Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Locations
Division of Bone Marrow Transplant
and Immunodeficiency
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45229
Phone: (513) 636-4258
Toll-free: (800) 344-2462
Transplant Summary
From January 1, 2022 to December 31st, 2023
Program type: Pediatric
87
Marrow
38
PBSC
14
Cord Blood
42
Autologous*
*PBSC or marrow
Overview
The BMT Program is committed to excellence in patient care, innovative clinical and translational research. The program is led by Stella Davies, MB, BS, PhD, with over 30 years experience with pediatric transplant. Our team is dedicated to a disease-specific approach to the management of patient care.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1981 and has been an NMDP transplant center since January 1990.
Attending physicians
Adult - Priscilla Badia, Jacob Bleesing, Sharat Chandra, Christopher Dandoy, Stella Davies, Mike Grimley, Zahra Hudda, Sonata Jodele, Michael Jordan, Pooja Khandelwal, Ruby Khoury, Jane Koo, Mary Krupski, Ashish Kumar, Rebecca Marsh, Parinda Mehta, Kasiani Myers, Anthony Sabulski, Michelle (YunZu) Wang
Pediatric - Priscilla Badia, Jacob Bleesing, Sharat Chandra, Christopher Dandoy, Stella Davies, Mike Grimley, Zahra Hudda, Sonata Jodele, Michael Jordan, Pooja Khandelwal, Ruby Khoury, Jane Koo, Mary Krupski, Ashish Kumar, Rebecca Marsh, Parinda Mehta, Kasiani Myers, Anthony Sabulski, Michelle (YunZu) WangTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC, single cord, and double cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Lodging: Ronald McDonald House. Family Resource Center/Concierge offer discounted rates for local hotels. Transportation: Guest services shuttle from airport to hotel/appointment. Shuttle to area stores for shopping. Ronald McDonald House provides shuttle services to area stores and local events. Foundation assistance toward cost of transportation. Resource Needs: Meal cards for those families in need. Concierge Services, Family Resource Center, Chapel and Meditation rooms on site. Volunteer Services, Pet center. Bank ATMs available in hospital. Psychosocial Support Services: Social Work, Interpreter Services, Behavioral Medicine, International Coordination Services, Music Therapy, Art Therapy, Physical and Occupational Therapy, Child Life, Cancer and Blood Diseases Institute Therapy Dog, Holistic Health, Pastoral Care, Bereavement Coordinator. Other Support Services: Dragonfly Foundation provides welcome bags and ongoing support to boost comfort and care needs. Various external Foundations offer individual financial grants to those families that meet eligibility criteria. Collaboration with Cincinnati Zoo for private animal encounters for eligible patients and families. Caregiver Support Groups: Caregiver Connections-lunch provided twice a month. Sibling Support Group-Dinner offered weekly, Max's Meals for holidays and special events.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 186 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 82.7%.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 81.4% and 90.9%.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
181
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow46PBSC13Cord blood1Total60Unrelated donorMarrow41PBSC25Cord blood13Total79Total allogeneicMarrow87PBSC38Cord blood14Total139AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 42PBSC—Cord blood—Total42Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 167PBSC—Cord blood14Total181All 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 0-185319-44745-64065+0Total60Unrelated 0-187219-44745-64065+0Total79Autologous 0-183519-44745-64065+0Total42Total 0-1816019-442145-64065+0Total181Treatments 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
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
3333 Burnet Ave Cincinnati, OH 45229 Phone:513-636-4200 Staff
Program Director:Kasiani Myers, MDProgram Coordinator:Amanda FlanneryMedical Specialties in Program
Allergy/immunology, cardiology, complementary and alternative medicine, 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
- 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
- Will accept adult patients who were transplanted as a child at another center