UMass Memorial Medical Center
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Transplant Summary
Overview
UMMMC is a large teaching hospital in Central Massachusetts. Our FACT-accredited BMT program is comprehensive, offering the latest technologies including adult cord blood transplants. We have 8 in-patient beds and 1 out-patient bed in the HEPA-filtered BMT unit and provide experienced, dedicated multidisciplinary care. We strive to find a match of all of our patients. We offer matched and mismatched related and unrelated donor, including cord blood, transplants for our patients. The program has expertise in stem cell transplantation for the elderly. Our Program began offering CAR-T Immunotherapy to our patients in the Spring of 2022.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1994 and has been an NMDP transplant center since December 1997.
Attending physicians
Adult - Poorva Bindal, Jan Cerny, Jonathan Gerber, Andrew Gillis-Smith, Shyam Patel, Laurie Pearson, Muthalagu Ramanathan, Suzuki SakikoTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and single cordCord 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 49 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 75.5%.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 58.3% and 82.5%.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 adult transplants
76
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow0PBSC10Cord blood0Total10Unrelated donorMarrow1PBSC15Cord blood0Total16Total allogeneicMarrow1PBSC25Cord blood0Total26AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 50PBSC—Cord blood—Total50Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 76PBSC—Cord blood0Total76All 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 0-18019-44145-64465+5Total10Unrelated 0-18019-44145-64865+7Total16Autologous 0-18019-44445-642065+26Total50Total 0-18019-44645-643265+38Total76Treatments 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 coordinatorMichelle FlynnPhone: 774- 442-5437If 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
Survivorship Program
55 Lake Ave Worcester, MA 01545 Phone:774-442-3903 For more information about this program: https://www.ummhealth.org (Opens in a new tab)Overview
Survivorship Program is designed to provide Survivorship Care Plans, 40 - 60 minute APP provided visit which will review cancer surveillance, updated guidelines and provide resources to patient after treatment. This includes BMT patients 1 year post Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant.
Staff
Program Coordinator:Tzafra Tessier, PA-C, Survivorship CoordinatorMedical Specialties in Program
Hematology, oncology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, financial counseling, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Adults- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Adults: 1 year after transplant.
- 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