ViaCord | Cord Blood Banking + Research

ViaCord Voices | Meet the Team from ViaCord's Processing Laboratory

At ViaCord's Processing Lab you'll find dedicated professionals who are passionate about helping families tap into the potentially lifesaving benefits of cord blood. We asked them:

"What do you most want ViaCord families to know?"

Angie Lindeman, Processing Lab Technician

"Our technicians treat every cord blood unit as if it were their own."

Angela Mitchell, Materials Coordinator

"ViaCord is a unique work environment because we are all very close and sometimes it feels like a big family."

Lisa Stricker, Quality Specialist

"ViaCord has successfully treated over 100 children with cord blood stem cell transplants. This is not just a hope for the future, we are giving families hope today."

Robert Briddell, Scientific Director

"In my opinion, the quality of the processed umbilical cord blood units is second to none due to ViaCord's stringent quality demands."

Bekki Roberts, Quality Control Technician

"Cord blood banking is a once in a lifetime opportunity and while I hope no family ever has to rely on it, I still want the opportunity there for every child."

*Although the potential use of umbilical cord blood is expanding rapidly, the odds that a family without a defined risk will need to use their child's umbilical cord blood are low. There is no guarantee that the umbilical cord blood will be a match for a family member or will provide a cure. As with any transplant therapy, therapeutic success depends upon many factors beyond the stem cells themselves including patient condition, type of disease, recipient-donor relationship and matching, and other factors.