Emory University Hospital
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Transplant Summary
Overview
Adult program affiliated with Emory University. We offer CAR-T therapy, autologous and allogeneic related and unrelated transplants for aplastic anemia, amyloidosis, Hodgkin's lymphoma, germ cell and testicular cancer, leukemias, multiple myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome, myelofibrosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, sickle cell disease and bloodless autologous stem cell transplants.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1979 and has been an NMDP transplant center since July 1992.
Attending physicians
Adult - William Blum, Jonathon Cohen, Amelia Langston, Sagar Lonial, Jason Romancik, Colin Vale, Edmund WallerTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC onlyCord blood transplants
Adult onlyPatient 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 230 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 78.5%.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 72.3% and 82.7%.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
788
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow5PBSC48Cord blood0Total53Unrelated donorMarrow11PBSC113Cord blood0Total124Total allogeneicMarrow16PBSC161Cord blood0Total177AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 611PBSC—Cord blood—Total611Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 788PBSC—Cord blood0Total788All 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 0-18019-442345-642465+6Total53Unrelated 0-18019-443245-645165+41Total124Autologous 0-18019-448145-6433365+197Total611Total 0-18019-4413645-6440865+244Total788Treatments 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 coordinatorRachel VeldmanPhone: 404-778-4981If 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.