Committee on Quality

Committee Roster

Chair 
Menaka Pai, MD, BSc, FRCPC, MSc ('27) 

Appointed Members 
Gregory Abel, MD, MPH ('26) 
Donald Arnold, MD ('27) 
Amy Billett, MD ('27) 
Adam Binder, MD ('26) 
Stella Chou, MD ('27) 
Payal C. Desai, MD ('29) 
George Goshua, MD, MSc ('28) 
Renee Gresh, DO ('28) 
Damon Eugene Houghton, MD, MS ('29) 
Michael K. Keng, MD ('26) 
Thomas Knight, MD ('29) 
Robert I. Liem, MD ('27) 
Ming Y. Lim, MBBChir ('29) 
Camila Masias, MD, MPH ('27) 
Cindy Neunert, MD ('26) 
Jordan K. Schaefer, MD, MSc ('28) 
Surbhi Shah, MD ('26) 

Ex Officio Members 
Cindy E. Dunbar, MD ('27) - President-Elect 
Alison Loren, MD, MSCE ('28) - Vice President 
Robert Negrin, MD ('26) - President 

Liaisons 
Lisa M. Baumann Kreuziger, MD, MS ('26) - Chair, Quality Measure Oversight Subcommittee 
Matthew Cheung, MD, MSc ('26) - Chair, Guideline Oversight Subcommittee 
Jean M. M. Connors, MD ('27) - Committee on Practice 
Chancellor E. Donald, MD ('28) - ASH Executive Committee, Councillor in Clinical Practice 
Warren Fingrut, MD, MPH ('26) - Committee on Advancing Excellence and Population Health 
Victoria A Gill, BA ('28) - Trainee Council 
Kah Poh (Melissa) Loh, MD ('27) - Committee on Educational Affairs 
Heather Male, MD ('26) - Committee on Government Affairs 
Jori May, MD ('26) - Chair, Subcommittee on Guideline Dissemination 
Jennifer Rothman, MD ('26) - Publications Committee 
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH ('28) - Committee on Communications 
Pallawi Torka, MD ('29) - Committee on Training 

Staff Liaison 
Rob Kunkle 

Committee Mandate

The Committee on Quality promotes the highest quality care of patients with hematologic diseases and is responsible for overseeing and implementing the ASH Executive Committee-approved quality initiative, including but not limited to the development of clinical practice guidelines; tools and resources to aid dissemination and implementation of the guidelines including pocket guides, teaching slide sets, clinical pathways, patient versions, educational modules, and adaptation efforts; quality performance measures; quality toolkits; educational programming during the ASH annual meeting; promotion of research in quality and health care outcomes among hematologist and others; response to policy-related efforts and representing the society at quality forums and meetings. Members of this committee may not be employees or owners of Ineligible Companies, as defined by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

The Committee on Quality oversees the work of the following:

  1. The Guideline Oversight Subcommittee oversees the development of ASH clinical practice guidelines.
  2. The Quality Measure Oversight Subcommittee coordinates the identification, prioritization, development, and management of a set of quality measures that aims to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of hematology care that patients receive.
  3. The Subcommittee on Guideline Dissemination establishes and coordinates the identification, prioritization, and management of dissemination activities for ASH guidelines.
  4. The Subcommittee on Implementation and Systems-based Hematology oversees ASH activities that identify and advance policies, procedures, or operations that may be implemented by healthcare systems to improve the quality of care delivered to patients with hematologic conditions.
  5. The Subcommittee on Quality Improvement Education and Training establishes and coordinates the identification, prioritization, development, and management of resources and programs which aim to improve the quality improvement education and training available to practicing hematologists.

To allow for continual crosscutting dialogue with other standing committees, the Committee on Quality structure includes liaison positions from the following committees:

  • ASH Executive Committee (Councillor in Clinical Practice)
  • Committee on Advancing Excellence and Population Health
  • Committee on Communications
  • Committee on Educational Affairs
  • Committee on Government Affairs
  • Publications Committee
  • Committee on Practice
  • Committee on Training
  • Trainee Council

The chairs of the Guideline Oversight Subcommittee; Quality Measure Oversight Subcommittee; Subcommittee on Guideline Dissemination; Subcommittee on Implementation and Systems-based Hematology; and Subcommittee on Quality Improvement Education and Training (unless an appointed member of the committee) serve as liaison members of the Committee on Quality.

Members of the Committee on Quality are required to participate in occasional meetings at ASH Headquarters, monthly conference calls, and workgroups as needed, and are called upon to respond to written requests related to the quality agenda.

The Chair of the Committee on Quality serves as a liaison member of the Media Experts Subcommittee; Program Committee; Quality Measure Oversight Subcommittee; and Subcommittee on Implementation and Systems-Based Hematology and is expected to attend the meetings of those committees. The chair also serves as an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Guideline Oversight Subcommittee.