Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The program was established in 1989 and has since performed over 2,800 transplants using advanced knowledge and technology. The Cedars-Sinai Blood and Marrow Transplant Program offers coordinated, multidisciplinary, state-of-the-art cancer services for patients.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1994 and has been an NMDP transplant center since September 2001.
Attending physicians
Adult - John Chute, Justin Darrah, Lee Hannah, Akil Merchant, Noah Merin, David Oveisi, Ronald Paquette, Joshua Sasine, Robert VescioTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC onlyCord blood transplants
Not performedPatient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are above 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 122 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 89.3%.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 68.3% and 82.9%.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 adult transplants
239
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC78Cord blood0Total78Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC5Cord blood0Total5Total allogeneicMarrow0PBSC83Cord blood0Total83AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 156PBSC—Cord blood—Total156Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 239PBSC—Cord blood0Total239All 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 0-18019-442545-642865+25Total78Unrelated 0-18019-44045-64465+1Total5Autologous 0-18019-442345-647165+62Total156Total 0-18019-444845-6410365+88Total239Treatments 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
Transplant center coordinatorMargarita GuerreroPhone: 310 423-3525Email: margarita.guerrero2@cshs.orgNMDP 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
Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
8700 Beverly Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone:310-423-1160 For more information about this program: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/programs/cancer/we-treat/blood-and-marrow.html (Opens in a new tab)Staff
Program Director:Ronald.Paquette, MDProgram Coordinator:Sara Kayley Cooper, MSN, ACNPMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, palliative care, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 1 year after transplant.
- Adults (over age 18)
- Will provide care to adult patients who underwent transplant as a child
- Does accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital