Donna L. Skerrett, MD, MS

Dr Skerrett, who has more than 20 years of combined experience in transfusion medicine, cellular therapy, and transplantation, has held executive roles at Mesoblast since 2004. She was Director of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York from 2004 to 2011, and served as Associate Director of Transfusion Medicine and Director of Stem Cell Facilities at Columbia University’s New York-Presbyterian Hospital from 1999 to 2004. Dr Skerrett has been an advisor to the New York State Department of Health on the Progenitor Cell Committee since 1989, Chair of the Governor’s Council on Blood and Transfusion Services since 2007, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine. From 2004, she held roles at Mesoblast in Clinical and Regulatory Affairs until she was appointed Chief Medical Officer in 2011.