Rush University Medical Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The 30-bed, FACT-accredited, state-of-the-art unit offers patients the expertise of not only experienced transplant physicians, nurse practitioners and nurse clinicians, but also financial liaisons, pharmacists, radiation therapists, psychosocial oncologists, social workers, chaplains and nutritionists. Rush University Medical Center specializes in various types of transplantation, including: autologous transplantation; matched related and unrelated donor transplantation; haploidentical (half match related) donor transplant; and cord blood transplantation.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1984 and has been an NMDP transplant center since September 1993.
Attending physicians
Adult - Patrick Moore, Sunita Nathan, Celalettin UstunTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and single cordCord blood transplants
Adult onlyOther programs and services
Rush University Medical Center has made special arrangements with local hotels and housing to provide accommodations at reduced rates for BMT 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 81 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 80.9%.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 66% and 84.3%.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
219
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC34Cord blood0Total34Unrelated donorMarrow0PBSC26Cord blood0Total26Total allogeneicMarrow0PBSC60Cord blood0Total60AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 159PBSC—Cord blood—Total159Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 219PBSC—Cord blood0Total219All 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 0-18019-44945-641965+6Total34Unrelated 0-18019-44945-641165+6Total26Autologous 0-18019-442445-648965+46Total159Total 0-18019-444245-6411965+58Total219Treatments 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
Rush University Medical Center
1725 W. Harrison Street Suite 809 Chicago, IL 60612 Phone:312-942-4686 For more information about this program: http://www.rush.edu (Opens in a new tab)Overview
Patients are offered the opportunity to meet with a Nurse Practitioner and Psychologist in our Survivorship Clinic if they are 6 months or more post-transplant and without active disease. This one hour visit focuses on evaluating patient needs and helping patients transition back to life after transplant. All patients receive a survivorship care plan, which touches on all aspects of life after transplant, and provides recommendation for when to contact the transplant team and routine preventative health care.
Staff
Program Director:Celalettin Ustun, MDProgram Coordinator:Laura Kalas & Jackie Baptista, NPMedical Specialties in Program
Psychiatry/psychology.Medical Services Offered
Fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, nutrition/dietetics, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 6 months 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