Yvette C. Tanhehco PhD, MD, MS, CABP

Dr. Yvette Tanhehco is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC). She is the Medical Director of the Cellular Therapy Laboratory and Assistant Director of Transfusion Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/CUIMC.

The Cellular Therapy Laboratory at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital performs minimal manipulation of hematopoietic stem cell products collected from pediatric and adult patients by apheresis and bone marrow harvesting for autologous and allogeneic transplantation, immune effector cell therapy, and gene therapy. Her lab processes over 250 products a year for clinical and research purposes.

Dr. Tanhehco obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Microbiology and Molecular and Cell Biology from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY; a Doctor of Philosophy degree in viral oncology from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD; a Medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA; and a Masters of Science degree in Translational Research from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She completed both her residency training in Clinical Pathology and fellowship training in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Tanhehco is actively involved in the blood and biotherapies field. Her clinical and research interests focus on cellular and gene therapies for sickle cell disease. She is the chair of AABB’s Cellular Therapy Standards Committee, co-leader of the Cellular Therapy Current and Emerging Topics subsection, member of Biotherapies Leadership Committee, and chair of the Donor and Blood Component Management subsection. She has published over 90 papers, book chapters, and articles in the field of blood banking/transfusion medicine, apheresis, and cellular therapy.