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Transplant Summary
Overview
Children's Hospital features an 17-bed unit with HEPA-filtered, positive-pressure private rooms available to transplant patients. In collaboration with LSUHSC, the program is also an approved Children's Oncology Group (COG) PBMTC hematopoietic stem cell transplant center, and FACT accredited.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1988 and has been an NMDP transplant center since October 2000.
Attending physicians
Adult - Z. Leblanc, Maria Pereda Ginocchio, P. Prasad, M. Velez, Ben Watkins
Pediatric - Z. Leblanc, Maria Pereda Ginocchio, P. Prasad, M. Velez, Ben WatkinsTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
We offer Hog's House and Ronald McDonald housing, a monthly caregiver support group, Child Life, financial resources, and Beads of Courage.Patient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are below the expected rate for this center*.The survival information we have for this center includes ONLY:- Patients who had their FIRST ALLOGENEIC transplant (cells from a related or unrelated donor/cord blood) during 2020, 2021, 2022 and
- Who had their transplant at a U.S. transplant center, and
- Who had follow-up information provided by the transplant center for analysis
For this center, we have survival information for 25 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 60%.Compared to similar patients transplanted at all centers in the U.S., we expect that the 1-year survival for patients at this center to be in a range between 69.2% and 96.4%.For help with understanding these statistics, please see Understanding Transplant Outcomes.For overall survival for all patients transplanted with a specific disease, please see U.S. Patient Survival report (Opens in a new tab) at bloodcell.transplant.hrsa.gov.* The expected survival rate for a transplant center can be below, similar to, or above the range listed. This is based on comparing patient survival at all centers that treated patients with similar diseases.
The survival rate cannot tell how you will do with your transplant. Talk to your doctor to understand your prognosis or the likely course of your disease.
Total pediatric transplants
34
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow7PBSC2Cord blood0Total9Unrelated donorMarrow5PBSC5Cord blood2Total12Total allogeneicMarrow12PBSC7Cord blood2Total21AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 13PBSC—Cord blood—Total13Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 32PBSC—Cord blood2Total34All Diseases
Number of transplants by age reported from January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023(includes marrow, PBSC and cord blood)
0-18 19-44 45-64 65+ Total Related 0-18919-44045-64065+0Total9Unrelated 0-181119-44145-64065+0Total12Autologous 0-181219-44145-64065+0Total13Total 0-183219-44245-64065+0Total34Treatments may be similar for diseases within a group. It might be helpful to look at centers that have done transplants for a specific disease and centers that have done transplants for any corresponding broad disease categories.
Centers are not required to report autologous transplants so the numbers might be incomplete.
More information about transplants can be found:
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) report at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
- List of diseases
Transplant center resources
If you have questions about costs and financial services at this center, please call the transplant center’s direct phone number.NMDP patient navigators
Patient navigators can answer your questions about choosing a transplant center and provide support and education to help you throughout your transplant journey.
- Inside the United States: 1 (888) 999-6743
- Outside the United States: 1 (763) 406-3410. (Long distance or international charges may apply.)
Email: patientinfo@nmdp.org
More resources
- Choosing a transplant center
- Preparing for transplant
- Learn about transplant outcomes and treatment decisions (Opens in a new tab)
- Support and resources (including non-English materials)
- U.S. Transplant Data by Center (Opens in a new tab) at blood cell.transplant.hrsa.gov
Children's Hospital New Orleans/LSUHSC
200 Henry Clay New Orleans, LA 70118 Phone:504-896-9740 For more information about this program: http://CHNOLA.org (Opens in a new tab)Overview
Our late effects and survivorship clinic was established in 2012 led by Dr. Pinki Prasad. It's a comprehensive clinic which includes multidisciplinary approach to the care of these patients. Other than the late effects team, it also includes Endocrine, dental, neurocognitive, orthopedic, dermatology, Ophthalmology, child psychology medical experts who are familiar with the late effects incurred with these survivors. In addition, we have social workers who are dedicated to help these survivors as they get assimilated into the society. Other subspecialties are also available depending on the needs of the survivors such as nephrology, general surgery, neurology, etc
Staff
Program Director:Dr. Pinki Prasad, MDProgram Coordinator:Claudette Vicks, RNMedical Specialties in Program
Allergy/immunology, cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, otolaryngology, palliative care, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, rheumatology, urology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Children- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- 2+ years after transplant.
- Patients who were transplanted as a child at this center with no upper age limit
- Does accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital
- Will admit pediatric patients who transferred into the program
- Will accept adult patients who were transplanted as a child at another center up to age 22