University of California (UCLA)
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Transplant Summary
Overview
UCLA provides excellent patient care working collaboratively with colleagues in multidisciplinary specialties. Adult and Pediatric Stem Cell transplants are provided as part of Standard of Care and Research protocols. Staff provide multidisciplinary clinical, as well as psychosocial support, in the inpatient and outpatient setting, to patients and families during the entire care continuum.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1973 and has been an NMDP transplant center since August 1993.
Attending physicians
Adult - Wanxing Chai-Ho, Sven DeVos, Herbert Eradat, John Glaspy, Sarah Larson, Caspian Oliai, Gary Schilller, John Timmerman, Steven Tsai, Patricia Young
Pediatric - Jacqueline Casillas, Gay Crooks, Satiro De Oliveira, Christopher Denny, Noah Federman, Brigitte Gomperts, Donald Kohn, Ted MooreTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
Housing is available on campus for adult and pediatric patients and family members.
Clinical, Social Work and Child Life staff work closely with patients and family members to assist with psychosocial and financial challenges during the entire transplant process.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 168 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 84.5%.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 75.8% and 87.1%.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
332
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow4PBSC58Cord blood0Total62Unrelated donorMarrow3PBSC58Cord blood6Total67Total allogeneicMarrow7PBSC116Cord blood6Total129AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 203PBSC—Cord blood—Total203Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 326PBSC—Cord blood6Total332Total pediatric transplants
23
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC8Cord blood0Total8Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC4Cord blood9Total14Total allogeneicMarrow1PBSC12Cord blood9Total22AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 1PBSC—Cord blood—Total1Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 14PBSC—Cord blood9Total23All 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 0-18819-442545-642265+8Total63Unrelated 0-181619-442545-641865+22Total81Autologous 0-18119-443345-6410165+69Total204Total 0-182519-448345-6414165+99Total348Treatments 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
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
This center has separate survivorship programs for adult and pediatric patients.
Please select the program you are interested in.