Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Transplant Summary
Overview
Our FACT-accredited program was established in 1986 and has been performing unrelated transplants since 1990. We have three Family House facilities nearby for use by our patients and their families. Our inpatient unit is HEPA filtered and caregivers can spend the night. Our team is dedicated to using an integrated family-centered approach to provide excellent patient care and innovative research opportunities.This center has been performing allogeneic transplants since 1976 and has been an NMDP transplant center since February 1989.
Attending physicians
Adult - Nancy Bunin, Lucy Cain, Amanda DiNofia, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Stephan Grupp, Susan McClory, Regina Myers, Haley Newman, Timothy Olson, Alix Seif, David Teachey, Lisa Wray
Pediatric - Nancy Bunin, Lucy Cain, Amanda DiNofia, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Stephan Grupp, Susan McClory, Regina Myers, Haley Newman, Timothy Olson, Alix Seif, David Teachey, Lisa WrayTransplants performed
Marrow/PBSC and single cordCord blood transplants
Pediatric onlyOther programs and services
Our center has multiple licensed social workers to assist with discharge planning and other needs of the patient. Our center has a licensed psychologist that works on our team directly with our patients and families to manage the complex needs the families will have during the transplant process.
Once discharged families are eligible to stay at the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House on the dedicated Immunocompromised floor. There are eight suites with 2 bedrooms, living area, bathroom, a kitchenette and full sized refrigerator and microwave. There is a community Kitchen only to be used by families on the immunocompromised floor. Washers and dryers are only to be used by families on the immunocompromised floor. Patients and families have access to dedicated psychosocial support at the House.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 175 patients.The actual 1-year survival of these patients is 88%.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 83.5% and 92.7%.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
241
Transplants reported by the centers (from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023)
Marrow PBSC Cord blood Total AllogeneicRelated donorMarrow42PBSC30Cord blood2Total74Unrelated donorMarrow7PBSC58Cord blood0Total65Total allogeneicMarrow49PBSC88Cord blood2Total139AutologousMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 102PBSC—Cord blood—Total102Total combinedMarrowBoth marrow & PBSC 239PBSC—Cord blood2Total241All 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 0-186919-44545-64065+0Total74Unrelated 0-186219-44345-64065+0Total65Autologous 0-189619-44645-64065+0Total102Total 0-1822719-441445-64065+0Total241Treatments 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
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th and Civic Ctr Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone:267-426-0210 For more information about this program: https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/cancer-survivorship-program (Opens in a new tab)Overview
We have a multidisciplinary survivorship program for our transplant survivors that includes nephrology, pulmonology, cardiology, endocrinology, nutrition and psychology.
Staff
Program Director:Jill Ginsberg, MDProgram Coordinator:Wendy Hobbie, CRNPMedical Specialties in Program
Cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, oncology, psychiatry/psychology, pulmonology.Medical Services Offered
Chronic GVHD management, fertility counseling, reproductive health, genetic counseling, nutrition/dietetics, sexual health, social services.Telemedicine services are available.Patient Eligibility
Children- Allogeneic and Autologous transplant recipients
- 4-5 yrs after transplant.
- 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 up to age 21