Kapi'olani Medical Center for
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Transplant Summary
Overview
As the only tertiary children's hospital in the State of Hawaii, Kapi'olani Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of pediatric autologous and allogeneic transplants utilizing related, haploidentical, unrelated and cord blood donors. Our interprofessional team approach to family-centered care focuses on patient safety, optimal outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1997 and has been an NMDP transplant center since January 1978.
Attending physicians
Pediatric - Darryl Glaser, Kelley Hutchins, Jasmin Jensen, Tristan Knight, Wade Kyono, Stephanie Lim, Desiree Medeiros, Randal WadaTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
In addition to dedicated physicians and nurses, Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children's Transplant Team includes Behavioral Health, Child Life Specialists, Chaplains, an Educational Liaison, Integrative Services, Palliative Care, Patient Navigation / Social Work, Rehab Therapists and other specialists, as needed. Ronald McDonald House is a brief 10-minute drive from the facility and offers shuttle service to / from the hospital twice a day.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 4 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 75%.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 47.9% and 100%.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
15
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow2PBSC0Cord blood0Total2Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC0Cord blood0Total0Total allogeneicMarrow2PBSC0Cord blood0Total2AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 13PBSC—Cord blood—Total13Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 15PBSC—Cord blood0Total15All 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 0-18219-44045-64065+0Total2Unrelated 0-18019-44045-64065+0Total0Autologous 0-181219-44145-64065+0Total13Total 0-181419-44145-64065+0Total15Treatments 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
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children
1319 Punahou Street Honolulu, HI 96826 Phone:808-983-8551 For more information about this program: http://www.kapiolani.org (Opens in a new tab)Staff
Program Director:Randal Wada, MDProgram Coordinator:Lori Kaneshige, MSN, RN, BMTCNMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine, dentistry, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general surgery, gynecology, hematology, 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, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Children- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- 1 year after transplant.
- Patients who were transplanted as a child at this center with no upper age limit
- Does accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital
- Will admit pediatric patients who transferred into the program