Board of Directors

Rebecca Kruse-Jarres, MD, MPH

HTRS President 
Director, Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders at Bloodworks Northwest 
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Washington

Shannon Carpenter, MD, MS

HTRS Vice President / President-elect
Associate Division Director, Section of Hematology Director
Hemophilia Treatment Center
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Suman Sood, MD, MSCE

HTRS Secretary
Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology-Oncology

Lynn Malec, MD, MSc

HTRS Treasurer

Associate Medical Director
BloodCenter of Wisconsin/Comprehensive Center for Bleeding Disorders

Cindy Leissinger, MD

Immediate Past President
Professor of Medicine, Pathology, Pediatrics and Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Section Chief, Hematology/Medical Oncology
Director, Louisiana Center for Bleeding and Clotting Disorders

Brian R. Branchford, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Leonardo R. Brandão, MD, MSc

HTRS Canadian Representative
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
Thrombosis Program, Hematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children

Janna Journeycake, MD, MSCS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Bryce Kerlin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics/Hematology
The Ohio State University College of Medicine Center
PI, Center for Clinical & Translational Research
The Research Institute/Nationwide Children's Hospital

Lori Luchtman-Jones, MD

Director, Thrombosis Research
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Leslie Raffini, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Hemostasis and Thrombosis Center
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Jordan Shavit, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Hemostasis/Thrombosis
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Michigan Medicine
University of Michigan