UF Health Shands Hospital
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Transplant Summary
Overview
More than 3,500 allogeneic, autologous and unrelated transplants have been performed at the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Shands at the University of Florida, established in 1981. Our multidisciplinary team works together to evaluate each patient and determine the best course of treatment.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1981 and has been an NMDP transplant center since October 1988.
Attending physicians
Adult - Jonathan D. Licht
Pediatric - Paul Castilli Caro, John Fort, John Ligon, Jordan MilnerTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
Hotel Eleo-Offers discounted rates for patients. Within walking distance to Shands UF BMT Clinic.
Ronald McDonald-Based on availability for pediatric patients.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 104 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 76.9%.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 73.7% and 87.8%.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
155
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow2PBSC25Cord blood0Total27Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC40Cord blood0Total41Total allogeneicMarrow3PBSC65Cord blood0Total68AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 87PBSC—Cord blood—Total87Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 155PBSC—Cord blood0Total155Total pediatric transplants
33
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow7PBSC13Cord blood0Total20Unrelated donorMarrow2PBSC4Cord blood0Total6Total allogeneicMarrow9PBSC17Cord blood0Total26AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 7PBSC—Cord blood—Total7Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 33PBSC—Cord blood0Total33All 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 0-182019-441345-641165+3Total47Unrelated 0-18619-44945-642465+8Total47Autologous 0-18719-441745-643565+35Total94Total 0-183319-443945-647065+46Total188Treatments 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
UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital
1515 SW Archer Road South Tower, 7th Floor Rm 7222 Gainesville, FL 32608 Phone:352-265-0111 Ext 29483 Overview
University of Florida long term follow-up (LTFU) clinic provide lifelong support to transplant survivors. Our LTFU team works with our specialty providers (Gastroenterology, nutritionist, physical therapist, gynecology, pulmonology, ophthalmologist and dermatologist) to provide comprehensive post-transplant outpatient care. Our goal is to guide survivors to live a healthy life and to educate them about health risks after stem cell transplant.
Staff
Program Director:tbdProgram Coordinator:Vivian J. Cozatt, RNMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, dentistry, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology/optometry, orthopedics, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology, rheumatology, urology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, nutrition/dietetics, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 3 months after tranplant 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