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Scientific and Medical Advisors

Scientific and Medical Advisors

Cord Blood Registry's Scientific and Medical Advisors consists of professionals in the fields of obstetrics, blood and tissue banking, oncology, transplantation, and medical ethics.

David B. Agus, M.D.
  • Research Director, Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center and Director, Spielberg Family Center for Applied Proteomics and Research, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Paul R. Billings, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G.
  • Senior Vice President Strategic Planning and Corporate Development and Senior Geneticist, Center for Molecular Biology and Pathology, Laboratory Corporation of America, Research Triangle Park, NC
  • Medical Consultant, Cord Blood Registry and Cord Blood Donor Foundation
Lewis Glasser, M.D.
  • Medical Director, Cord Blood Registry
David T. Harris, Ph.D.
  • Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  • Scientific Director, Cord Blood Registry
Jesse O. Kramer, Ph.D.
  • Co-founder of CBR
  • Served as Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances at CBR from 1995 - 2005.
Thomas F. Purdon, MD, FACOC
  • Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
  • Past President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Richard H. Schwarz, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
  • Vice Chairman for Clinical Services, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
  • Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, NY
  • Past President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)