AdventHealth for Children
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Transplant Summary
Overview
At AdventHealth for Children we treat each child as an individual with a tailor-made treatment plan that will offer the best outcomes with the lowest toxicity we can safely achieve. Our comprehensive program includes expert physicians trained in blood and marrow transplant and cellular therapy with access to pediatric subspecialties ensuring the highest quality care. Our program is the first of its kind and only FACT accredited program in Central Florida. We offer cutting-edge world-class therapy close to home and strive to provide the highest level of care available with access to research and new therapies We partner with families on this journey to find the best path to cure while supporting the patient and family every step of the way.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 2016 and has been an NMDP transplant center since September 2019.
Attending physicians
Adult - Susan Kelly, Brian Tullius
Pediatric - Susan Kelly, Brian TulliusTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Our program is equipped with multidisciplinary programs and services such as Pediatric Child Life Therapist, Music Therapy, Educational support, Chaplains, Dedicated Social Workers, Ronald McDonald House and Kids Beating Cancer (KBC) My Room 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 35 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 94.1%.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 78.9% and 98.3%.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
42
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow11PBSC10Cord blood0Total21Unrelated donorMarrow2PBSC1Cord blood4Total7Total allogeneicMarrow13PBSC11Cord blood4Total28AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 14PBSC—Cord blood—Total14Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 38PBSC—Cord blood4Total42All 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 0-182019-44145-64065+0Total21Unrelated 0-18619-44145-64065+0Total7Autologous 0-181319-44145-64065+0Total14Total 0-183919-44345-64065+0Total42Treatments 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 coordinatorMilton ReparipPhone: 407-303-1300If 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
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.