John Wingard, MD

Dr. John R. Wingard is the Price Eminent Scholar and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Florida. He is director of the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the University of Florida and medical director for the LifeCord Cord Blood Program in Florida. His research focuses on both bone marrow transplantation and opportunistic infectious complications of immunosuppressed patients and includes authoring 3 books, 36 book chapters and more than 300 articles in professional journals. He is on the editorial board of 4 journals and is the editor of the periodical Blood and Marrow Transplant Reviews and Associate Editor of Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. As a seasoned leader with extensive knowledge in blood and marrow transplantation, Wingard is a member and chair of several national committees, past president of the American Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and past chair of the Steering Committee of the NHBLI/NCI sponsored Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Wingard earned his Bachelor of Arts at Yale University and his Doctor of Medicine from The Johns Hopkins University.