Northside Hospital
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at Northside Hospital is one of the largest clinical transplant programs in the Southeast, serving patients undergoing stem cell transplant therapy, CAR T therapy and providing leukemia management. This program has achieved the National Center of Excellence designation.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1998 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2000.
Attending physicians
Adult - Liza Marie Bachier, Asad Bashey, H. Kent Holland, Lawrence E. Morris, Melhem Sohl, Scott R. SolomonTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult onlyPatient survival information for this center
This center's actual 1-year survival results are above 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 253 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 82.6%.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 67.7% and 78%.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
507
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow7PBSC141Cord blood0Total148Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC51Cord blood0Total52Total allogeneicMarrow8PBSC192Cord blood0Total200AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 307PBSC—Cord blood—Total307Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 507PBSC—Cord blood0Total507All 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 0-18019-444745-645865+43Total148Unrelated 0-18019-441645-641665+20Total52Autologous 0-18019-443845-6415565+114Total307Total 0-18019-4410145-6422965+177Total507Treatments 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
The Blood and Marrow Transplant Program At Northside Hospital
5670 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd Atlanta, GA 30242 Phone:404-255-1930 For more information about this program: http://www.bmtga.com (Opens in a new tab)Staff
Program Director:Dr. Kent Holland, MDProgram Coordinator:Dana Kisala, RNMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, hepatology, 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, financial counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults (over age 18)
- Will provide care to adult patients who underwent transplant as a child
- Does not accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital