Scripps Green Hospital
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Transplant Summary
Overview
Founded in 1980, the Scripps Blood and Marrow Transplantation Program is one of the oldest BMT programs in the United States. The Scripps Program is an active research facility and continues to investigate new protocols and therapies.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1980 and has been an NMDP transplant center since November 2003.
Attending physicians
Adult - David Hermel, Anuj Mahindra, James MasonTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and single cordCord blood transplants
Adult onlyOther programs and services
Scripps has agreements for reduced cost with specific hotels and we work with housing assistance programs . Our social worker assists in providing additional resources for food, transportation, and other programs.Patient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are similar to 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 46 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 80.4%.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 63.9% and 87.2%.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
95
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC6Cord blood0Total6Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC40Cord blood0Total41Total allogeneicMarrow1PBSC46Cord blood0Total47AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 48PBSC—Cord blood—Total48Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 95PBSC—Cord blood0Total95All 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 0-18019-44445-64165+1Total6Unrelated 0-18019-441045-641765+14Total41Autologous 0-18019-44845-642865+12Total48Total 0-18019-442245-644665+27Total95Treatments 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 coordinatorLaurie CobarrubiaPhone: (858) 554-2853NMDP 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
Scripps
10666 N. Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 Phone:858-554-8788 Physician Referrals:858-554-2851 For more information about this program: https://www.scripps.org/services/transplant-services/blood-and-marrow-transplant (Opens in a new tab)Staff
Program Director:James R. Mason, MDProgram Coordinator:there are 4 RN's and 2 LCSWMedical Specialties in Program
Allergy/immunology, cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, otolaryngology, palliative care, pulmonology, rheumatology, urology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, genetic counseling, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 6 months 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