Children's Mercy Hospital
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The Children's Mercy Hospital's Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program treats children and young adults utilizing all donor sources. The program performs transplants for patients with a variety of childhood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, neuroblastoma, and other solid cancers. The program is focused on novel less toxic transplant approaches to treat patients with non-malignant diseases, such as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), aplastic anemia, thalassemia, sickle cell disease, neurometabolic diseases, and other rare genetic disorders.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1995 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 2007.
Attending physicians
Adult - Ibrahim Ahmed, Erin M. Hall, G. Doug Myers
Pediatric - Ibrahim Ahmed, Erin M. Hall, G. Doug MyersTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Ronald McDonald housing is available on the Children's Mercy Hospital campus. Hotel accommodations are also available within close proximity to the hospital. The Hem/Onc/BMT division offers a parent to parent program to connect parents with similar experiences for support. We also offer special child life events. Meditation and religious services are also available.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 47 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 89.4%.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 76.6% and 95.4%.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
73
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow20PBSC6Cord blood0Total26Unrelated donorMarrow10PBSC5Cord blood6Total21Total allogeneicMarrow30PBSC11Cord blood6Total47AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 26PBSC—Cord blood—Total26Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 67PBSC—Cord blood6Total73All 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 0-182619-44045-64065+0Total26Unrelated 0-182019-44145-64065+0Total21Autologous 0-182419-44245-64065+0Total26Total 0-187019-44345-64065+0Total73Treatments 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
Survive and Thrive
2401 Gillham road Kansas City, MO 64108 Phone:816-302-6842 Physician Referrals:816-302-6808 For more information about this program: https://www.childrensmercy.org/late-effects-of-cancer/ (Opens in a new tab)Overview
The program name is "Survive and Thrive". It is a joint clinic integrating pediatric oncology and BMT long term survivors. Two years post hematopoietic stem cell transplant, transplant survivors with no transplant related morbidities are referred to the long term follow-up clinic. It is a comprehensive care clinic, including social work, nutrition, endocrinology, cardio-oncology, and transition services. At time of transition survivors are able to transition to University of Kansas where there is an established clinic "Survivorship Transition Clinic" that focuses on evaluation of adult survivors of pediatric cancer and works closely with the adult transplant team.
Staff
Program Director:Dr. Joy Fulbright, MDMedical Specialties in Program
Allergy/immunology, cardiology, dentistry, 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, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, occupational therapy, pain management, physical therapy and rehabilitation, sexual health, social services, vaccinations.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Children- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- Two years after transplant.
- Patients who were transplanted as a child at this center up to age 21
- Does accept patients who were transplanted at another hospital
- Will admit pediatric patients who transferred into the program if they are under age 21