University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
Locations
Transplant Summary
Overview
The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit is a seven-bed unit located at Holtz Children's Hospital, part of UM/JMH. Outpatient care is provided at UM's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. A multidisciplinary approach is utilized to meet the special needs of patients.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1994 and has been an NMDP transplant center since July 2007.
Attending physicians
Adult - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward Ziga
Pediatric - Warren Alperstein, Julio Barredo, David Crawford, Edward ZigaTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Access to phase 1 protocols; Cellular therapy including CAR-T cell therapy; Homebound school program; Availability to the Ronald McDonald House which is located on campus. Hotel located near campus with discounted rates.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 33 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 84.8%.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 77.6% and 98.5%.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
40
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow9PBSC11Cord blood0Total20Unrelated donorMarrow3PBSC6Cord blood0Total9Total allogeneicMarrow12PBSC17Cord blood0Total29AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 11PBSC—Cord blood—Total11Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 40PBSC—Cord blood0Total40All 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 0-181919-44145-64065+0Total20Unrelated 0-18819-44145-64065+0Total9Autologous 0-181119-44045-64065+0Total11Total 0-183819-44245-64065+0Total40Treatments 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
If 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.