donor Registry Program for stem cells and National Cord Blood Banking

Dr. Preeda Vanichsetakul, M.D.

Dr. Preeda Vanichsetakul, M.D.
A pediatrician who is the Director of Hematopoietic stem cells Transplantation Unit at Bangkok Hospital Medical Center. Diplomate Thai Board of Pediatrics, Diplomate Thai Board of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, and Clinical Fellowship Certificate in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Francisco, USA. The first to successfully perform unrelated cord blood stem cells transplantation in Thailand. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. He is also a member of American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Dr. Phansak Sugkraroek, MD

Dr. Phansak Sugkraroek, MD
A Reproductive endocrinologist & Ob-Gyn consultant at Bumrungrad International Hospital. Diplomate Thai Board of Obstetric-Gynecology, Royal College of Obstetrician Gynecologist of Thailand and a Member of American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Dr. Narendra Malhotra, MD

Dr. Narendra Malhotra, MD
Medical Advisor to Cryoviva, he is currently working as a consultant at Bumrungard International Hospital.

Dr. Mrinalini Chaturvedi, MD

Dr. Mrinalini Chaturvedi, MD
Medical Director of Cryobanks International in India, started the first stem cells transplant program in Bangalore. Currently participating in Clinical Trials for stem cells therapy in heart diseases

Dr. C. V. Nerikar, MD

Dr. C. V. Nerikar, MD
Chief Executive Officer of Cryobanks International India. He was the Head of the department Pathology & Blood Bank, National Heart Institute

Dr. Naresh Trehan, MD

Dr. Naresh Trehan, MD
Founder, executive director and chief cardiovascular surgeon for Escorts Heart Institute in India. Has served as personal surgeon to the President of India since 1991. He is a Diplomate American Board of Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery. Life Time Achievement Award -2002 by the International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound.

medical advisors, usa

Sanford M. Lederman, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Sanford M. Lederman, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Chairman of Cryobanks International's SAMBA. He is a partner at Brooklyn Women's Health Care in New York, attending physician at Long Island College Hospital, Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at State University of New York

Gary J. Schiller, M.D.

Gary J. Schiller, M.D.
Vice Chairman of Cryobanks International's SAMBA. He is Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of Leukemia Studies and Leukemia Clinic at University of California. Dr. Schiller has served on the editorial board for the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

Eliezer A. Rachmilewitz, M.D.

Eliezer A. Rachmilewitz, M.D.
Director of the Department of Hematology at The Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, Chairman of Committee for the International Society of Hematology, formerly the Director of Hematology at Hadassah University in Jerusalem, Chairman of the Research Committee at Hadassah University.

Benjamin Bonavida, Ph.D.

Benjamin Bonavida, Ph.D.
Director of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research and a member of the UCLA Cancer Center Advisory Committee.

Geralyn M. Meny, M.D.

Geralyn M. Meny, M.D.
Medical Director at the American Red Cross, Philadelphia. Previously, she was the Associate Medical Director of Transfusion Services at the University of Texas and American Association of Blood Banks(AABB) assessor.

Eliane Gluckman, M.D., Ph.D

Eliane Gluckman, M.D., Ph.D
Medical Coordinator of the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Hospital Saint-Louis in Paris, France. Dr. Gluckman was a member of the team of physicians that performed the first cord blood stem cells transplant in 1988 on child with Fanconi's Anemia.

Eric S. Sandler, M.D.

Eric S. Sandler, M.D.
Chief of Hematology/Oncology for Nemours Children's Clinic at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, founding chair of the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium. former Medical Director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Children's Medical Center at Dallas

Avi Treves Ph.D.

Avi Treves Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Sheba Cancer Research Center in Israel. He is currently leading several industry and academic R&D programs in stem cells therapy, immunology, and oncology

Paul R. Sanberg, Ph.D., D.Sc.

Paul R. Sanberg, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Distinguished Professor & Director of the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair , University Of South Florida College Of Medicine, Chairman and Founder of Saneron CCEL Therapeutics (Florida), Executive Director of the American Society for Neural Transplantation and Repair. He is the author of more than 475 scientific articles and has published thirteen books including, Neural stem cells: Methods and Protocols, Neural stem cells for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, and Cell Therapy, stem cells and Brain Repair. He lead the team who demonstrated that Bone Marrow Cells and Umbilical Cord Blood derived stem cells can be transformed to brain cells.