Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The objectives of the BBMT program are the following: Assure the quality and safety of care provided to transplant patients. To provide excellent and compassionate care for patients and their families who are under going hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation. Ensure consistent coordination and continuity of care across all disciplines. Establish a foundation of Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) that reflects Nemours commitment to quality.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2001 and has been an NMDP transplant center since July 2010.
Attending physicians
Adult - Emi Caywood, Ellen Fraint, Darcy Hamill, E. Anders Kolb, Jonathan Powell
Pediatric - Emi Caywood, Ellen Fraint, Darcy Hamill, E. Anders Kolb, Jonathan PowellTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Pet Therapy, Music Therapy, School Program, Healing Touch, Child Life, Patient Navigation, Cancer Care Coordinator, Ronald McDonald House, Caregiver programs, family centered rounds, Family Advisory Council, Palliative Care Program.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 24 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 87.5%.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 69.8% and 96.9%.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 pediatric transplants
36
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow15PBSC4Cord blood0Total19Unrelated donorMarrow8PBSC2Cord blood0Total10Total allogeneicMarrow23PBSC6Cord blood0Total29AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 7PBSC—Cord blood—Total7Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 36PBSC—Cord blood0Total36All 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 0-181519-44445-64065+0Total19Unrelated 0-18919-44145-64065+0Total10Autologous 0-18719-44045-64065+0Total7Total 0-183119-44545-64065+0Total36Treatments 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
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Phone:302-651-5500 Physician Referrals:302-651-5504 Staff
Program Director:Stephanie Guarino, MDProgram Coordinator:Joanne Quillen, APNMedical Specialties in Program
Allergy/immunology, cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology, hematology, 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, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, social services.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Children- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- 1 year 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 if they are under age 21