Jean Sanders MD

Areas of Expertise

• Pediatric and Adult Clinical Cellular Therapy.
• Pediatric and Adult Bone Marrow Harvest.
• Cord Blood Banking.

Scope of Experience

• 37 years in Clinical Hematopoietic Transplantation including clinical research.
• 15 years as FACT Clinical Cellular Therapy Inspector.
• 15 years as FACT Bone Marrow Collection Inspector.
• 6 years as FACT Cord Blood Bank Inspector.

Market Sector Focus

Developed pediatric hematopoietic cell transplantation at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research and was a member of Dr. E. Donnell Thomas’ transplant team. Dr. Sanders was involved with training more than 90 pediatricians from all over the world who came to the Fred Hutchinson Marrow Transplant Program. Dr. Sanders authored more than 300 peer reviewed publications and more than 40 book chapters all on the subject of marrow transplantation. Dr. Sanders was involved with transplanting more than 2,000 children and developed a pediatric long-term follow-up program.

Relevant Assignments

• Performed 42 FACT Inspections including 36 clinical cellular therapy/bone marrow harvest and 6 cord blood bank inspections.
• Served as presenter for multiple FACT educational training activities.
• Member of FACT Board of Directors 2006-2014
• Member of FACT Accreditation Committee since 2004
• Chair of FACT Program Relations Committee 2008-2011
• Member of FACT Education Committee 2014-present
• Member of FACT Clinical Outcomes Task Force 2014

Qualifications & Registrations

• Member Emeritus Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Professor Emeritus Department Pediatrics, University of Washington
• Distinguished Emeritus Member American Society of Hematology
• Editor ASBMT eNews
• Member Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Institutional Review Boards
• AlJohani Award for Excellence in Clinical Care, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• Lifetime Achievement Award Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium