Meet the Team – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Professor, Medical Director of the BMT&CT Program

She currently serves as the Professor, sits on the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) Board of Directors, and serves as the Director of Education Committee of FACT. She also serves as the Associate Chief of Staff for the University Hospital, in addition to being the Co-Director of the Blood Management Committee.

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Assistant Professor, Medical Lab Director, and Medical Director of the UAB Myeloma Clinic

Dr. Innis-Shelton received her MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia, and has been affiliated with Atlanta Medical Center, Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California, the Cancer Center of Guam in Tamuning, and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville before being appointed Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Bone Marrow Transplantation & Cell Therapy at UAB.

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Lawrence S. Lamb, PhD

Professor and Director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory

He is currently a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology and the Director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory for the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at UABs School of Medicine.He has academic appointments in the Department of Pathology and Pediatrics, as a Senior Scientist in the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Associate Professor

His research focuses on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for different hematological diseases and utilizing graft manipulation to improve the outcome of transplant. He has authored several articles and book chapters.

Assistant Professor

His research areas of interest include immunotherapy, graft v. host disease prevention and treatment, myelodisplastic syndromes, and acute myeloid leukemia. His work has been published in high-impact journals such as Blood, and The New England Journal of Medicine. He has also authored four book chapters, and has lectured in the US and Europe.

Associate Professor

Prior to joining UAB, he held an appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Research for the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Medical University of South Carolina from 2008 to 2014. His prior clinical research includes transplant and non-transplant management of lymphoproliferative and plasma cell disorders. He has also been deeply engaged in strategies for optimization of hematopoietic progenitor cells mobilization and in population outcomes of blood cancers.

Administrative Director

Sandra D. Rudolph, MSN, MPh

Patient Services Coordinators

Angela H. Holmes, Patient Coordinator Karuna L. Henderson, Patient Coordinator Serita Sutton, CPAR (insurance verification)

Inpatient Nurse Practitioners

Stephen Horn MSN, CRNP Jessica Logan MSN, CRNP Natalie E. McRae MSN, CRNP Amy Nance MSN, CRNP Binita Parekh MSN, CRNP Melinda RodgersMSN, CRNP Melissa Sentell MSN, CRNP Aaron Streufert MSN, CRNP

Post-Transplant Coordinators

Sharon Jones RN, BSN

Patient Education

Kaitlin Johnson RN, MSN

Social Worker

Nel Williams, MSW, LCSW

Quality Manager

Arina L. Riley

Cell Therapy Lab

Lauren Bongo, Laboratory Supervisor Joscelyn Bowersock, Laboratory Quality Specialist Cheryl Fitts, Medical Laboratory Technician Leisa Whitlow, Medical Laboratory Technician

Research Office

Tiffany D. Hill, RN - Research Nurse Melanie M. Goodson

Information Services (Data) Office

Hetty Owusu, Data Manager Shiney Isaacs, Data AbstractorRivvi Kukkamalla, Data Abstractor

Information Systems & Informatics

Daniel Gardner, MBA

Administrative Office

Gloria Owens Sharron Thornton

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Meet the Team - The University of Alabama at Birmingham