The Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) work diligently to create the 2025 Tandem Meetings schedule and invite expert speakers to share their knowledge and research with our attendees.
Meet the SOC Co-Chairs
Marie Bleakley, MD, PhD, MMsc - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Dr. Marie Bleakley is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist who specializes in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and T cell immunotherapy for patients with leukemia and other blood cancers. She is a Professor in the Translational Sciences and Therapeutics Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. Dr. Bleakley is the Tandem 2025 Scientific Organizing Committee Co-Chair.
Melody Smith, MD, MS - Stanford University
Dr. Smith is a board-certified, fellowship-trained medical oncologist and hematologist. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Blood & Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. Dr. Smith is the Tandem 2025 Scientific Organizing Committee Co-Chair.
Members
Sameem Abedin, MD
Froedtert/Medical College of Wisconsin
Saro H. Armenian, DO, MPH
City of Hope National Medical Center
Ami S. Bhatt, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Sung Won Choi, MD, MS
University of Michigan
Jarrod Dudakov, PhD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Christen L. Ebens, MD, MPH
University of Minnesota, MHealth Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital
Mahasweta Gooptu, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Doris Hansen, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Nandita Khera, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic - Arizona
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ryotaro Nakamura, MD
City of Hope National Medical Center
John Tisdale, MD
National Institutes of Health - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Fellows/First-Year Faculty
Chenyu Lin, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Michelle Long Schoettler, MD, MS
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center