Keynote Speaker

Heather Harpham MA, MFA
The Living Story: The Transformative Power of Sharing (and Listening to) Transplant Stories with Care, Communion and Courage
Heather Harpham is a writer, teacher and theater artist whose work has appeared in The Guardian, Slate, Parents, More, Water~Stone Review and Red Magazine (UK). Her memoir, Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After, chronicling her child’s 2005 successful bone marrow transplant, was a 2018 Reese Witherspoon Book Club selection and is being developed for film by Pretty Pictures. Ms. Harpham’s writing also includes six solo plays which have toured nationally and internationally.
Her work has been recognized with the Brenda Ueland Prose Prize, a Marin Arts Council Independent Artist Grant and support from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund for Women. Ms. Harpham currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives outside New York City with her family.
Workshop Speakers

Amin Alousi, MD
Director, Department of GVHD Clinic and Research Program, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dave Balachandran, MD
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Minoo Battiwalla, MD, MS
Director, Outcomes Research Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at TriStar Centennial
Joseph Bubalo, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Oregon Health & Science University
Carly Cappozzo, MSOT, OTR/L
Senior Outpatient Occupational Therapist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Richard Champlin, MD
Director, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Beth Colaluca, PhD
Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Cook Children's Medical Center
Meredith Cowden, MA, AT, LPCC-S
Psychotherapist and transplant survivor LifeStance Health, Inc.
Stephanie Davidson, PsyD
Health Psychologist. Westlake Village Counseling and Wellness
Michael Fediw, MD
Medical Director of Cancer Rehabilitation, UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ekta Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Mohamed Hegazi, MD
Section Chief of Blood Cancers, Cellular Therapeutics and Transplant Program UofL Health Brown Cancer Center
Gerhard Hildebrandt, MD, FACP
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, University of Kentucky
Sharon Hymes, MD
Professor of Dermatology, Clinical Consultant, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Karthik Jayaraman, PT, DPT
Center Manager, Outpatient Rehabilitation, Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
Robert Krance, MD
Director of the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant / Stem Cell Transplant Program, Texas Children's Hospital
Huifang Lu, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Bone Health Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bonnie Lucio, PT, CLT
Physical Therapist, Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation
Zhonghui Katie Luo, MD, PhD
Physician-Scientist, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Navneet Majhail, MD, MS, FASTCT
Deputy Physician-in-Chief of Blood Cancers, Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program at TriStar Centennial
Sandra Mitchell, PhD, CRNP, FAAN
Senior Scientist, Outcomes Research Branch; Healthcare Delivery Research Program, National Cancer Institute
Luke Mountjoy, DO
Assistant Member Physician, Colorado Blood Cancer Institute at Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center
John Mulhall, MD, MSc, IECSM, FACS, FRCSI
Director, Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Megan Nelson, MD
Medical Director of Cancer Rehabilitation, UofL Health Brown Cancer Center
Rachael Petrie, MS, OTR/L, MSCS
Occupational Therapist, UofL Health Brown Cancer Center
Luis Pineiro, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Baylor Scott & White/Texas Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplant Program - Dallas
Uday Popat, MD
Professor, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jana Reynolds, MD
Associate Director of Blood & Marrow Transplant. Baylor Scott & White/Texas Oncology Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program - Dallas
Danielle Roberts MS, MMSc, PA-C
Emory Winship Cancer Institute Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant Center
Jordan Rullo, PhD, ABPP, CST
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Utah
Nikki Samms, PT, DPT
Senior Physical Therapist, Outpatient Rehabilitation Services, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shivan Shah, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Houston Methodist Hospital
Paul Shaughnessy, MD
Program Medical Director, Sarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, Methodist Hospital San Antonio
Ajay Sheshadri, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Renee Stubbins, PhD, RD, LD, CSO
Senior Oncology Dietitian, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Houston Methodist Hospital
Paulette Taku, PT, DPT
Senior Physical Therapist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Michael Tees, MD, MPH
Director, Lymphoma Program, Colorado Blood Cancer Institute at Presbyterian/ St. Luke's Medical Center
Nadarajah Vigneswaran, BDS, DMD, FAAOMP, DABOMP
Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, University of Texas School of Dentistry
Madhuri Vusirikala, MD
Director of Adult Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
John Wingard, MD
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, UF Health Cancer Center
Vlad Zaha, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
Medical Director, Cardio-Oncology Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center