Professional Experience

2005 - present, Director, Cord Blood Transplant Program, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - 2005, Medical Director, National Marrow Donor Program, Minneapolis, MN

1998 - 2000, Professor (Clinician-Educator track), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

1989 - 1998, Associate Professor (Clinician-Educator track), Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

1979 - 1989, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

1978 - 1979, Research Assistant in Bone Marrow Transplantation and Instructor in Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1977 - 1978, Research Fellowship in Bone Marrow Transplantation, Washington School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1975 - 1977, Clinical Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

1972 - 1975, Residency: Internal Medicine, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL

1971 - 1972, Internship, Ramathibodi Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand


Education and Training

1971, Ramathibodi Medical School, Bangkok, Thailand, M.D., Medicine

1969, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, B.S, Premed


This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 12/08.

Professional Memberships

2004 - present, Medical monitor, bone marrow transplant network, CIBMTR

2003 - present, Member, Donor and patient safety monitoring committee, NMDP

2001 - 2005, Stem Cell Committee, American Association of Blood Bank

2000 - present, Special consultant in Hematologic malignancies for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food And Drug Administration

2000 - 2005, Member, Institutional Review Board, National Marrow Donor Program

1996 - present, American Society of Bone Marrow Transplant

1996 - 2000, Member, Board of Directors, J.P. McCarthy Foundation (Myelodysplastic syndromes)

1996 - 2000, Human Investigation Committee, Wayne State University Medical School

1995 - present, International Society of Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering

1995 - 2000, Member, Michigan Medicare Advisory Committee

1995 - 2000, Member, Board of Directors for Michigan Hematology-Oncology Society (MHOS)

1994 - 2000, Venous access Device committee, Harper Hospital

1992 - present, American Society of Clinical Oncologists

1992 - 2000, Southwest Oncology Group women's health committee

1991 – 2000, Transfusion Committee, Harper Hospital

1987 - present, Fellow of American College of Physicians

1987 - present, American Association of Blood Bank

1984 - present, American Society of Hematology

1984 - 2000, Infection Control Committee, Harper Hospital

1984 - 1992, American College of Physicians

1984 - 1991, Michigan Society of Transplantation

1983 - 2000, Principal Investigator and member of the Leukemia Working Group and bone marrow transplant committee, Southwest Oncology Group.

1981 - 1983, Established HLA Platelet Donor Bank with Southeastern Michigan Red Cross and served in HLA Platelet Executive Committee at Southeastern Michigan Red Cross

1980 - 2000, Southwest Oncology Group (Leukemia, Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma and Bone Marrow Transplant)

1973 - 1975, American College of Physicians (Associate Member)

1971 - present, Thai Medical Association