Duke University Health Systems, Inc.
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Transplant Summary
Overview
The transplant program at Duke offers comprehensive care to Adult and Pediatrics patients. Care units for Adult and Pediatric inpatients and outpatients is delivered in distinct care sites by dedicated, trained healthcare professionals. Full support services are available.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1990 and has been an NMDP transplant center since March 1992.
Attending physicians
Adult - Edwin Alyea, Andrea Bauchat, Nelson Chao, Taewoong Choi, Cristina Gasparetto, Sanghee Hong, Mitchell Horwitz, Gwynn Long, Richard Lopez, Kris Mahadeo, Sendhilnathan Ramalingam, Stefanie Sarantopolous, Anthony Sung
Pediatric - Timothy Driscoll, Joanne Kurtzberg, Paul Martin, Vinod PrasadTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Adult and pediatricOther programs and services
Adult Program:
ABMT New Patient and Discharge class for patients and caregivers.
Transplant Coordinator to help navigate the transplant journey.
Weekly Caregiver Support group in the outpatient day hospital.
Monthly Caregiver Support group on the inpatient unit.
Local housing options available at reduced rates.
Pediatric Program:
Pediatric Child Life Program with dedicated Child Life Therapist.
Hospital school for all school aged children during the school year.
Family Support Program.
Best Buddies Program.
Cellmates- children's support group.
Parent Support Group.
Sibling program. Newsletter: The Community Counts.
Ronald McDonald House availability.Patient survival information for this center
Duke University - Adults
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 192 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 70.8%.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 65.1% and 77.2%.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.Duke University Medical Center; Pediatric BMT
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 66 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 86.4%.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 69.9% and 88.3%.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
404
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow13PBSC47Cord blood0Total60Unrelated donorMarrow4PBSC64Cord blood7Total75Total allogeneicMarrow17PBSC111Cord blood7Total135AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 269PBSC—Cord blood—Total269Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 397PBSC—Cord blood7Total404Total pediatric transplants
71
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow15PBSC3Cord blood0Total18Unrelated donorMarrow12PBSC1Cord blood12Total25Total allogeneicMarrow27PBSC4Cord blood12Total43AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 28PBSC—Cord blood—Total28Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 59PBSC—Cord blood12Total71All 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 0-181519-441845-642565+20Total78Unrelated 0-182419-442145-643165+24Total100Autologous 0-182719-443145-6413865+101Total297Total 0-186619-447045-6419465+145Total475Treatments 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
No survivorship program information is available. Contact the center for information about post-transplant care.