Dr. Robert A. Dracker

Robert Dracker, MD, MHA from North Area Pediatrics, Infusacare Medical Services, and Viacord Corp., discussed derivative therapies and the strategies for their implementation.
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The concurrent session was presented by Robert Dracker, MD, MHA from North Area Pediatrics, Infusacare Medical Services, and Viacord Corp., who discussed innovations in stem cell transplantation and the appropriate therapy strategies for both autologous and allogeneic transplantation.

Robert Dracker, MD, Medical Director of Summerwood Pediatrics (formerly North Area Pediatrics) and Infusacare, in Liverpool, NY, concluded the program with "Apheresis Update and Other Tidbits."

On Thursday morning, speakers participating in the Scientific Session included Mark Brecher, MD (Bacterial Contamination and Detection); Edward Snyder, MD (Financing Advances in Transfusion Medicine: The High Cost of Health Care in an Academic Medical Center); and Robert Dracker, MD (There Is Much More To Do With the Umbilical Cord Than Cut It: Recent Advances in Cellular Therapy).

Robert Dracker, MD

Robert A. Dracker, M.D., M.H.A.Dr. Dracker is the Executive Medical Director of ViaCord and a pediatric hematologist with expertise in blood banking and transfusion medicine.He founded Infusacare, Inc., Syracuse, NY, and is the Chair of the Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy Advisory Board for the NY State Department of Health.

Robert Dracker, M.D., M.H.A., Viacord Executive Medical DirectorDr. Dracker serves as Executive Medical Director for Viacord and is responsible for all strategic medical clinical issues and policies related to the operation of the Viacord cord blood bank.Dr. Dracker is a pediatric hematologist with expertise in blood banking and transfusion medicine.Dr. Dracker founded Infusacare, Inc. of Syracuse, New York, where he practices.Dr. Dracker is board certified by the American Association of Pediatrics and by the American Board of Pathology in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine.Dr. Dracker is the Chair of the Hematopoietic Cellular Therapy Advisory Board for the New York State Department of Health and a member of the New York Governor's Council on Blood and Blood Transfusion.Dr. Dracker was instrumental in drafting the New York State regulations for cord blood banking.